Turkey burritos with veggies and beans

Today, my family was asking the age-old questions: What should we have for dinner?. Now my dad wanted to have burritos with home made guacamole. Except he wanted to use the packets for both the meat AND the guacamole! I, however, decided to be up for the challenge to make burritos ENTIRELY from scratch (spice wise that is). So he and I went to the store to get the ingredients and while we were there I saw ground turkey. That then sparked an idea on my part to try something new. I mean, how many times have people had turkey in there burritos, right? So we brought home the ingredients and I went to work. It was difficult to figure out what spices to add so I did have to use the internet to get some inspiration but I think my burritos turned out alright. Hope you enjoy! 

Side note: When making these burritos, you could just buy guacamole instead of making it from scratch. 

Guacamole 

Ingredients

A bunch of Cilantro chopped (to taste)

1 Red tomato diced

1 Onion diced

1 TBS garlic

2 Avocados

1 tsp cumin

1 lime juiced

salt and pepper to taste

Directions 

Peel and mash up the Avocados in a medium sized bowl. Then squeeze the lime and add the onion, tomato, garlic, cumin, salt, pepper, and cilantro. Mix well and place in refrigerator for 20-30 minutes. 

Turkey

Ingredients 

2 pounds ground turkey
A bunch of Cilantro (to taste)

2 Tbs Red pepper

2 Tbs Cumin

2 Tbs Chili powder

3 Tbs garlic

2 Tbs Paprika 

Salt and Pepper 

1 Tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Directions 

Heat the pan and add the Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Then Cook the meat until half way cooked. Next, add all of the spices and cilantro to the pan. Let it finish cooking and take it off the burner to sit (this will allow the spices to sink into the meat). 

Beans and veggies

Ingredients

1 Red pepper diced

1 Green pepper diced

1 onion diced

1/2 cup mushrooms chopped

1 can Refried beans

1 1/2 tbs cumin (or to taste)

1 Tbs Garlic (or to taste)

Cilantro (to taste)

1 Tbs Extra Virgin Olive oil

Directions

1. Heat the pan and add the Extra Virgin Olive oil. 
2. Saute the onions until lightly golden. Then add the peppers and mushrooms. Let them cook for about 1 minute. 
3. After the veggies have cooked some, add the Refried Beans and spices to the pan. Cook for about 5-10 minutes. 

Take all of the parts that you have just cooked, place onto a warm flour tortilla and enjoy! You can garnish it with salsa and sour creme. I personally used Whole Wheat tortillas which tasted just as good as the flour tortialls but that's just my preference!

Feta stuffed crusted pizza

You know that feeling when you want pizza SO BAD! Well I had that feeling today but I also wanted to be somewhat healthy and to get rid of some hamburger meat that I had laying around. So I ran to the store, grabbed some vegetables and other pizza ingredients  and was ready to cook! I personally really like lots of stuff on my pizza because it brings out lots of flavors. However, you can really add what ever you want onto the pizza. I also tried adding feta cheese, green and yellow peppers into the crust which was DELICIOUS! I always liked stuffed crusts but adding the feta, green, and yellow pepper seemed a tad bit different than Dominoes or Papa Johns pizza. I hope you enjoy this recipe! Stay posted for more delicious dishes!

Ingredients

16 oz can pizza sauce

1 green pepper (1 more if you want to make the stuffed crust)

1 yellow pepper (1 more if you want to make the stuffed crust)

1 onion

1 can black olives

Hamburger meat

1 8 oz box Feta cheese

1 cup grated cheddar cheese 

Whole wheat pizza dough

Flour

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Then Dice the green and yellow pepper and the onion. Cook the hamburger meat until thoroughly cooked (about 10-15 minutes). Make sure that the hamburger meat is broken up into small pieces to make it easier to put onto the pizza. 

After you have done that, grab the pizza dough and place it on a floured surface. Then stretch out the dough until it is about 12 in diameter. Place the pizza dough onto a non-stick cookie sheet or pizza stone. Once on the baking sheet, make the crust by flipping the edges around. 

Then grab the pizza sauce and lather it onto the dough until almost the whole pizza is covered (but leave room for the crust!). Then sprinkle the cheddar cheese until the whole pizza has a think layer of cheese.

Grab the green peppers, yellow peppers, olives, hamburger meat and onion and distribute.  Finally, add feta cheese to taste around the whole pizza. 

Place in oven for 40-50 minutes until golden brown. 

Side note: I tried adding feta cheese, green and yellow peppers into the crust which tasted delicious! All you have to do is place a piece of feta around the edge of the whole pizza and then turn the dough over the cheese as you would when making a regular crust. It does take some extra time but it is definitely worth it!

Making something out of nothing

After a week with my parents, we ended up running low on food since they did not go grocery shopping. Now we could have gone out but seeing that we went out last night---that was not going to happen. The only other option was to scrounge around in the pantry and fridge. You know that feeling right? Looking into the pantry and saying "What am I going to eat?". Now we could have run to our freezer and grabbed some frozen microwave food. Except I looked the frozen goods and yelled "NO!" while shutting the cold door. Grabbing tidbits from our fridge I created a great low carb and hearty meal.

Feeds 3 people

Directions

----In a skillet cook

• 1 zucchini diced
• 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1/2 cup shredded spinach 

---In a sauce pan heat 8 oz tomato sauce. Add:

• dash of curry
• garlic to taste
• 1 tbs oregano

----Stir in veggies and 1/4 cup Mexican cheese into tomato sauce

-----In a skillet (can be a new one or the same skillet) cook 1 boneless Chicken breast sliced into thin strips
----Toast 3 pieces of bread and butter. (optional: add slice of cheese)

-----Place the chicken evenly among 3 plates. Evenly distribute the tomato mixture over the chicken.  Place toast with cheese on it to the plate too. Enjoy dinner!

NOTE: You can also have this with pasta!

Greens never tasted so good

  So this evening I made an amazing dinner! Dinner salads, although don't sound like enough food, actually are very filling. It's great because you can throw in all of your favorite veggies and a meat to make a hearty dinner.

What I did was:

Ingredients


1 cup lettuce leaves washed
1/2 medium sized red pepper
1/2 medium sized green pepper
1/3 cups mushrooms
1/3 cup diced onion
1/4 cup black olives
1/2 cup teriyaki marinade
1 tsp cilantro
1/2 pound chicken breast cut into small pieces
2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil

Directions:

     In large bowl

• Clean lettuce and dry
• Add the olives and the peppers. Mix contents

In a small pan

• Cook onions and mushrooms and saute them in a pan until onion is golden

In a large pan

• Cook chicken in olive oil until it's not pink in the middle. Add the marinade and cilantro. Stir until all the contents are covered. Let cook for 5 minutes.
• Add onion and mushrooms to mixture and turn off burner. Mix the contents in the pan until everything is covered in the marinade

Take the chicken mixture and pour over the salad. Don't forget to let the marinade get onto the lettuce! Sit and Enjoy!! :)