turkey apple pot pie

turkey apple pot pie
Originally uploaded by Mary Anne Thygesen

Turkey and Apple pot pie

1 onion
2 golden delicious apples
2 medium size yams
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 lb ground turkey
1 ½ teaspoons caraway seeds optional
2 teaspoons chicken base or bullion
2/3 cups dry sherry
1 cup apple juice
1/3 cup water
Or any combination of liquid ingredients up to two cups
3 tablespoon corn starch
Salt and pepper to taste
1 puff pastry sheet, thawed

Peel, core and thinly slice apples. Peel and thinly slice yams. Peel and chop onion.
Heat oil in large skillet. Add crumbled ground turkey. Cook ground turkey until brown and not pink. Add onion, apple, yams, and caraway seed. Cover and cook over medium heat for 10 minute stirring occasionally. Uncover pan. Turn heat up to high. This is to cook off some of the moisture to brown the onion. In a measuring cup combine the liquid ingredients, sherry, apple juice and water. Stir in the corn starch until smooth. Add liquid mixture to pan. Stir quickly to make smooth sauce. Take off heat and let cool a little. Prepare baking dishes. Either two 8 x 8 inch or one 13 x 9 inch. Spray baking dishes with cooking oil. Pour filling into baking dishes. Cut puff pastry into strips weave a lattice over the top of filling. Bake at 400 F until pastry browns and puffs about 35 minutes. Remove from oven. Let set for about 5 minutes. Serves 8. I bake it in two casseroles and freeze one.

This is a nice casserole for fall. Like all casseroles it works well for potlucks, picnics and tail gate parties.

Taco Picnic

We have a lot of fun bringing all the ingredients for making tacos to picnics. Yesterday I brought and set up a taco bar picnic at the waterfront. I made up taco meat, this time I used ground turkey. I buy my taco seasoning at Costco. I cooked the ground turkey until it wasn’t pink any more then added the taco seasoning and water according to the package directions. I put the hot meat in a plastic container with a screw on top lid. I put the hot ingredients in one cooler and the cold ingredients in another cooler. I use a gel pack warmed in the microwave to keep the food hot. The other ingredients that I brought were Tillamook Mexican grated cheese, olives, salsa, lettuce and taco shells. I put everything in its own container. At the picnic I handed out plates and taco shells and passed everything around. Everyone built their own tacos.

Hoagies

Bruce and his hoagie
Originally uploaded by Mary Anne Thygesen

I make hoagies and bring them to Zoo concerts. Hoagies are a favorite picnic sandwich. They travel well and are easy to make up. I buy my hoagie rolls at Fred Meyers. To make a hoagie sandwich, first slice the roll open. Then slather the roll with sandwich spread. Hot mustard is a favorite bread spread. Recent combinations that I have made of deli meat and cheese have been: turkey and provolone cheese, turkey and swiss cheese, roast beef and swiss cheese, ham and swiss cheese, ham and cheddar cheese, ham and provolone cheese, turkey, ham and provolone. Next add the vegetables: lettuce, tomato and onion. Then rap the hoagie up with plastic wrap. Write the owners name on the plastic wrap with a sharpie. Each hoagie is custom made matching preferences, like no mayo. Place the hoagies in a cooler with and go have a fun picnic.