'Quick' Meal Idea- Turkey

Okay, okay...so you probably already know that we have turkey for dinner. A lot. 

Last night I was not sure what to make for dinner. It's not that I didn't have the makings for just about anything but I was cutting it close to dinner. Granted, what I did come up with takes an hour....the fact that I figured out what we were having and prepared it in enough time is pretty amazing for me! If it were up to me...the kids and hubby would eat pb sandwiches way too often. *And I should clarify- hubby will not eat pb sandwiches.* ;)

So what did I come up with? It's super simple. Really. It takes hardly any time at all to prepare. It's the oven time that is the pain...It's base is Cream of Chicken soup (from Campbell's, Family size but you could use any brand and perhaps two condensed soups in place of the one larger) and has rice, vegetables and ..you guessed it.. turkey.

The recipe is on the back of this can but here is what I did (because it is ever so slightly different):

Preheat oven to 375.
Need:

13x9" baking pan

1 1/2 cup rice

Thawed 3/4 pound of ground turkey

3 cups frozen peas

1 can soup

2 cups water

salt

pepper

Italian seasoning

garlic powder

1 1/2 cups shredded cheese

Mix the ground turkey with a good amount of Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and pepper (sorry I never measure...if it smells good and looks good, it's probably good!). Set aside (in the fridge is probably the safe place).

Mix rice, water and soup together in the baking pan. I sprinkled some extra garlic in...because we like garlic.

Once mixed well, roll the turkey mix into little balls and plop them on the surface of the chicken soup-rice mix.

Bake for one hour, covered *oops, forgot to cover mine*. When done, top with shredded cheese. Let the cheese melt a bit and serve. This serves at least 8 :)

One of these days I am going to find a recipe to make my own cream of chicken *ahem, it'll be turkey* soup mix.

This recipe post has been submitted to The Christian Home under Hospitality.