Leftover Idea: Stuffing Frittata
By Andrea | Sunday, November 30th, 2008
The cast
Still plowing your way through leftovers? This is one of my very favorite leftover recipes. I look forward to this all year long! I started doing this a few years back with leftover stuffing and have made it every year since. It’s so easy and so yummy! Perfect if you are hosting guests at your house and they are threatening bodily harm if you feed them another leftover. Disguise it!
Andrea’s Stuffing Frittata
- 1 C overloaded with stuffing
- 1 C of leftover chopped turkey
- 4 eggs
- 1 TBSP of olive oil
- Shredded Cheddar for topping
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium sized skillet, drizzle in the olive oil and heat over medium heat. Then add in the turkey and stuffing. Whisk the four eggs and pour that mixture over the turkey and stuffing. Making sure the egg mixture covers the whole thing. Turn off heat and plop in the oven for about 5 minutes until just slightly shy of being set. Turn off oven and remove frittata. Sprinkle top with as much shredded cheddar as you like. Put back in the oven for about 3 minutes until the cheese is melted and frittata is fully set.
Remove from oven, cut into four slices and serve!
Out of the oven
This dish is so easy to make and takes leftover stuffing to that next level of awesomeness. Stuffing is my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner, so I’ll look for any excuse to keep eating it! I have made this with just stuffing and no turkey. This year I had a few bites of turkey still in the fridge so I dumped it in. But omitted, the frittata is still just as yummy.
If you have leftover cranberry sauce, some of that warmed and drizzled over top would make a really nice sauce for the frittata. You could also use egg whites in this as well. It’s up to you! Even playing around with the cheese and maybe using a pepper jack for some kick would be great! Get creative with those leftovers!
Stuffing Frittata
Have fun guys! And remember, always play with your food!
Topics: Breakfast, Main Dish, Side Dish | 7 Comments »
Tags: Breads, Cheese, Eggs, Holiday, Turkey
Cran-Apple Turkey Burgers
By Andrea | Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
About to be grilled
Happy November guys! Pumpkins, colorful leaves, and turkey are all things that come to mind when we think of November. I thought I would kick things off with a Fall recipe.
Growing up, I was not a fan of burgers. It was too much meat in a condensed form and the taste wasn’t appealing to me. Once I was out on my own cooking for the two of us, I realized that it wasn’t burgers as a whole that I disliked, it was the specific burger I was given. The burgers in restaurants were huge and too messy to handle. All the toppings came out the back ending up on the plate instead of accompanying the burger.
My mom’s burgers didn’t have a lot of seasoning to them and didn’t appeal to me. Cooking for Scott and myself, I realized I could make burgers however I wanted. I could make them with tons of seasonings and I didn’t have to make a mammoth burger that you couldn’t even take a bite out of.
Burgers are now one of my very favorite things to make. You can make a burger out of anything and play around with flavors. You can make them any size and serve them on the vessel of your choice. This is what I adore about cooking, making it your own. No rules, it’s all about you and what you want.
I’m still experimenting with apples and finding new ways to incorporate them into meals. I saw a turkey burger in Rachael Ray’s magazine that had some apple slices on it with a cranberry sauce. I thought that was okay but wondered if I could put the apple and cranberries IN the burger instead of just using them as extras on the bun. That’s how this particular burger came to be.
Andrea’s Cran-Apple Turkey Burgers
- 1lb ground dark meat turkey
- 1 granny smith apple chopped, small pieces
- 1/4 red onion chopped
- 1/2 TBSP of dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp grill seasoning
- 1/4 tsp of poultry seasoning
- 1/4 tsp of smoked paprika
- 1/4 C of dried cranberries
- Salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste
In a mixing bowl, combine all of the above ingredients. Divide mixture into four equal parts and form into patties. Place patties on a hot grill and grill on each side for 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to rest for 2 minutes before serving.
You can cook these in a large skillet with about 2 TBSP of olive oil if you don’t want to or cannot grill them. You can also use ground turkey breast if you don’t care for dark meat turkey.
On the grill
Whenever you make burgers out of poultry, they tend to be very delicate until the first side gets cooked. These are burgers of love, you have to handle them with care so they don’t fall apart on you. Ease them onto the grill and do not move them until the first side is cooked. When you flip them, it helps to use two spatulas, one on the bottom and one on top to help keep things in place. They will hold up for you but you have to treat them gently.
Cran-Apple Turkey Burger
I served these burgers topped with cheddar and placed on kaiser roles with some lettuce and dijon mustard. They were moist and so flavorful. The apples were warmed through while still remaining crisp and the cranberries gave nice little bursts of sweetness that paired well with the red onion. This is probably my favorite burger I have made so far. Both of us just loved the way these turned out and even again as leftovers the next day. The apples didn’t get mushy or turn brown. I’ve been dreaming about these burgers ever since!
Enjoy guys, and remember, always play with your food!
Topics: Main Dish | 10 Comments »
Tags: Cheese, Fruit, Grill, Turkey