Ground Turkey and Rice Casserole

My newest creation, Ground Turkey and Rice Casserole. I usually make Chicken and Rice Casserole, but wanted to change things up. I've mentioned before and probably will mention it many more times....the thing I love about recipes is that you can always change things up and make it your own. The possibilities are endless when it comes to cooking and that's what I love.

Ingredients Needed:
2 Cups of Minute Rice (uncooked)
1 Cup of Water
2 Cans of Broccoli Cheese Condensed Soup
1 Can of Mild Diced Tomatoes and Chilies
1 Small Yellow Onion
1 Jumbo Garlic (optional)
1 lb Ground Turkey
Bacon - Cut into bite size pieces (as many slices as you would like)
1 Package of McCormick Mesquite Seasoning

Let's Get to Cooking:
Preheat over to 350 degrees.

First you're going to cook your bacon, using as many pieces as you want. I used about 8 pieces. While your bacon is cooking, chop your onion, peel and mince your garlic - I use a Food Chopper to mince the garlic. If you aren't sure how to peel your garlic, this is a great tutorial to show you how. Once my bacon was done cooking, I sauteed the onion and garlic in the yumminess the bacon left behind. After a few minutes, add your turkey meat.

While your turkey is cooking, mix together in your casserole dish (I use a glass 14 x 9.5) your 2 Cups of Rice, 1 Cup of Water, 2 Cans of Broccoli and Cheese Condensed Soup, 1 Can of Mild Diced Tomatoes and Chilies, Bite Size Pieces of Bacon and McCormick Mesquite Seasoning. With the seasoning, use as little or as much as you would like. It just depends on how spicy you would like it. Once your turkey/onion/garlic is done cooking, add to the mixture in your casserole dish and mix together.

Bake for 30-45 minutes.

I hope you enjoy this dish as much as I did. The hubs is stationed in Turkey right now, so he'll have to try it on his mid tour! :)

Grilled Cheeseburger Wraps

Grilled Cheeseburger Wraps have become a favorite for my husband and I. Our friends get tickled at how often we have them. I found the original recipe at Mostly Homemade Mom, although we make them entirely different. Like I mentioned in my Ground Turkey Enchiladas blog post, I love experimenting with recipes and making them my own.

Ingredients Needed:

1 Small Yellow Onion
1 lb of Ground Turkey
8 Slices of Turkey Bacon
1 Package of McCormicks Mesquite Seasoning
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Yellow Mustard
1 Package (of 10) of La Banderita Soft Taco Flour Tortillas (We end up using 9 shells)

Let's Cook:

First, you are going to cook your 8 slices of bacon. Once cooked, set aside. Chop your onion. Since I use Turkey Bacon, it's not really greasy in the pan but has some of that yummy flavoring. So once my onion is chopped I cook it on what's left of the bacon remains.

Cook onion for a few minutes until it's nice and caramelized. Then add the Ground Turkey. While you are cooking the ground turkey with the onion, start chopping your 8 slices of bacon into small pieces. Once your turkey meat is completely cooked, add your bacon and mesquite seasoning. Stir very well so that all your seasoning is mixed, sometimes I might add a little bit of olive oil to help with mixing the seasoning.

Once you have the meat mixture complete, it's time to start building your cheeseburger wraps. Microwave your shell for 10 seconds. Add about 2 tablespoons of meat mixture to shell, top with some shredded mozzarella and then mustard.

Once you have made all your cheeseburger wraps, place them on the grill. Grill (flipping once) just long enough to melt the cheese and add a little char. Maybe about 5 mins total.

Once you're done with that, it's time to eat! :) I hope you and your family enjoy these as much as we do!

Ground Turkey Enchiladas

Ground Turkey Enchiladas? Wait, no chicken? That's right, no chicken! Not that we don't like chicken because we certainly do, we just like to change things up a bit. Well, I like to experiment with recipes. I'll find a recipe, like Skinny Sour Cream Enchiladas at Skinny Mom, make it and absolutely love it. And then, I like to make it again and customize it more to our taste, especially my husbands, because he loves spicy. That's the beauty of cooking, you can change up and make it your own.

Ingredients Needed for this DELISH dish:

8 oz Daisy Brand Light Sour Cream
1 Can of Fat Free Cream of Chicken Soup
1/4 Cup of Fat Free Milk
1 lb of Ground Turkey
1 Package of McCormick Grill Mate Mesquite Seasoning
1 Small Chopped Yellow Onion (optional)
1 Jumbo Garlic (optional)
1 Teaspoon of Olive Oil (approximately)
2 Cans of Mild Diced Tomatoes w/ Green Chilies
1 Package (of 10) of La Banderita Soft Taco Flour Tortillas
1 Cup of Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Let The Cooking Begin:

If using the optional onion and garlic....chop your (1 small) yellow onion and then peel your garlic. Once my garlic is peeled I use a Food Chopper to mince the garlic into small pieces. Now, if you are new to using garlic this is a very helpful How To Peel Garlic Tutorial  and exactly how I peel mine! Okay, so once that's done place in a skillet on Medium Heat with some olive oil. Cook for a few minutes.

Once you are done cooking the onion and garlic, add your ground turkey meat. Stir around frequently to prevent the garlic from sticking. While this part is cooking, we will make our sour cream sauce. In a medium sized pot we are going to mix our can of cream of chicken soup, 1/4 cup of milk and 8 oz of sour cream. Stir until creamy, and you have to watch it because it will start bubbling and can make a big mess if you aren't careful! Once you have that mixed, add your package of McCormick Mesquite Seasoning and mix well.

Once we have the meat, garlic and onions done, we add the 2 cans of mild diced tomatoes & green chilies and mix well. After the meat mixture and our sauce is done cooking, it's time to prepare our shells. Warm the tortillas, I microwave for 10 seconds in the microwave. Then spoon 2 tablespoons of your meat mixture into the shell. Fold shell with both ends folded in, like picture shows. Spray your casserole dish to prevent sticking. Place tortillas seam side down in your dish.

After all of your tortillas are filled (you may have some meat mixture left over, you can try more than 2 tablespoons in the shell, just need to be able to fold them without the shells ripping) and placed in your casserole dish (I use a glass 14 x 9.5), cover with your sauce mixture. Once completely covered, sprinkle your 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese over the top.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Make sure your cheese is nice and melted.

DONE and ready to eat!! Yum, Yum, Yum!! Hope you enjoy as much as we did! :)