Spinach and Ricotta Turkey Meatloaf

5 | March 6, 2013

Meatloaf. I can still taste my grandmother’s recipe with the sweet brown sugar ketchup on top. It’s just one of those homey meals that says comfort food. Unfortunately, the words comfort food don’t really relay lean, do they? Trying to keep things leaner, I’ve made meatloaves with ground turkey and to be honest they were so hard you could use it as a home defense weapon when it came out of the oven. Side Story: When I was first married, my mother-in-law (for some reason) gave me a frozen roast. This wasn’t just any roast but a massive piece of …

Turkey, Wild Rice, Apple, and Cranberry Stuffed Pumpkins

5 | November 3, 2011

First of all, lets all thank Julia Child and Dorie Greenspan for teaching us you can stuff practically anything in a pumpkin, cook it, and have an insanely delicious and impressive meal. Second of all, who is as obsessed with fall vegetables like butternut squash and pumpkin as I am? Love, love, love, me some pumpkins Charlie Brown. Stuffed pumpkins are very simple to make. Serve in multiple small pie pumpkins or 1 large sugar or Cinderella pumpkin. Just takes a few minutes to prep and then throw it in the oven for about an hour. I love this recipe …

turkey and vegetable green chili

4 | October 7, 2010

Originally I had planned on different post today but I was told I HAD to post this by The Husband and a few friends on my personal Facebook account when I called out for help on which beer (Stella or an IPA) to use in the chili. Unfortunately, since I was not planing on posting this I do not have step bey step photos as usual. Turkey and vegetable green chili is basically a rip off the hatch chile and chicken stew I posted last month after I cleaned New Mexico out of their hatch chilies on a recent trip. It is …