Creamy parmesan crust with a kick blankets turkey tenderloins for a quick and easy baked meal. Serve with a salad, brown rice and vegetable of your choice for a healthy dinner. A rice and pasta combination also makes a good side dish and you can pick a flavor to complement the zing of the creamy parmesan crust. Mix together the sauce ingredients. The seasoned salt provides the kick. You know I am a wimp so the half teaspoon is plenty for me, but you can add up to a teaspoon if you like. Slather the sauce evenly over the two turkey tenderloins and bake for about 45 minutes. Have a glass of iced tea and unwind after your busy workday and then for the 15 minutes before serving make the rest of the dinner. Prepare rice accompaniment according to directions. Toss a salad -- or pull ... [Read More]
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Chicken Pot Pie aka Turkey Pot Pie
Chicken Pot Pie is a management dish. You know, one that uses up the leftover roast chicken and veggies, even gravy, in the refrigerator. Have leftover turkey? Substitute turkey for the chicken – turkey pot pie is great for holiday leftovers. That’s inventory control. Or on the time management side, you can bake one and freeze one. One is for dinner tonight and the other is wrapped in foil and frozen for a dinner later. Or make and freeze more than one batch as part of a make ahead or once a month cooking project. If you don’t have leftover chicken, grab a rotisserie chicken at the grocery. OR poach chicken breast in about three inches of water boiling in a deep skillet. Generally each piece of chicken breast yields about 1 cup of cubed meat so you’ll need two pieces of ... [Read More]
Four Secrets to Roasting a Moist and Tender Turkey
Turkey -- tender and moist. Crispy and golden on the platter. A twelve to fourteen pound bird that roasts in 2 and a half hours instead of 4. What creates this magic? Mayonnaise makes the turkey moist and tender. And no, there is no mayo taste -- just tender turkey. The bird turns out a beautiful deep golden color. The skin will be thin and on the crispy side. How to achieve a moist and tender roast turkey? Here's secret # 1 -- Begin with a thoroughly thawed turkey -- no ice crystals. Thaw in the refrigerator according to package directions. Guidelines are 24 hours in the fridge for each 5 pounds of turkey weight. For a 12-14 pound turkey that's about three nights so that means plan ahead! If you are like me -- that planning ahead business doesn't always happen! Backup ... [Read More]
Monte Cristo Sandwich
The Monte Cristo sandwich is based on a similar sandwich called Croque Monsieuer – basically a grilled cheese sandwich. When it appeared in American cookbooks in the 1930’s, it was known as French sandwich. Then someone came up with the idea of combining those two “French” dishes – French sandwich and French toast – into a Cheese Dream Sandwich. The idea of serving it with jelly came from the French Toast connection. King’s Restaurants in Nebraska carried the idea further by deep frying the sandwich and calling it a Frenchee. But it’s real claim to fame was in the mid Sixties when it appeared in Disney’s Cajun restaurant where it was called -- ta da -- the Monte Cristo Sandwich. And here I thought it had been around since one of the King Louis' or at least Napoleon! Now forget ... [Read More]
