Food, glorious food

[days_unfolding]

I just had a meal that consisted of a chicken sandwich and two giant Trader Joe's eggrolls. It was too much food; I should have just had the eggrolls.

I'm eating down the food in my freezer, so there will be more eccentric meals to come. Tomorrow I'll probably eat something that I think is cooked salmon with some sort of topping. Yum.

Question--what would you make with the following meat:

• A pound of ground turkey


• Chicken breasts. I have lots and lots of chicken breasts.

To add to the challenge, my spices are missing (in some box in the garage, probably), and I don't want to buy a lot of replacements. I do have some Herb and Garlic and Lemon Pepper marinade, but I want to use some of it for some frozen salmon.

I'd appreciate any thoughts that you might have.

Comments

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

You could make turkey chili, lasagna or meatloaf. Just use the ground turkey the same way you'd use the ground beef.

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Thanks.

[cyberpigue.livejournal.com]

Chicken breasts are great grilled with a little olive oil, garlic, and salt - the marinade mix might be a great substitute.

Chicken breasts baked in anything that will keep them moist is good and easy - butter and foil, butter in a covered glass dish, etc.

Cubing and then frying them in oil or butter with a little salt is good - you can then eat as is or put them in a salad, or put them in a bowl with some croutons and your favorite dressing with or without lettuce.

You can butterfly the breasts and pound them out really thin and then fold them back together over a chunk of butter and garlic and roll like a burrito to seal, then batter them with home toasted breadcrumbs with a little of the marinade, garlic, or other flavor, and bake them uncovered until the center is at least 165 degrees and the outside is toasty. When you cut into it the juice leaks out onto your plate and makes a great dip as you eat. BTW - you can roll up almost anything you like in the chicken like this - brocolli, spinach, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, ham and cheese, etc. It all comes out moist and delicious with a crispy toasted shell that wasn't fried.

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Thanks.

[papoose.livejournal.com]

Ground turkey and rice. But you have to have fresh garlic! How can one live without it?

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

I live near the garlic capital of the world, so garlic is a must! (Although garlicy breezes from the south are less appealing.)

[lesliesailor.livejournal.com]

I have the chicken breasts all the time (I buy them in the huge packages from Costco). I use a little olive oil, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper, and then grill them on the George Formen grill for about 5 1/2 minutes. I then do variations with that. You can slice the breasts up and put them on lettuce with caesar dressing, or have them with a sauce over rice, or just eat them with veggies and salad on the side. If its nice, I marinate them in olive oil, salt, pepper, rosemarie, and garlic, and then BBQ them on the outdoor grill.

The turkey, I would divide into 4 patties and have a turkey burger (again grilled on the GF), or have the turkey with rice. :)

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Thanks.