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The Best Turkey Meatballs

The Best Turkey Meatballs
Yes, that’s a bold statement, but these are the best turkey meatballs! My secret?  Adding just a bit of pork sausage with the ground turkey – makes all the difference! How to cook ground turkey breast If you are making a burger with ground turkey, check out my post for the perfect turkey burger – a pat of butter in between the patties makes the...
August 4, 2022

Italian Turkey Meatballs

Italian Turkey Meatballs
These Italian Turkey Meatballs are perfect for meal prep for the week! Truth be told I used to give ground turkey the stink eye.  We never ate ground turkey growing up so it was out of my wheelhouse and one of those foods I just told myself I didn’t like.  But I love these turkey meatballs!  Side note – one of my favorite pots is...
March 9, 2022

Simple Brined Turkey Breast

Simple Brined Turkey Breast
My simple brined turkey breast is so easy and there are just a couple tricks to make it perfect. Unless you have lots of $$ to spend to buy a fresh turkey breast, you’ll buy it frozen. Please, pretty pretty please don’t try to defrost your turkey on your counter.  It takes a little planning.  My turkey breast that I got at Mariano’s was 8.5...
November 15, 2020

Taco Soup

Taco Soup
I got home late Saturday night from L.A., then went to my friends house on Sunday for the Pumpkin Fest Parade.  By the time I got home, the thought of going to the store and going grocery shopping was the furthest thing on my mind.  Luckily with a stocked pantry and freezer, I can almost always come up with some sort of soup to meal...
October 29, 2019

Jennie-O Turkey Potstickers

Jennie-O Turkey Potstickers
You can imagine after having a food blog for any amount of time, you get your share of offers.  Whether itā€™s people wanting to guest post on my blog and talk about something completely unrelated ā€“ like yesterday when I got an email saying that they ā€œloved my contentā€ and could they please write a short article about breastfeeding on my blog?!   Being diabetic I...
January 10, 2017

Turkey Trunk Show

Turkey Trunk Show
What a whirlwind weekend I had!  I worked both Saturday and Sunday, so it was a blessing in disguise that my meet up with a friend after work on Friday fell through last minute.  When I first got my schedule and said that I was working the retain floor at Lincoln Square on Saturday, I didnā€™t exactly know what that meant.  They had asked me...
November 14, 2016

Turkey tetrazzini!

Growing up, my Dad used to make this dish.Ā  However, one particular night, when my mom was traveling on business, he decided to make it for dinner.Ā  One walk into the kitchen and I could not figure out what the smell was!Ā  Me: “Hey Dad, what are you making?” Dad: “Turkey tetrazzini!” Me: “Um, what recipe did you use?” Dad: “the usual one that your...
December 1, 2008

Gobble, gobble

I finally cooked the turkey breast tonight.Ā  I bought it over the weekend, and it kept on getting bumped to another day.Ā  Just a simple dry rub on the grill.Ā  It was bone in, so it took a bit longer AND I slightly overcooked it, but it was still tasty! I never knew turkey breasts had the pop-up thingy like whole turkeys! Dinner: approximately 4...
October 10, 2008