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
June 25, 2007
Salmon and White Bean Salad
This is barely a recipe, more something I threw together when it was dinner time and I hadn't been to the grocery store and didn't feel like eating out. But since everyone needs more recipes for those haven't-shopped/don't-feel-like-cooking moments in life, I decided to post this. I've even created a category for these not-quite recipes ("Real Fast Food" after Nigel Slater's excellent book of the same title. Which is full of great recipes for those haven't-shopped/don't-feel-like-cooking moments.)
Take the following:
- 1 15 oz. can salmon, drained
- 1 can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 bottled roasted red peppers, diced
- A couple of tbsp. fresh dill, chopped
- A few dollops whole-grain or Dijon mustard. (mustards vary so much in their sharpness that quantities are difficult. Taste as you go.
- juice of 1 lemon
Stir everything together in a bowl until combined, taste, and add salt, pepper, mustard, lemon juice, whatever. Some red or green onion would probably be great in this. It would have been most delicious served with some dark rye bread and/or some nice crunchy romaine or iceberg lettuce leaves, but we didn't have any.
Posted by spaceling at 03:49 PM