Copycat Panera Bread Turkey Chili Recipe

After weeks of testing, I’m excited to share my version of a Panera Bread classic dish. This copycat Panera Turkey Chili recipe is a hearty chili. A warm, comforting bowl of goodness that captures the essence of autumn with every spoonful. Packed with lean ground turkey, vibrant vegetables, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, edamame, and a blend of warm spices that is perfect for chilly evenings. 

Grab a large stock pot, Dutch oven, slow cooker, or Instant Pot and let’s recreate this delicious recipe in the comfort of your own home!

Homemade Air Fryer Turkey Meatballs (for Pasta and More)

Air Fryer Turkey Meatballs made from ground turkey are an easy and versatile meal option ready and on your table in about 30 minutes! These tasty little nuggets are tender, moist, and flavorful. 

No air fryer? No problem, find directions to cook these delicious turkey meatballs in your oven or stove top in the recipe card too!  

Thanksgiving Leftovers Casserole

Thanksgiving leftovers. If you've got them, you need ways to use them up in the most delicious ways. This Thanksgiving Leftovers Casserole is just the thing to repurpose those leftovers into a completely different dish the whole family will enjoy!

Italian Sausage Stuffed Peppers with Pasta Sauce

Delicious tender green pepper halves stuffed with Italian turkey sausage then smothered in pasta sauce and mozzarella cheese is a family favorite! My family thinks these are the best stuffed peppers! How do I know?  Because there's never any leftovers when I make Italian Sausage Stuffed Peppers with Pasta Sauce!

Best Ground Turkey Meatloaf

Meatloaf. I find people either love it or hate it. But the more I bring up the subject, the more I find that those that dislike it, dislike it because they've been served bad meatloaf.  You know the kind I'm talking about: dry, tasteless. Well, now everyone can become meatloaf lovers because this recipe really does make the Best Ground Turkey Meatloaf! This turkey meatloaf recipe is moist and full of flavor, with minimal preparation!  It's the perfect recipe to turn meatloaf haters into meatloaf lovers!

Skinny Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe -Olive Garden Copycat

Brrrr....it's January and it's COLD here in northeast Ohio! That means it's healthy comfort food time...that means it's delicious soup weather! If you are looking for the perfect soup to make on a chilly winter day, this Skinny Zuppa Toscana Soup will warm you right up. 

It's made lighter than the restaurant version by swaping pork sausage with turkey sausage and swapping heavy cream with evaporated skim milk. But, this skinny version still delivers on taste! It has got all the flavor of the Olive Garden restaurant classic original recipe, but with less calories 

Smoked Sausage and Pepper Pasta Skillet

The weeknight dinner dilemma is solved with this easy pasta recipe for Smoked Sausage and Pepper Pasta Skillet.. Turkey smoked sausage, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, pasta and fresh basil make this pasta dinner a winner. Ready for your table in about 30 minutes too! Add a garden salad for a complete meal everyone will love!

Turkey Minestrone Soup

Turkey Minestrone Soup is a wonderfully flavorful way to repurpose holiday turkey leftovers! A healthy combination of fresh veggies, canned beans, pasta and that leftover turkey you have on hand.

Turkey Apple Cranberry Pecan Salad

Turkey Apple Cranberry Pecan Salad is a delightful mixture of crunchy, sweet and savory flavors and a GREAT way to use up any leftover turkey or chicken!  

BBQ Cheddar Turkey Burgers

The weather has FINALLY taken a turn for the better here in NE Ohio and the snow has begun to melt!!!  The birds have been singing and the sun has been shining and SPRING IS IN THE AIR! Warmer weather means it's time to fire up the grill again and I could not be any happier about that! 

This BBQ Cheddar Turkey Burger topped with Crispy Onion Rings is the perfect meal to grill up this season! 

Crescent Roll Taco Pie (made with Ground Turkey)

This super easy, family pleasing Turkey Taco Pie can be on your dinner table in minutes!  Made a little healthier by using lean ground turkey and a little heartier by adding pinto beans and fire-roasted tomatoes!   Refrigerated crescent rolls make quick work of the yummy crust! 

12 Thanksgiving Recipes

Today I've got 12 Thanksgiving recipes and a KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway to share!  I've gotten together with 11 other AWESOME food bloggers to bring you a complete holiday menu from appetizers to dessert and YES, a recipe for a whole turkey!  

Slow Cooker Herbed Turkey Breast

Slow Cooker Herbed Turkey Breast is so easy because you let your slow cooker do all the work and keep your whole, bone-in turkey breast, juicy and flavorful and cooked to perfection 

EVERY. SINGLE. TIME! 

Herbed Turkey Sliders

Recipe ideas and inspirations can come from the weirdest places sometimes.  Take this one for instance...my husband was sitting in the waiting room at the Dr.'s office, browsing a mini magazine, when this recipe caught his eye.

Turkey Tuesdays: Mediterranean Turkey Pasta Salad

I can't believe that today is the last Tuesday in September!! Is it just me, or did that go by in the blink of an eye?

