Autumn Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients
2 pounds ground turkey
3 celery stalks, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 box chicken stock
1 bag frozen corn
1 bag cranberries
4 sweet potatoes
1 russet potato
1 pinch cinnamon
1 pinch allspice
1 cup skim milk
1/2 stick butter

Preheat oven to 350.
Peel potatoes and cut into large pieces.
Roast potatoes until tender.

Brown turkey, then remove from pan.

Cook celery, onions, and carrots.
Add 2 tbsp butter, then whisk in flour and cook for a few minutes, stirring constantly.
Add turkey back into pan.
Add stock and bring to a boil.
Lower heat and simmer 10 minutes.

When potatoes are tender, mash them in a bowl with 1/2 stick of butter and milk.
Mix in cinnamon and allspice.

Add turkey mixture to the bottom of casserole dish.
Mix together corn and cranberries, and add them on top of turkey mixture.
Add mashed potatoes and smooth over the top.

Bake for about a half hour, until top is brown.
Remove from oven and let sit for 10 minutes before serving.

Dragon's Breath Chili

Ingredients
2 pounds ground beef or ground turkey
1 large onion, diced
3 tbsp crushed red pepper flakes, divided
3 tbsp minced garlic
1 tbsp seasoned pepper
2 4oz cans mushroom pieces
1 28oz can baked beans
2 15oz cans kidney beans with liquid
2 6oz cans tomato paste
1/8 cup sugar
3 carrots, sliced
3 stalks celery, sliced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
2-3 jalapeno peppers, diced
1/4 cup beer
hto sauce (to taste)
1/3 cup barbeque sauce

In a large skillet over medium heat, brown meat together with onion, 1 tbsp red pepper flakes, garlic, and seasoned pepper.
Drain off fat, and place mixture into slow cooker.

Stir in mushrooms, baked beans, kidney beans with liquid, tomato paste, sugar, carrots, celery, peppers, beer, and barbeque sauce.
Season with hot sauce and remainder of red pepper flakes.

Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours.

Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients
1 lb ground beef (or ground turkey)
1/2 lb ground pork
1/2 cup instant rice
1 egg
1/4 cup ketchup
1 medium onion, chopped
1 1/2 tbsp parsley flakes
1tsp garlic powder
1 tsp pepper
2 tbsp worcestershire sauce

Sauce:
3 large cans italian-style crushed tomatoes
1 tsp garlic powder
3 tbsp parsley flakes
2 tbsp worcestershire sauce

Cook rice as directed.
Add rice to remaining filling ingredients and mix well.
Slice tops off peppers and remove seeds and cores.
Fill peppers with uncooked filling.
Set peppers in a large saucepan, open side up.
In a large bowl, combine sauce ingredients. Pour overtop of peppers.
Cook over medium heat until filling is hot, then reduce to low heat and simmer, covered, until peppers are tender and meat is cooked.

Stuffed Tomatoes

Ingredients
1/2 cup quick-cooking brown rice
1 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 1/4 lbs ground beef (or ground turkey)
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp coriander
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
6 large tomatoes
1/2 cup feta cheese
1/4 cup panko (japanese style breadcrumbs)

Preheat oven to 425.
Cook rice as directed.
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat.
Add onion and cook 10-12 minutes until lightly browned and tender.
Add ground beef, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, and chili powder. Cook 5-6 minutes until meat is browned.
Cut top off each tomato .
Using melon-baller or small spoon, remove tomato pulp and place in large bowl.
Remove 1 cup pulp from bowl and chop -- discard remaining pulp.
Return chopped pulp to bowl.
Add rice, feta, and beef mixture.
Scoop filling into hollowed tomatoes.
Place filled tomatoes in a jelly roll pan or casserole dish.
Sprinkle with panko and place in oven.
Bake 25-30 minutes until panko is browned and filling is heated through.

Super Sloppy Joes

Ingredients
1 1/4 lbs ground turkey
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp steak seasoning
1 medium onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
2 cups tomato sauce
3-4 tbsp tomato paste
sandwich buns
garnish: lettuce, tomato, cheese

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add oil and meat to pan.
Combine brown sugar and steak seasoning. Add to pan and combine with meat.
Once meat is browned, add onion and red peppers.
Reduce heat to medium and add red wine vinegar and worcestershire sauce. Cook for 5 minutes.
Add tomato sauce and tomato paste.
Reduce heat to summer and cook for 5 more minutes.
Scoop mixture onto buns and garnish as desired.

Turkey Meatloaf

Ingredients
2 lbs ground turkey
1 onion, chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 egg
1 envelope onion soup mix
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp ketchup plus 2 tbsp put aside
honey

Preheat oven to 400.
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients (except honey and extra ketchup).
Form 2 loaves, each on a sheet of tinfoil.
Slather extra ketchup and honey over the loaves.
Wrap each loaf tightly in tinfoil.
Freeze one loaf.
Bake second loaf on a tray for 45 minutes to an hour.