Sunday, November 7, 2010

Week 5 -

*Roast turkey and gravy
*Garden salad
*Overnight Crepes
*Turkey lasagna


Roast Turkey

Take your Turkey Breast, wash it and pat it dry.  Rub butter all over it and place it in a roaster pan.  Put a skinned onion and 6 whole garlic cloves and an apple in the chest cavity.  Cook on 325 for 20 minutes a pound.

Gravy
Remove turkey from pan and separate drippings/broth from the grease.  Measure 1/4 cup of grease and put it into a sauce pan.  Turn to medium heat and cook until it's hot and bubbly.  Add 1/4 cup flour and stir until hot and bubbly.  Add 2 cups of reserved drippings/broth from turkey.  If you don't have enough, add milk.  Stir constantly until thickened.

Garden Salad
  • romaine lettuce chopped
  • red pepper diced
  • carrots diced
  • tomatoes diced
  • celery diced
  • cucumbers diced
  • red onion diced
  • peas
  • cheddar cheese grated
  • cheddar goldfish
  • Homemade Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing

Overnight Crepes
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 3 TBSP oil
  • 1/2/ tsp salt
  • 1 - 2 tsp sugar

Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth. Refrigerate overnight.
Heat a small, non-stick skillet over medium heat. Grease pan with cooking spray or butter and cook crepes until edges are crisp and center is set, about 45 seconds per side.

Toppings:
butter/syrup
peanut butter/syrup
stawberries/bananas/whip cream
nutella
nutella/bananas
chocolate topping

Turkey Lasagna

With your left over turkey from the previous meal, make this simple meal.
  • 8 oz. lasagna pasta
  • 1 can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 cup sliced black olives
  • 1/2 tsp. garlic salt
  • 3 cups cooked turkey broken up into chunks
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese, grated

Cook and drain lasagna pasta according to package directions; set aside.  Combine next 8 ingredients and mix well. Stir in pieces of turkey.  Place 1/4 of the soup mixture in the bottom of a well greased 9 x 13 baking dish.  Use 1/3 of the pasta and 1/3 of the cheese for the first layer. Repeat, layering with another 1/4 of the soup mixture, 1/3 of the pasta and 1/3 of the cheese. Use 1/4 of the soup mixture and the final 1/3 of the lasagna pasta for the next layer. Then, cover with the remining 1/4 of the soup mixture.  Cover and bake for 20 minutes at 350. Uncover and add the remaining 1/3 of the cheese mixture.  Continue baking, uncovered, for 20 minutes.










No comments:

Post a Comment