Our Mexican Rice Casserole is another thrown together meal, crafted on the fly from stuff I had sitting around the house, including ground turkey.
Mexican Rice Casserole
Even though I love to cook, I hate to shop, so I frequently find my cupboards and fridge getting a bit bare around the time I need to force myself to head to the grocery store for my monthly trip. One time, I came up with the Mexican Rice concept using the only kind of meat I had left in the house (ground turkey), some old prepared rice side dish packets (Southwestern Style and Mexican) I’d bought for lunch and never used and a few of my usual staples that I almost always have on hand, no matter how overdue grocery shopping is.
My hubby, mom and I were pretty pleased with the results!
I hope you like it too…
| Mexican Rice Casserole |
| Ingredients: |
2 packets of prepared rice side dishes
1 pound ground turkey
1 cup corn
1 can diced tomatoes
1 cup sour cream |
Seasonings as desired
1/2 cup crushed nacho chips
1 cup shredded taco cheese
1 small can sliced olives |
Directions:
Cook the rice according to the directions on the packet. Brown the turkey in a little olive oil, adding taco seasoning or a mixture of chili powder, cumin and coriander, along with salt and pepper, as desired. When the meat is cooked, add the corn and tomatoes and cook till heated through (about 5 to 10 minutes). When the rice is done, mix it, the meat mixture, the sour cream and the olives in a 2-quart casserole. Top with the shredded cheese, and then nacho chips. Bake for about 20 to 30 minutes at 375 degrees, till the cheese is melted and the casserole is hot and bubbling. |
Serve the casserole with a green salad and/or cornbread or corn muffins. Yumm! For variations on this recipe, see this page. You can also find lots more great ground turkey recipes or ethnic recipes too.
Enjoy!
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Looking for turkey leftover recipes? Wondering what to do with all that leftover turkey?
Ahh… Thanksgiving turkey dinner… is there anything better? Turkey galore, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole… the list goes on and on, depending on what your holiday traditions might be. But, depending on how many people you cook for on the holiday and how big a bird you decided to roast, you might have a lot of leftover turkey.
In my family, we always had a few days of turkey sandwiches for lunch and hot turkey sandwiches (with gravy) for dinner, but after a couple of days of that you might be looking for new ways to cook the turkey before it spoils.
You’ll find a couple of turkey leftover recipes on my main website:
But I am actively soliciting new turkey leftover recipes too. What are your favorite recipes using leftover turkey? In the months of November and December, I’m running a contest (with prizes!) for the best leftover turkey recipes contributed by my readers. See this page for details on the recipe contest… I hope you’ll enter!
To all my readers… HAPPY, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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Win an apron like this one!
Sharing recipes is one of the great joys of being a cook. (Unless you’re one of those who doesn’t like to give up your secrets, that is!) So, I thought it would be fun to run a monthly recipe contest on my main Thrown-Together-Meals.com website. Each month we’ll have a different theme and I’ll be giving away prizes, including handcrafted, original aprons, recipe card software, e-cookbooks and more.
To find out about November’s contest, you can visit this page:
November Recipe Contest (think turkey!)
If you don’t want to enter the contest, but would still like the share a recipe or two (or more), you can visit our Share Your Recipe page…
I look forward to seeing your contributions!
Happy cooking,
Kathi
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You know those scrambled egg sandwiches they serve at fast food restaurants? This is similar, but healthier. And it goes together in a jiffy!
I actually started making this sandwich as a hot lunch at work, using nothing more than a microwave and a toaster. But it would make a great dinner too, and could have a number of variations. So, here’s the recipe:
| Easy Scrambled Egg Sandwich |
| Ingredients: |
1 egg
Dash of milk
Salt & pepper to taste
1 English muffin |
Butter
Slice of American cheese
Slice of deli ham |
Directions:
First, split the English muffin with a fork and put it in the toaster to toast up. Meanwhile, mix the eggs, milk and salt & pepper with a wisk. Start heating a small frying pan sprayed with nonstick spray. Pour in the eggs and stir frequently to make scrambled eggs.
When the muffin is done toasting, spread it lightly with butter. When the eggs are done, spread them evenly across the muffin and top with a slice of ham and then cheese. Add the muffing top & start eating! |
This really is a quick easy meal that can be whipped up in mere minutes. You might serve it with fried potatoes or frozen tater tots if you feel you need an accompaniment. For some great variations, visit this page. And you can also get more great egg recipes for dinner at our main site.
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I decided to launch this new blog-based website to publicize some of our “thrown together” recipes from the Thrown-Together-Meals.com website. We’ll feature a new recipe each week, and it will be based on our thrown together concept, which means you construct tasty, quick and easy meals, using foodstuffs you have on hand in your cupboards and fridge. More on that concept can be found here.
Oh, and did I mention these meals can be prepared and served in less than an hour in most cases? And they’re mostly pretty healthy too… you see, I’m a nurse by background so I’m focused on eating healthy and cooking healthy.
Our first recipe of the week should be up within a couple of days, so watch for it. Meanwhile, you’ll find tons of free recipes at our main site:
http://www.Thrown-Together-Meals.com
Or, you can even share your own recipes or cookbook reviews, if you like.
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