This is one of those dishes that I created using whatever I had in the kitchen at the time. The end result was awesome!!
The bacon was put on as a last minute thought. This pasta dish incorporates some of my favorite things, such as ground turkey, spinach and mushrooms in a creamy, savory sauce.
I think the bacon part really won my son over!!
This is a dish that I make when I need to feed a lot of people, and I have little time on my hands. I don't have an official name for it, but I use ground turkey, Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup, Campbell's Cream of Chicken soup and chicken broth. If I can find a soup that combines other things like roasted garlic, I'll buy that instead of one of the plain ones.
I season and saute the ground turkey until it is browned, drain the liquid then add the two soups and the broth. After I add the soups and broth, I add 1 can of 2% milk, about 3 Tblsp. butter, 1 package of Splenda and some Worcestershire sauce and seasonings, stir and let simmer until all the flavors blend. After simmering, I add fresh spinach and let it wilt.
I always use some type of pasta, but today I wanted to see how it would work with rice, which is why I was at the supermarket today.
Surprise, surprise, surprise, it worked just as good, if not better with rice!! I of course added some red pepper flakes once I plated it, at least on mine.
Here is the finished product, oh, and please ignore the paper plates you've been seeing in some of my pics. I moved recently and finding and putting everything away has been an interesting journey!
I was in the mood for risotto, and every time I thought about it, I was in the wrong restaurant to order risotto. I finally decided I would attempt to make it myself. Yep, I have zero experience making any kind of risotto.
I checked out recipes on line, and found one that sounded really interesting. The results are in the pic below. It was VERY lemony, much more than I thought it would be. The consistency was what I would have expected from a risotto. This was also my first time cooking with arborio rice.
This dish takes time and patience, but was well worth it. The only thing I would complain about with my first time risotto dish was the fact the my scallops refused to sear. I used a heavy pan, but they just kept putting out juice and never seared. Not sure if it was something I did wrong, or if it was the scallops I bought. Either way, they were still good. I didn't cook them a long time because I was afraid they would get tough.
Betty's Tuna Salad Sandwich
This is one of my favorite sandwiches now. I decided to switch it up and use spinach instead of lettuce. It was SO good!!! I think I'll use spinach instead of lettuce from now on. Here is a pic of it!!
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