Obviously, home means different things to different people. For most of us it is our base, our refuge, our comfort zone. Today was cold and we had snow for a while. That always makes me want to have something warm to eat, comfort food. There are many wonderful, delicious, hearty soups to warm you, but these days I'm focusing on making things that save money and work well with a low fat diet that is also light on carbs, at least the bad carbs.
I've rediscovered one of those things that I've known for a long time, but have gotten away from. Instead of expensive, processed foods that are high in salt and fat, I have been buying a whole chicken or a turkey breast or a good size roast when it is on sale and making it turn into 3 healthy meals that just happen to be delicious as well. Tonight was our third night on a turkey breast that my husband cooked on the grill. He seasoned it with Tony Zachery's seasoning and smoked it with charcoal and oak chips. Delicious.
I boiled the bones from the breast and saved the broth and turkey off the bone and made soup. I added chopped baby carrots, celery, 1/2 peeled potato diced in small pieces, onion, mushrooms and about 1/3 to 3/4 cup rotini pasta. I seasoned it with garlic pepper, thyme, oregano, salt and rosemary. The broth still had that wonderful smokey taste and I thickened it a little with a small amount of flour mixed with water. Very diet friendly and sooooo good.
Tonight we took wheat tortillas, toasted them on the griddle sprayed with Pam. I chopped some turkey, sliced onion, green pepper, mushrooms and a few jalapenos and light cheddar cheese and made our own quesadillas. They were delicious.
There you go, three meals for the price of a frozen turkey breast and some fresh vegetables and I think I may have enough left to get a turkey pot pie out of it. Bonus!!!!!!