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June 20, 2009
Sausage and Veggie Kebabs
Broiled sausage and veggies wrapped in warm pita and drenched in spicy yogurt sauce. What could be better?
The Ingredients
For the kebabs:- 8 bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 20-30 minutes
- 1 package Aidell's sundried tomato chicken and turkey sausage
- 2 smallish baby eggplant (the long thin kind) cut into 1/2 inch thick rounds
- 2 smallish zucchini, cut into 1/2 inch thick rounds
- 1 large red or yellow pepper, cut into 1 inch squares
- 16 cherry tomatoes
- 1 tsp. smoked paprika
- thyme
- olive oil
- Pita bread (for serving)
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 1 - 2 tbsp. shatta hot sauce
- 1 - 2 tbsp. olive oil
The Steps
- Toss the vegetables in a bowl with the smoked paprika, olive oil, and thyme to taste.
- Preheat a broiler pan about 4 inches from a broiler on high.
- Cut each sausage into 4 chunks. Thread the sausage chunks and vegetables onto the skewers.
- Broil for 6 minutes.
- While the kebabs are broiling, stir together the ingredients for the yogurt sauce.
- Slide the sausage and vegetables off the skewers, wrap in pita, and drizzle with yogurt sauce
Makes 4 servings.
Posted by spaceling at 09:25 PM
June 19, 2009
Quick Turkey Curry
I adapted this recipe from the July 2009 issue of Prevention magazine. Their version called for ground lamb, which the grocery store I stopped in on the way home doesn't carry. Ground turkey worked wonderfully. I added a bit of ginger and hot pepper sauce for extra spice.
Very tasty and only takes about 15 minutes to put together.
The Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground turkey
- 5 tsp. curry powder
- ~1 tbsp. minced fresh ginger
- 1 tbsp. or to taste shatta hot pepper sauce (shatta is a middle eastern hot pepper sauce - you could substitute the hot sauce of your choice, or red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 15 oz. container fresh marinara sauce (from the fresh pasta case)
- 1 6 oz. bag baby spinach
The Steps
- In a large skillet or saute pan, heat a tiny bit of oil and saute the ginger for about 30 seconds to a minute.
- Add the turkey, curry powder, and hot pepper sauce. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring, until the turkey is cooked through.
- Add the water, marinara sauce, and spinach. Stir the spinach carefully into the mixture until it starts to wilt down.
- Simmer for 5 minutes. Serve with rice or naan or whole wheat pita.
Makes 4 servings.
Posted by spaceling at 07:56 PM