Gnocchi

7 potatoes, peeled and chopped
25g butter
1 egg
160g flour
S&P

Boil and mash potatoes.

Add rest of ingredients; mix well. Can be made into gnocchi or potato pancakes (stuffed!).

Turkey Salad

I made fantastic turkey salad sammiches today with leftover turkey! I only had dark meat, but I think that just works better. I'm sorry though, I don't measure anything, I just go by sight and taste.

Diced up turkey

Diced apple

Minced onion (I used yellow, but I think red would be better)

Diced pepper (I had orange, but yellow would work)

Mayo

White pepper

Allspice

Pinch of cumin

Pinch of chipotle

Lots of paprika (smoked paprika would be so good!)

Mix all together, let sit in fridge for an hour or so to let flavours blend.

Now, I just used bread, loaded it up, and popped it in the toaster oven. But it didn't quite have the texture this sammich needed. So I'd suggest either toasting the bread first, or grill it as you cook it. Either way, load up the bread, top with thinly sliced brie, and toast in toaster oven (or grill in a pan, though you might need a lid to help melt the brie). When cheese is nice and melted into the turkey mix, it's done.

Top with crushed up toasted almonds, and voila! *chef kiss*

(I know the picture isn't great, but ehn, I don't have the best phone camera lol)

Honey Ginger Sauce

Can't refind the website I got this from, but luckily I still had the word document open with the ingredient list (in bigger font so I can see it at the stove from the table lol).

½ cup honey

2 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp ginger

1 tbsp garlic

½ tsp chili powder (optional)

Put all ingredients in pan, bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium, cook sauce until reduced by half. Sauce will bubble up while cooking, so keep stirring.

Tomato Bisque

2lb ripe tomatoes, chopped 1 med. onion, thinly sliced 1 tbsp butter 1 bay leaf 1 tbsp brown sugar, packed 1 tsp dried basil 2 whole cloves 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 2 cups light cream 1 cup milk 2 tbsp chopped chives Peel and seed tomatoes. Saute onion in butter, add tomatoes. Add bay leaf, sugar, cloves, s&p, and basil. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes are thoroughly cooked, about 25 minutes. Remove bay leaf and cloves, transfer soup to blender to puree. Strains. Add cream and milk, heat through. Serve sprinkled with chives.

Refried Beans

1/2 cup diced onions
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp chili powder
1 cup canned, drained and rinsed white kidney beans
1/3 cup chicken stock

In small skillet, saute onions, garlic, and chili powder for 3 minutes. Add beans and stock, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Puree beans in food processor. Add more water if too thick.