Hey everyone. i hope that you are all having a great morning. It's a little on the rainy side here but, the temperature is very mild. Even though the rain makes it dreary there is a reason for the rain. It just would be nice if like everything else, it would come when we wanted it to. Unfortunately, things don't go like that. But, it is kind of nice if you can kind of just accept it and know that it is needed, even if it is not here when you want. I don't know, it just seems like it makes it a little better.
Okay, so for today I have picked up a couple of new recipes for you all. These are obviously not something that I have used over the years but, I did make them both up on Sunday and my family loved them. The first recipe that I am going to put up is from Rachael Ray from the Food Network. I watched her prepare this last week or the week before and it looked yummy. I thought "ooooh the hubs will love this one"! Sure enough, he did!
BUFFALO TURKEY SLOPPY JOES
SLOPPY JOES;
3 tbsp butter
2 lbs ground turkey breast
celery salt
black pepper
2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
2-3 ribs celery, finely chopped (more to garnish plate, optional)
2 peeled carrots, finely chopped (more to garnish plate, optional)
4 cloves garlic, finely shopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1 cup beer or chix stock
1/4 c to 1/2 c medium to extra spicy hot sauce, such as Frank's Red Hot
2 tbsp cider vinegar
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 14oz can of tomato sauce
12 soft hamburger buns
BLUE CHEESE RANCH;
1 c blue cheese crumbles
1 c sour cream
1/4 c chopped herbs, such as dill, chives and parsley leaves
2 tbsp lemon juice or cider vinegar
1 large clove garlic, grated
salt and pepper
1/3 - 1/2c buttermilk
TOPPINGS;
chopped dill pickles
chopped raw onions or scallions
For the sloppy joes; heat the butter in a large skillet over med-high heat. When the butter foams, add the turkey. Brown and crumble. Season with the celery salt and pepper. Add the thyme, chopped celery, carrots, and onions. Cook, partially covered to soften, 12 to 15 mins. Add the garlic. Then deglaze the pan with the beer/chix stock. Add the hot sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire, and tomato sauce. Then simmer to thicken.
For the dressing; in a bowl, combine the blue cheese, sour cream, herbs, lemon juice, garlic, and some salt and pepper. Whisk in as little or as much of the buttermilk to the dressing for the consistency you like.
Serve the sloppy buffalo meat on rolls topped with the pickles onions and a dollop of dressing. Serve additional dressing for the extra carrot sticks and celery sticks alongside.
Tip------ My husband cannot have hot spicy foods so I made these without the hot sauce and they were delicious. So, if you don't like the heat..... leave it out. They tasted very good and the blue cheese dressing on the top was a perfect taste blend with the sloppy joes. We loved it and I hope that you all do too!
For the next recipe. I am going to give you a kind of repeat of a recipe I gave you just a little bit ago. Only this version is a short cut. My niece Samantha found this great site called: tablespoon.com. Yum! These recipes are short and quick. They are just a few ingredients and a short amount of time. Love, love, love this site. I think that you will all enjoy it too! So, for the next recipe, it is:
PUMPKIN WHOOPIE PIES
1 Super Moist Spice cake mix
1/3 c butter, softened
1 15oz can pumpkin
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
2 whole eggs
1/2 c milk
1 container cream cheese frosting
Preheat oven to 350. Spray cookie sheet with non stick spray. In a large bowl, add the cake mix, butter, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, eggs and milk. Mix slowly for 30 seconds or until combined and then beat for 1-2 mins. Batter will be on the wet side. Drop tablespoon sized dollops onto cookie sheet (I used a small scoop). Try to make them out to be the same size. Bake for 10-11 mins. Let them cool completely. Frost a cookie with frosting and top with another cookie. Store in an airtight container and refrigerate until ready to eat.
Tip--I didn't want the canned frosting so, I went to the bakery section in our grocery store and bought some of the frosting they use to frost the cakes they make. They usually have a few different types and most of them will sell this. It sure made it easy to make these little guys up. And of course the frosting was delicious too!
This recipe was quick and yummy. So good! I hope that if you didn't have time to make the recipe I posted for these a couple of weeks ago, I hope that you give these a try. So moist and delicious with half of the ingredients and time. That is a definite win-win!! Don't forget to checkout; tablespoon.com. I think that you will enjoy it as much as I have.
Hope that you all have a wonderful afternoon. The rain here has finally started to slow down and maybe even stopped. Yeah! Now I need to go feed my birds and squirrels.
Warm primitive blessings to you all.
prim_bug
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