I started doing things around the house yesterday morning, and before we knew it, it was 10:30. I hear Tony whisper: “Mama Rini’s” and I bolted to get changed! I don’t know why, but I almost enjoy eating breakfast out more than dinner. It’s slower paced (although some a-hole was talking on his cell phone so the whole restaurant could hear how he was divorced, his wife remarried, how he took his kids to Great America!).
One of the specials was 2x2x2. Two pancakes, 2 eggs, 2 pieces of bacon – all for $3.95 – sold! I gave one of my pancakes to Tony – I was glad they had sugar free syrup 😀
While Tony read the paper at breakfast, I came up with a grocery list and menu. Then it was off to the store. When we got back, after putting the groceries away I started yet another batch of my baja fresh salsa. I decided to host a Mexican fiesta at work tomorrow for my 5 year anniversary – on the menu: baja fresh salsa and chips, zucchini enchiladas, ground beef taco bar with all the fixins, a black bean, cucumber avocado and tomato salad, creamy black beans, and for dessert, tres leches cake!
Since we ate a late breakfast, lets just say lunch was chips and salsa – I mean, I had to make sure there was enough salt in the salsa, didn’t I?
At the store we picked up a whole roasted chicken for $3.75 – nice! We’ve recently started butterflying our chicken and will never do it any other way again. Everything cooks evenly and you don’t run the risk of bringing it to the table, only to realize the meat next to the bone is raw (and believe me, its happened to us a lot!).
After dinner I had a jones for something sweet -usually that never happens, I usually grab pretzels or peanuts! I had this in my pantry:
I took one phyllo dough sheet, folded it in half and then put the cherry filling in the middle. Then just rolled it up – only 1 teaspoon of melted butter was used over three of these, then sprinkled with 1/2 a package of raw sugar.
So Debbi picked ground turkey for the BSI ingredient this week. I was wondering what I was going to make when I saw Amanda’s sister Kerry talk about Turkish dishes her boyfriend introduced her to. I have no idea what Turkish dishes are, but one stood out to me – it was called Boregi – and it is a minced meat hand pie that street vendors typically sell on the street.
Biz’s Turkish Boregi (printer friendly version here)
Makes 18 servings (164 calories, 5.1 fat, 16.7 carbs, .5 fiber and 8.7 protein)
Ingredients
1 | teaspoon olive oil |
1 | pound ground turkey |
2 | garlic cloves, minced |
1 | teaspoon ground cinnamon |
3 | teaspoons dried oregano |
1 | teaspoon crushed red pepper |
1/2 | teaspoon hot sauce, sriracha |
1/2 | cup parsley, chopped |
3 | ounces potato, cooked and diced |
18 | phyllo sheets |
1 | egg |
2 | tablespoons milk |
2 | tablespoons sesame seeds |
1 | tablespoon olive oil |
Directions
- Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil and cook garlic until it begins to soften and brown. Add ground turkey and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add cinnamon, oregano, parsley, crushed red pepper, hot sauce, potato and parsley.
- Cook an additional 3 minutes, season with salt and pepper and let cool.
- In a small bowl, mix together the egg, milk, and olive oil.
- Lay out phyllo dough. Brush the edges of half of the dough, and fold in half. Put 1/3 cup mixture in the middle. Fold each side into the middle covering the filling. Bring the bottom half way up, then use egg wash on all the edges.
- Roll up like a cigar and put on parchment lined cookie sheet. Repeat until you have 18.
- Brush with remaining egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes or until nicely browned.
It’s light and flakey, and I love the combination of the cinnamon, oregano and hot sauce – after a couple bites you start to feel a bit of heat! 😀
Thanks Debbi for hosting this week! Off to check my email for the 101 Days of Summer Updates! 😀
there you go again with that perfectly grilled chicken – loving the char action 🙂
Ooooh, that turkish boregi look amazing, I am putting that into my bookmarks. I think I’ll try it with chicken (hubby has a thing about turkey lol).
*kisses* HH
These turkish boregi look delicious! I love putting cinnamon in savory dishes!
your butterflied grilled chicken looks amazing! how long would you estimate it takes to cook a whole chicken on the grill???
It only takes about 45 minutes – that’s why we love it can you can actually do it on a weeknight! 😀
What a lovely savoury boregi! I love your combination of cinnamon, oregano and chili with the turkey.
I am hosting AWED this month featuring Turkish cuisine, so please consider submitting your dish here as well: http://tastespace.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/announcing-awed-turkey-for-august-2010/
I have never heard of Borgei but I think yours turned out so nicely. I like the pie creation too. I also like breakfast out. We used to go sometimes to the Original Pancake House.
what a feast for the eyes…everything looks soooo delicious, your plate with corn and chicken yum!!!
I’ve never had boregi, you got me really curious about them! They seem fairly easy to make, no?
Oh YUMMMM..I’ve never heard of Boregi..it looks awesome!
i love what you did with the cherry pie filling, a great light treat! i’ll have to remember that!
Your co-workers must really love you! That ground turkey recipe looks delish…I have always been intimidated by phyllo, but perhaps I will attempt it soon!
Love your 100 calorie pie! You’re my diabetic, hero, Biz, because you excercise, keep your blood sugars so normal and don’t have a sweet tooth. All things I struggle with! Thanks for being my inspiration.
I still would have eaten 1/4 of your German Chocolate Cake though! I almost emailed you last night – I woke up at 1:15 in the morning with a blood sugar of 53 🙁 – I ate a giant peach and then a giant marshmallow! 😀
I need to email you! 5 GALLONS of salsa!?! Your co-workers are lucky pups!! I love your baja fresh salsa..I can’t wait to make it again!
That whole chicken looks perfectly cooked! Wow, very scrumptious! 😀
Jenn
The boregi’s look delicious!! So does the beer! I’m sure the chicken was delicious but I so get creeped out by seeing it like that on the grill. It somehow seems more alive when it is like that!
those look so cute! Turkish Boregi sounds fabulous! at first it reminded me of a sweet and sour wrap at a chinese restaurant, but this is much better!
xoxo
Yummy looking
Your chicken looks knock-knee’d – too cute! And delicious, as well. That turkey dish – wow. Seriously. If I weren’t so lazy and afraid of phyllo, I’d actually make it. 🙂
OK, twin powers activate because I also made salsa yesterday and had salsa and chips for my lunch too!
Love the BSI dish you did, it turned out fantastic! Can you freeze the leftovers??
I haven’t made a whole chicken in forever. Love your butterflied, grilled chicken. It looks soooo good! I think I’ll have to try to recreate yours soon…
And your Turkish boregi look & sounds awesome. Your food is ALWAYS so fabulous!!! Happy Sunday! 🙂
Butterfly chicken on the grill is AWESOME! Love it this way! Yours looks GREAT!!
Your Mexican fiesta sounds amazing! I hope it goes well!!
I am totally the same way. I love going out to breakfast so much more than dinner most of the time.
I’m going to send my sister your recipe for Boregi! She’ll be so excited. It looks really delicious too.
Awesome looking chicken!!!!