Sloppy Turkey Melts

That time of year.  Left over turkey.  Are you slowing down on ideas?  Here's one.  Sloppy Turkey melts combine the idea of turkey salad with a "Melt" style sandwich.  Plus it uses up some of those harder to use veggies in the drawer




What I used:

• Turkey
• Leeks
• Parsley
• S & P
• Mayo
• Cheese - shredded
• Mustard
• Spices - Paprika, cayenne, oregano
• Bread & butter

How I put it together:

• Chop up turkey, leeks, and parsley and cook in a pan with some oil or butter until the leeks are soft.  Transfer to a bowl.
• Add spices, cheese couple spoons of mayo and a good spoon of decent mustard (more if your using American Yellow stuff)
• Mix until gooey and mushy goodness.
• Now you're going to do the rest link a grilled cheese sandwich, bread with butter side down on a pan, spread of the "Melt" mixture, second piece of bread.  Cook until the bread is toasty and golden browned.
• Eat and be happy

The Aftermath:

I loved the zing of the mustard.  We use Trader Joe's brand Dijon Mustard, it is the closest thing to true French mustard we can find for a fair price.  Spicy and tasty.

Bean & Rice Patty / Burger

We had black beans and we had rice.  Together, one of natures healthy things!  A Complete Protein even!  It was lunch time, and I was doing office work from home and wanted a burger like thing for lunch.  No meat at all in the house, so this is what I did.






What I used:
Black beans
Long Grain Brown Rice
Small chopped onion
Flax (I have a bunch of flax on hand, so I use it now and then)
Olive Oil (just a little)
Corn Meal
Cumin, chilli spice, S & P
How I put it together:
I mixed the items in a bowl until sticky, formed into patty shapes and then covered with the corn meal and wrapped in wax paper and placed in the fridge for an hour to firm up.

Fried over medium high heat until brown and crispy, served with pan fried french fries.
The afterthoughts:
I was very pleased with the turn out.  Not overly dry, nice spiciness to it too.  Was the closet thing to a burger I have had in a while!  I am going to kick this around some more.