1 Quorn Turkey Roast
2 cups cooked wild rice
1 apple, chopped
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/2 onion, chopped
1 1/2 cup vegetable broth
1 cup water
1. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients except "turkey", broth, and water.
2. Remove plastic covering from "turkey" roast. Place in slow cooker. Place wild rice mixture around and on top of "turkey roast."
3. Pour vegetable broth over top of the wild rice and "turkey."
4. Cover and cook on Low heat for 4 to 5 hours. Add as much water as needed to keep everything moist.*
*Remember when you are not cooking with meat you don't have the fat to keep things moist. Water and vegetable broth/stock are your friends.
Makes 5 servings. 226 calories each.
The writer is not only a cookie monster, but also has an extreme obsession with ice cream! When he has his mind set on ice cream there is absolutely no convincing him otherwise. The whole evening I hear..."wanna run to Graeters," "we could go to the grocery store and pick up a pint of ice cream," or "maybe we could swing through Dairy Queen and get a Blizard. I have some change." Tonight I heard "will you please make me a Sundae?" How could I resist? He only asked me fifteen times!! So, I used the remaining Organic Vanilla frozen yogurt that was in the freezer and the leftover Special Dark chocolate morsels that were left from the cookies to put a huge smile on the writer's face (my true motive was to put an end to the ice cream whines).
Got Him to Quiet Down Sundae
2 scoops organic frozen Vanilla yogurt
1/4 cup Special Dark chocolate morsels
1 tablespoon milk (can use soy milk and the writer doesn't notice...don't tell)
Pistachios, shelled and lightly salted
1. Place chocolate morsels and milk in a small saucepan on LOW heat. Make sure to keep stirring and keep an eye on the chocolate. You want to melt it slowly.
2. Scoop yogurt into a bowl. Pour desired amount of chocolate over top. Top with pistachios.*
*Keeping the stove on low heat also makes it so the chocolate is warm enough, but not too warm that it will melt the yogurt when you pour it on top.
Somehow the cook got access to the writer's responsibility with the blog and wrote slanderous statements about my affinity for ice cream. Seriously, do you think a person that works out 5-6 times per week and takes pride in eating lean and healthy would not only be obsessed with cookies, but with ice cream as well?
Does that make sense....(face getting red and palms starting to sweat)...ok fine, the writer cannot maintain the rouse anymore: I love ice cream!
And I especially love vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt drenched in a smothering of rich, melted dark chocolate morsels. Mmmmm...And don't blame me for my persistence.
Everyone has a go-to move to get what they want. Beautiful women like the cook bat their long, pretty eyelashes. Crazy people yell and scream and force you to stare deep into their vacant, unblinking eyes, basically daring, "say no to these!." Famous rockers simply show up and say, "who wants it." I am not beautiful, not 'clinically' crazy, and am not a rocker or celebrity, so I go with what I got: being annoying.
Like little kids in a car harmonizing every ten seconds with, "are we there yet," I chose the please, please, please route. And if I have to, promises of opulent riches I will probably never be able to supply if I get my creamy delight.
So, much like a child that has had success with a certain approach to get a toy they could not live without, I know what works, and execute to perfection.
Now, after all this talk of ice cream, it is time for me to find the cook and start to break her down to get my next tasty treat.
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