Here is a gorgeous flower from our yard. You may see a few of these over a few Friday as my Friday Photo.
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April Flower
Posted by terrepruitt on April 23, 2021
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Ricotta Cranberry Turkey Rolls
Posted by terrepruitt on April 22, 2021
I took out some turkey for dinner recently. I had thought it was ground turkey, you may know how I cook ground turkey all the time sometimes adding a vegetable sometimes not. I can serve it with anything; rice, pasta, potatoes, bread or in a tortilla. It is very easy to cook and very versatile. Well, it wasn’t ground turkey it was turkey breast fillets. They were somewhat of a mistaken purchase. I didn’t know what to do with them but then I remembered I have a bag of cranberries. People eat cranberries with turkey so I thought I could put them in the turkey.
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Ricotta Cranberry Turkey Rolls
Turkey breast fillets (5)
Salt
Pepper
Ricotta cheese (about 3/4 cup)
Dried cranberries (1 cup to 1 1/4 cup)
Sherry
Balsamic vinegar
Mozzarella
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Lay the turkey breasts out sprinkle them with salt and a little pepper. Put about a tablespoon of ricotta on one end and then sprinkle with cranberries. Roll up each breast and place in a baking dish. Sprinkle with sherry and balsamic vinegar. Add another sprinkle of salt. Place in the oven. After about 15 minutes take the dish out and put some mozzarella on top of each roll. Then put back in the oven for about 15 minutes.
Make sure the meat is fully cooked before serving.
You can serve with some cranberries sprinkled on top.
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This was yummy. I was super happy that is was good. But you know me I love that ricotta cheese!
What do you do with dried cranberries?
I forgot to take a picture of it on our plates, but it wouldn’t have looked any better than this. I do not like to spend time pretty “plating” my food.
Posted in "Recipes", Food | Tagged: baking turkey, dried cranberries, ricotta cheese, turkey, turkey breast, turkey breast fillets | 2 Comments »
Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad
Posted by terrepruitt on April 19, 2021
Many years ago, and I think I have shared this before, my father-in-law made dinner. He made a chicken casserole and said that he used canned chicken. I was not looking forward to eating it. But if he had not told me the chicken came from a can I would have thought he used chicken breast . . . which of course you can do with this. I am not always so good about remembering to take meat out to defrost so when I need something quick for dinner canned chicken is great. Plus I like to use it for chicken salad. Here is a chicken salad recipe.
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Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad
1 can of chicken
salt
2 tablespoons ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon mayonnaise
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup cranberries
1 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
Drain the chicken then put it in a bowl, sprinkle salt onto chicken. Add the ricotta cheese and mayonnaise. Mix the chicken, cheese, and mayo together. Add the chopped pecans. Mix. You may want to pull the cranberries apart or chop them a bit. I find the stick together. Add the cranberries to the mixture. Add the vinegar and mix. Here is where you decide if you need to add more ricotta cheese or mayo. It depends on how dry you want the mixture.
Serve on crackers, bread, a spoon, whatever you want.
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PLEASE NOTE: When I wrote the recipe I this is what I did. Some pictures are of the one can recipe and some are of when I used TWO cans of chicken.
Since we got the cranberries I have made this twice so far. It is really good.
Do you like to make different versions of chicken salad? What is your favorite?
Posted in "Recipes", Food | Tagged: chicken salad, cranberries, dinner, lunch, pecans, quick protein | 2 Comments »
Polenta Casserole
Posted by terrepruitt on April 7, 2021
We had purchased polenta, but I wasn’t sure what to do with it. I like to make Polenta Fries, but didn’t want to do that so I was trying to think of what to do with it. We also had a little left over taco sauce and enchilada sauce so I thought, “What the heck.”
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Polenta Casserole
1 tube of polenta
olive oil
coconut oil
1/2 onion
1 lb ground beef
taco seasoning
1/2 cup taco sauce
1/2 cup enchilada sauce
4.5 cups shredded cheese
Preheat oven to 450° F.
Slice the polenta. (I was able to get about 20 rounds from the tube.) Place the slices on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush a little olive oil on each slice. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. (They will be in the oven a total of 25 to 30 minutes).
Heat some oil in a pan. Chop the onion, then cook it in the oil. Add the beef to the cooked onion. Season with taco seasoning.
After 15 minutes take the polenta slices out of the oven and flip each one. Then put them back in the oven for another 10 to 15 minutes.
Make sure not to overcook the beef because it will be in the oven for 15 minutes.
Mix the taco sauce and enchilada sauce together. Then mix it with the meat.
Once the polenta is cooked (I like it crispy and browned on the edges . . . of course, you will adjust to your tastes.) take it out of the oven and put 11 slices in the bottom of a greased (I used coconut oil) 8X8 baking dish. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of cheese over the slices. Then put the meat on the slices spreading it out so it covers all the slices. Then sprinkle 3 1/2 cups cheese on the meat. Put the remaining slices of polenta on top and sprinkle with the rest of the cheese.
Bake for 15 minutes at 450° F.
Serve hot.
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I might consider using MORE polenta and less cheese. I’d like more complete layers of polenta. I also would like to add olives or bell peppers. For those of you that like chilies I think that would be a great thing to add.
I am never concerned with “plating” the food all pretty, I just want to eat . . . so, this does not look appetizing at all. But it was good! So we may be having this again. 🙂
Posted in "Recipes", Food | Tagged: enchilada sauce, ground beef, polenta, polenta casserole, taco sauce, taco seasoning | Leave a Comment »
Yoga Quotes
Posted by terrepruitt on April 5, 2021
So recently I participated in a discussion on Facebook that had me thinking of a few of my favorite yoga quotes. I thought I would share them here.
The last one really is my favorite.
“Yoga is not for the flexible. It’s for the willing.” -I don’t know
“Yoga is not about touching your toes. It is what you learn on the way down.” – Jigar Gor
“We don’t use the body to get into a pose, we use the pose to get into the body.”-I don’t know
People often ask me what they can do to “get into” a specific pose and the best way to learn how to do a specific pose is to DO the specific pose to the best of your ability. It is a practice.
Do you have any favorite yoga quotes? Do you have any favorite quotes about one of your hobbies or practices? Please share.
Posted in Yoga/PiYo/Pilates | Tagged: yoga classes, Yoga Practice, yoga quotes, yoga students, yoga teacher | 6 Comments »
Gorgeous Lilies
Posted by terrepruitt on April 2, 2021
I received roses AND lilies for our anniversary! These were so fragrant they scented the entire house! I love to post flowers for my Friday Photo. Do you see the roses in the background (left)? I posted a picture last Friday.
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: Anniversary Flowers, Friday Photo, Lilies, White lilies | 4 Comments »
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