Ground Turkey with Potatoes and Spring Peas

A friend of mine recently told me about a blog that I'm now in love with.  Do any of you follow skinnytaste.com??  All of their recipes are supposed to be relatively good for you and they look absolutely scrumptious.  This was the first one we tried and it was delishous!  My husband said it was a definite keeper.  We served it over white rice, but we could've made it a bit healthier using brown rice. :)  Gina posted this recipe on May 31, 2011.

Ingredients:
1 medium tomato
3 cloves garlic
1/4 cup fresh cilantro (I omitted this as I don't like cilantro & it was still tastey)
20 oz lean ground turkey (we used about 1lb)
4 medium scallions, chopped
1 cup fresh peas (I used frozen from Trader Joe's)
1 potato, peeled and diced into 1 inch cubes
8oz can tomato sauce
3/4 cup water
1/2 tsp cumin, or to taste (we omitted as my husband isn't a fan)
salt, to taste
1 bay leaf

Directions:
1. In a mini food processor or by hand, finely chop tomato, garlic, and cilantro.  I used my chopper from Pampered Chef and it was a cinch!

2. In a large skillet, brown turkey and season with salt and cumin to taste.  When meat is browned and cooked through add scallions, chopped tomato mixture, peas, potato, tomato sauce, water, cumin, salt, and bay leaf. Cover and simmer over medium-low heat until potatoes are cooked through, about 25 minutes stirring occasionally.  Add more water if needed.

3.  Remove bay leaf and serve over rice.

Enjoy!
Yankee Noodle

Turkey Pie with Potato Topping

Another new crockpot recipe that I found tastey.  It only takes 5 ingredients to make this one!  I found this recipe in a 5-ingredient slow cooking mini book.

Ingredients:
12 oz. turkey breast tenderloin or skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 10-oz. pkg. frozen mixed vegetables
1 12-oz. jar turkey or chicken gravy
1 tsp. dried thyme, crushed
1 24-oz. pkg. refrigerated mashed potatoes

Directions:
1. Cut turkey into 1/2-inch strips.  Place frozen vegetables in a 3 1/2-4 quart slow cooker.  Top with turkey strips.  In a small bowl stir together the gravy and thyme; pour over turkey.

2. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 6-7 hours or on a high-heat setting for 3-3 1/2 hours.  If using low-heat setting, turn to high-heat setting.

3. Using a spoon, drop eight small mounds of mashed potatoes on top of turkey mixture.  Cover and cook for 10 minutes more.

Enjoy!
Yankee Doodle

Quick and easy turkey meatballs

These are super easy, and if you roll them small enough, they only need 25minutes to cook.

Ingredients

• 20 ounces ground turkey
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• salt, pepper & crushed red pepper to taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly coat glass baking dish with non-stick spray.
2. Mix all ingredients in large bowl with your hands, until evenly combined.
3. Use a cookie scoop to make small sized meatballs and place in the dish.
4. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes, turn meatballs over, and bake an additional 10 minutes. Make sure they are above 165 degrees before serving.

We like these with whole wheat pasta and vodka sauce. They also freeze really well. Bake them first, cool completely, then store in freezer containers for up to 1 month.

- Pastry Princess

Salsa-Fied Turkey and Rice

This dinner originally from Food.com: Salsa-Fied Turkey and Rice  
 
This dish is great for evenings where you don't have a lot of time and it makes enough to have left overs or create future microwave dinners!  Now, it uses ground turkey.  I know...but, wipe that look of disgust off your face!  It's a great, healthy alternative to ground beef, and you can't even tell it's ground turkey with everything that is in it.

Ingredients:

• 1 tsp of olive oil
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 cup long-grain rice
• 1 cup of red kidney beans
• 1 (7 ounce) can of corn kernels 
• 2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth 
• 1 1/4 cup of chunky salsa 
• 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Directions:

1. Heat up olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and start boiling water for rice in a small saucepan.  
2. Add ground turkey to skillet and cook until lightly browned, about 5-6 minutes.  During this time, you should be able to add rice to sauce pan and cook until ready.  Set rice aside if ready early.
3. Once turkey is nicely browned, drain excess oil, then add the rice, beans, corn and chicken brother.  Stir to combine.  Cover and Simmer for 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
4. Add salsa to turkey mixture and stir to combine.  Top with shredded sharp cheddar cheese!

Super yummy and versatile! Serve as is in a bowl, in a tortilla, or scoop it up with tortilla chips!   How ever you and your fellow gobblers like it.

Enjoy!
~Chef Val