Marie Cookpad

  We like ground turkey in this house. In fact we I probably prefer it over ground beef.  For me it is a texture thing and I just prefer the smell and the flavour of turkey over that of beef.   Don't get me wrong. I like beef . . . in a steak, or a roast or a stew  . . .  cut into chunks, etc.  I just am not overly fond of it ground.  When I was growing up whenever my mother served us ground beef I always ended up with a piece of gristle or bone in mine, and as soon as it touched my teeth, my gag reflex kicked in.   And, it even happened to me in restaurants!  Believe it or not!  I got a fingernail sized piece of bone in a hamburger in Harvey's once. Nobody else did. Just me. Its no wonder I can take or leave ground beef!!  We just don't get along well together!  I never have that problem with ground turkey.   These Turkey Parmesan Meatballs I am sharing today are incredibly delicious. You don't want to use the leanest gr...

  This was the Thanksgiving weekend back in Canada.  I can never celebrate it properly at the right time of year because it is impossible to get a whole turkey without paying an arm and a leg for it at this time of year, if you can get one at all.  A month makes all the difference in the world.  Were it November, I would be able to get one quite easily.   I suppose what I should do is buy an extra one at Christmas or Easter and have it in the freezer, but I never think to do that!   You can get all kinds of other turkey bits all throughout the year. Turkey steaks, Turkey cubes.  Turkey breast fillets, ground turkey  . . .  just no whole turkeys.   I quite like turkey myself and enjoy it in any way shape or form.   In any case I made us these delicious Cranberry & Apple Turkey Meatballs, instead of a roast turkey and we enjoyed them.   All the flavours of Thanksgiving in a bite sized meat ball . . . moist and tender  . ...

  I have always been fond of the flavours of Teriyaki.  Teriyaki is a Japanese term for fish or meat that has been marinated or cooked in a Teriyaki sauce/marinade, which is generally composed of soy sauce, sake or mirin, ginger, and sugar (or honey). Sometimes garlic is also added   When my children were growing up I used to make something which I called Amanda's Steak , which was basically Flank Steak marinated in a teriyaki marinade.  My youngest daughter Amanda loved it, which is how it eventually got called Amanda's steak in our home. I can't believe I have never cooked it on here.  Time to rectify that I guess because, it is really, really good and I am sure you would like it.   Today I decided to adapt my favourite Teriyaki Meatball recipe to use ground turkey instead of beef, with excellent results.   We like ground turkey in our house, but if you don't, feel free to use ground beef in it's place, or even pork or ground chicken!  ...