Showing posts with label ground turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ground turkey. Show all posts

January 27, 2013

Teething and turkey pumpkin burgers

Ava woke up at 4:30 a.m. today. This has been the longest day of my life. Seriously. Longest. Day. Ever. She didn't want to nap but did want to get lots of snuggles (this part, I love, love, love). What I don't love, however, is trying to get normal nap-time things accomplished with a little "bwee-bwee-bwee" as my background music followed by crying because my hands are full of raw meat and I can't pick her up. I strongly dislike hate the teething process.

I digress. This is supposed to be about our paleo-ish life. We were supposed to have dinner at some friends' house tonight but didn't think it wise after they day we've all had here!

So, because my eyelids are near needing toothpicks to stay open right now, and I quickly had to dream up some dinner, there are no pictures of my own cooking process in this post. Um, you'll soon notice that if you have not already.

In the fridge I found ground turkey, some leftover pumpkin and did a quick search on some of my favorite paleo cooking sites to see if I could create something edible. Thank you, yet again, Civilized Caveman, for saving dinner at our house! Here we go pumpkin sliders with honey drizzle. I found that he also has sweet potato noodles but I find that I currently don't have enough energy to spend that much time with a potato! Some other time.

Maybe we'll throw in some steamed broccoli on the side or green beans. (Something to counteract the frozen Christmas cookies we had while Ava was not sleeping upstairs earlier. Yeah, confession there. We emotionally, tiredly ate those little cutouts of joy!)




January 13, 2013

Meatloaf: why can't it just look like a burger?

Meatloaf is a go-to meal in our house for a variety of reasons.

  • 1. It's fast (stove or Crock-pot).
  • 2. It can take on many different flavors and ingredients. (It cannot, however, take on many shapes.)
  • 3. It's easy to Paleo-fy!

I know lots of you out there adore burgers but despise meatloaf. Other than its odd appearance (meat literally in a loaf shape, I know), meatloaf, to me, is basically like eating a burger sans the bun.

Think it through. Ground meat? Check. Selected herbs and spices? Check. Egg? Check. A couple veggies sneaked in there? Check. Don't judge the loaf! Love the loaf!

I made this recipe for Ava and me tonight since Nathan's on a business trip. *Note I halved the recipe and baked it the oven for 35-40 minutes at 350 degrees.



Is there a way to make meatloaf pretty? Not so sure, but it was yummy!
We added a side of baked nuked sweet potatoes and steamed peas (Ava's favorite).