Unfortunately, I only had 4oz of leftover ground turkey when I made this experiment. It came out better than I ever expected and it would have even been better if I could have made it with more ground turkey. The pear/ginger combination was awesome with the turkey. It was a [...]

Cindy sent me this idea and I took it and ran! It just sounded SO good! Experimenting 3 times, I've finally settled on this combination of ingredients and technique. The result is a tasty, meaty, light burger! Of course no one else in my family will ever know how good they are. I had the [...]

I love experimenting with fun turkey burger ideas because let's be honest, a plain turkey burger is kind of boring. I either want a juicy simple beef burger OR a fun, flavor filled turkey burger. Either works for me. :) Today I was inspired by a traditional bacon cheese burger. I had some 99% lean turkey [...]

Or what I really want to call, the I-don't-have-enough-of-any-one-ingredient lasagna. Here's the story, I had a pot of homemade sauce I made a full days ago. Normally we go to town and just have pasta for like 4-5 days in a row. The Little Guy and I stick with varying shapes of whole grain and [...]

You may not know this about me but I am a turkey burger fanatic. There's nothing wrong with a traditional burger but I like using ground turkey as a starter for some more fun ideas. So far I've come up with... Southwestern Turkey Burgers Grilled Honey Mustard Turkey Oat Burgers [...]

There's just something about the feta, spinach roasted pepper combination that I'm really enjoying. It's a trifecta of flavor with the fresh spinach, sweet pepper and salty, creamy cheese. Tonight I put is all on/in a burger. Just perfect on a hot summer day and boy is it HOT! We are breaking records here in [...]

This is a semi-homemade style Sloppy Joe recipe I whipped up for small party I was having today. I wasn't in the mood to do a complete from scratch but I can't possibly serve a meal without veggies (it's just not in my blood ;) so this was a quick compromise. To my surprise... [...]

Give me 5 ingredient (6 if you count a side dish of frozen broccoli) and I'll give you a family pleasing meal and enough leftovers for a few lunches. :) I love it! I used a can of "healthy request" cream of mushroom soup to save some time and dressed it up with some fresh [...]

I have been tasked with bringing a crockpot mini-meal to my friends bridal shower next week. One problem... I never made a crockpot mini-meal! And I can't just follow a standard recipe. You should know me by now. ;) So I decided to use my unsuspecting extended family over Easter weekend as guinea pigs and I [...]

Sorry, is that name too crazy? I just get so psyched when I get good stuff in my boys! Especially when they eat it willingly! Now let me warn you. Normally I write up and post a recipe immediately after I make it but this one has been sitting in the old noggin for a [...]

Tonight I took my first stab at Pigs in a Blanket (that's what we call stuffed cabbage up in North East Pennsylvania.) I've been wanting to make them since mom made a batch of hers a few months back. They are a perfect meal idea to jam pack full of healthy veggies. I'm going to [...]

I felt like I was on an episode of Dinner Impossible tonight. My mission... a healthy family dinner in under an hour using my new kitchen with an electric stove, no counter space, less then half my normal kitchen tools and no help. The idea was to make a light meal. What I call a [...]

This fabulous meal came via Krista S. She was nice enough to share the idea with me and as soon as I saw it I knew I HAD to make it. I'm a HUGE taco fan and I love the idea of ditching the shell and replacing them with crisp lettuce leaves. These are [...]

I whipped one of these up the other day with a few ounces of leftover turkey meat and I immediately fell in love. The honey mixed in the burger cooked on the outdoor grill created this fantastic burnt sweetness. The mustard adds a bit of tang and the oatmeal keeps it super moist. I [...]

I could eat this kind of meal every day. The leftovers were immediately wrapped and placed in the freezer to stop me from eating more then one. ;~) The video is long as I make them from start to finish but don't worry you I've posted the recipe below. Here's the recipe! [...]

I can't believe I pulled it off!! A few weeks ago I saw this awesome post on Noble Pig with a recipe for Pasta Pie and I knew immediately had to make it. Of course I couldn't leave it alone, I HAD to give it my own spin. What can I say? it's a [...]

Oh my WORD! I'm SO glad I made this even though I knew the husband and toddler would hate it. Have I mentioned the husband's unmanly trait of hating chili? Seriously I must be married to the only man in America who doesn't enjoy a bowl of chili. It's CHILI! Not only is he not [...]

This is one of those "here's what I whipped together" type of ideas. Here's the situation... It's lunch time, I have a 20oz package of ground turkey defrosted to make a double batch of Southwestern Turkey Burgers (I like keeping them in the freezer) which will leave me 4 oz leftover. (Why they only package [...]

As I say in the video this is my meatball version of a beef-a-roni classic. My goal was to get the toddler to eat a bit more meat and I succeeded! He loved this. It was the first meal in a long time where he didn't make a face when we sat down. Even [...]

I LOVE chili! It's like pizza for me, even bad chili is good chili. ;~) (well... unless it's from a can) This chili I purposely made mild to TRY and get the husband and the toddler on board with my chili obsession but alas, I failed. The husband didn't try it, he's just not interested in [...]

I have a confession. It may be a culinary no no to admit but I don't care! :~) One of my favorite school lunches growing up was beef-a-roni. You remember it, right? Overcooked elbow pasta, grade F meat in some kind of tomato base. I don't know when the concept of “comfort” food begins [...]

The nice folks over at Amazing Taste contacted me asking if I'd be willing to review their seasoning packets. Honestly, I totally forgot about them until I came home from my business trip to discover a box of spices on my stoop. Being away for the last week they couldn't have come at a [...]

You know you've done it before. Got a little busy, forgot to check the garden for a few days and then WOWZA you have a zucchini child on your hands. Now most people shred those bad boys up and make zucchini bread but I want to try something a little different. I've seen recipes for [...]

I've been wanting to make homemade lettuce wraps forever and I finally got inspired while putting away my groceries and seeing leftover pineapple from breakfast. Yup, that did it for me. I know, I'm an odd duck. I found myself chopping and cooking while sifting through my sea of groceries. I decided to make it [...]

When the husband is away, I get to play! I LOVE when it’s just the toddler and I for dinner. I get to experiment freely without trying to please someone who has completely different taste then I do. Anyway, I had this idea of mini turkey meatballs. I thought they would [...]