Turkey a la King

What to do when you have heaps of turkey leftover from that Holiday meal? Turkey a la King is always a great option!

Turkey a la King
Turkey a la King

 

½ cup Butter
1 small Green Pepper, chopped
6 fresh Mushrooms, sliced
½ cup Flour
½ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Pepper
½ teaspoon ground Sage
½ teaspoon ground Thyme
1 McCormick Vegetable Stock Cube
1 ½ cups Milk
1 ¼ cups Chicken Broth
2 cups cut-up cooked chicken or turkey

3 cups hot cooked Rice or Egg Noodles

 

Melt butter in large saucepan over medium-high heat.
Cook bell pepper and mushrooms in butter, stirring occasionally, until bell pepper is crisp-tender.
Stir in flour, sage, thyme, salt and pepper.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until bubbly; remove from heat.
Stir in milk and broth along with vegetable stock cube.
Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
Boil and stir 1 minute.
Stir in chicken or turkey; cook until hot.

Serve over rice.

Quesadillas

It has been a long day at work and the last thing you want to do is cook, right? Quesadillas are a quick fix, add a handful of not-s0-g00d-for-you Tater Tots, a side salad and consider dinner done in the amount of time it takes to bake those Tater Tots!

Quesadillas
Quesadillas

Turn oven on the 425F.
Lightly spray baking tray with vegetable oil spray.
Put tater tots on tray, put them in the oven; when the oven reaches 425F turn timer on to 20 minutes.

In large Skillet, sautee:
1 Onion, thinly sliced; cook until soft and translucent
While Onion is cooking, de seed and thinly slice:
1 Green Pepper
1 Red Pepper
1 Yellow Pepper
Add to onion and cook over high heat, stirring often.
Add:
1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
1/4 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
1 1/2 teaspoon Dried Oregano
1/2 teaspoon Garlic Salt
Cook for a few minutes, while grating about
1 1/2 cups Cheddar Cheese

Heat Griddle to 350F.
I have one of those long Griddles and can cook 3 – 4 Quesadillas at a time.
Place 3 – 4 Flour Tortillas, slightly over lapping, on Griddle.
Put about 1/2 cup of the Pepper mix on one half of the end Tortilla, sprinkle with Grated Cheddar and fold in half.
Proceed until all 3 – 4 Tortillas are “stuffed” and folded over.
Cook until lightly browned, turn over and continue cooking until second side is lightly browned.
Continue with remaining Flour Tortillas and Pepper Mixture.
As the Quesadillas are removed from Griddle, cut each into wedges.
Serve with Tater Tots, a Side Salad and some Salsa on the side.