Have you ever had the popcorn chicken from KFC? I have once and I liked it. I'm not usually a big fan of KFC, I just find their chicken too greasy. But I do love the popcorn chicken, so I thought I'd try and make some myself, only I tried it with turkey breast instead, well simply because that's what I had in the fridge. The batter I made was super simple too. Basically I just mixed flour, milk, eggs and my ...

I remember the first time I had lettuce wraps at a restaurant, I loved them. Such an interesting combination, the cool lettuce with the warm and spicy meat mixture, full of flavors. I loved it. I have since then started making them at home. This is an ideal dish for those on a low carb diet and it is such a quick meal, you can really make this any night of the week. This version of lettuce wraps is very sim ...

I love turkey breast and it's a very healthy and lean meat. I like to buy the boneless skinless turkey breast and use it instead of chicken, I think its flavor is much better. Now these turkey bites are to die for. They are so flavorful and just simply delicious. My husband and I (and the dog) could barely hold back long enough to take pictures. To make them really tasty I used lean turkey breast which I co ...

I did not make a turkey for Thanksgiving this year, but I did make these turkey meatloaf muffins, in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Trust me when I tell you these turkey muffins are delicious and super moist. The reason they don't dry out is because they have mushrooms in them and lots of other goodies like onion, garlic, garlic chili sauce and butter. They are also weight watchers friendly at only 4 points pe ...

Have you ever had one of those days when everyone gets on your nerves at work and it seems like anything that can go wrong does?  Well today was one of those days for me, very busy day at work, full of meetings and lots of things going wrong, hardly had any time for a coffee break. Everybody seems to want the world from you, especially in software development, well you can do anything with software and my r ...

These turkey and mushroom rolls were so successful at my house, they were gone in no time. The beauty of these rolls is that are made in eggroll wrappers and are baked. I love cooking with eggroll wrappers and wonton wrappers because they are so versatile, you can really fill them with anything and are just super delicious. Of course you can fry them, or you can bake them, it all depends if you care about t ...

If you've never cooked with couscous before, don't get turned off by it. Couscous is just small beads of pasta made from semolina. It's very popular in countries like Turkey, Greece, Spain, France, and lots of Arabic countries. Traditionally, it is served with meat and vegetable stew. It cooks very quickly, so it's perfect for a hectic night when you want a quick and healthy dinner. If you cook couscous pro ...

Yesterday, for no reason at all except maybe to make my dog happy, I roasted a big old turkey. Yep, on a very hot day I decided to have my oven on for a few hours. Silly of me I know, but yes, my dog was very happy, and she'll be very happy for the rest of the week. I do have a lot of turkey left over though. Remember, it's just my husband and I, and my dog, so there's only so much turkey one can eat. I don ...

Yesterday was a gorgeous day here in Calgary. Sun was shining, not too hot, great for a BBQ day. Today, not so much. But at least we took advantage of the weather yesterday and made these gorgeous turkey kabobs.  It was my husband's idea and it was a great idea. I haven't had kabobs in a long time, so they were very welcomed. These kabobs were just fabulous, and need I mention how super easy they are to mak ...

I got this recipe from my husband's friend so I decided to try it today because I had a turkey breast in the freezer. It is super easy to make and it makes for a very light dinner, needless to say you could have it for lunch as well. This dish is especially perfect if you're on Atkins diet or some other sort of low carb diet. It took me about 10 minutes to put it together and it turned out absolutely divine ...

Here's another wonderful lunch idea, a panini.  Who doesn't love a good panini, and you don't need a panini grill to make one, you can just grill it in a skillet.  Panini sandwiches are really just glorified grilled cheese sandwich, but packed with a lot more flavor and goodness. Really, you can put anything you like in these sandwiches, and most of the time I just put whatever I have in the fridge.  I've m ...

So today is New Year's Eve and I'm in the kitchen cooking up a storm.  I woke up early this morning and first thing I did was make my famous White Chocolate Apricot Rugelach cookies and I followed the recipe exactly.  They turned out beautiful and delicious.  Then I made my Beef Salad because without it, it just isn't  a holiday.  This took a while to make but my husband helped me out a bit.  But this post ...