I'm wondering if any of you have been joining me in celebrating "turkey" this month?  If you haven't it's not too late to get on the bandwagon, because this recipe is absolutely delicious.  If you have never had greens and pasta together, you are missing out!

Smoked Turkey and Cranberry Slaw Wrap

It's Tuesday again, and that means another recipe for Turkey Tuesdays!  Have any of you been making a point of having turkey on your menu on Tuesdays during the month of September?  

This one is my very own creation.   After trying an assigned recipe and not being thrilled with it, I wanted to create something I liked that had the same flavors going on...and Smoked Turkey and Cranberry Slaw Wrap was born!  

I prefer smoked turkey as a choice for turkey deli meat over oven roasted or honey flavored.  I think it has better flavor and texture than turkey deli meat that isn't smoked.  I also think it keeps longer once you bring it home from the store.  Maybe it's my imagination.  

I used smoked deli turkey meat in this wrap and recreated a wonderful salad I had purchased from Costco a few weeks back to add to the wrap.  OH MY...so good!  

The slaw is a combination of broccoli slaw, raw pepitas, and dried cranberries dressed with a poppyseed dressing (I used Kraft).  The flavors go PERFECTLY with the smoked turkey and there is a good deal of crunch going on too!  It is all snuggly wrapped into a low carb tortilla.  This wrap made my mouth very happy!  The slaw is so good it can stand on it's own too, as a side dish.  

I discovered a new low-in-carb wrap.  (This is the tortilla wrap I used in this wrap recipe)   They are soft and not rubbery at all.  They are 60 calories, 2 g fat, 13g carbs,  5g protein, and 7g fiber each.  They have good flavor.  Yes, like most low carb wraps...they do have some not so natural preservatives in them...which doesn't thrill me.  You can use whatever wrap you like to make this recipe, just keep in mind THIS is the wrap I used and calculated nutrition information from, so nutritional values may change if you use a different product. 

Smoked Turkey and Cranberry Slaw Wrap

inspired by Allrecipes

Printable Recipe

Servings - 2   Serving size - 1 wrap   Points Plus per Serving - 6 Points+

Calories - 258.2,   Total Fat - 9.6g,   Carb. - 24.8g,   Protein - 17.5g,   Fiber - 10.1g*

(Nutrition information calculated using Kraft Creamy Poppyseed Dressing and Tumaro's Low-in-Carb Tortillas)

Ingredients:

4 oz. Butterball Deli Smoked Turkey Breast

1 1/2 cups broccoli slaw

2 TBS raw pepitas

1/4 cup dried cranberries

2 TBS Kraft Creamy Poppyseed Dressing

2 Tumaro's Low-in-Carb Tortillas

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, combine the broccoli slaw, pepitas, cranberries, and poppyseed dressing.  Mix well.  
2. Lay out 2 tortillas.  On one end, put 2 oz. of smoked turkey topped with the slaw evenly divided between the two tortillas in a strip.  Fold in the sides, and then roll up from bottom holding in the filling.
3. Cut in half, if desired, and enjoy! 

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This was so darn good, I think I am going to have this several times this week for lunch!  Like I mentioned, the slaw really could stand on it's own as a side.  The sweet pop from the cranberries and the crunch from the broccoli slaw and pepitas make a winning combination! 

Butterball has teamed up with Allrecipes for "Turkey Tuesdays" and several allstars (including myself) have been asked to bring you delicious turkey recipes each Tuesday in the month of September. (Disclaimer:  I was provided with product for this recipe via Allrecipes as part of the Allstars program.  All opinions expressed in this post are mine.)

Turkey Tuesdays: Hawaiian Turkey Burgers

It's Turkey Tuesday again!!!

For this week's turkey recipe, I am sharing with you Hawaiian Turkey Burgers made with Butterball® Seasoned Frozen Turkey Burgers.  The Butterball® Frozen Turkey Burgers come 6 HUGE burgers to a box and they cook right from the frozen state...no need to thaw before cooking.  I really liked that!  You can grill, broil, or skillet cook them.  I grilled them on my gas grill.  They are pre-seasoned and remain quite juicy after cooking.  They are on the salty side and a bit high in sodium (680mg per burger) so that was a negative for me.

The real "stars" of this turkey burger are the grilled pineapple and the sweet chili mayo though.  I mean grilled pineapple? YUM!  The sweet chili mayo is simply a one to one ratio of light mayonnaise to chili sauce and it's delicious!  I served some baked fries along side and this sauce was not only great on the burger, but it was also great to dip the fries in instead of ketchup.

The nutritional stats for his burger are high... but I found the burger was so big and thick, I could only eat about half until I was full.  Overall, this is a good recipe to make on a busy weeknight.  Although if I made this recipe again, I think I would opt to make my own turkey burger from fresh ground turkey to help cut down on the fat and sodium that are in these pre-made burgers. 

Since I didn't change a thing in this recipe (except for using light mayo and thin cheddar), I am just going to provide you with a link for the recipe HERE.

The nutrition information is as follows:
Servings - 6,   Serving size - 1 burger with all the fixings as described in the recipe,   Points Plus per Serving -16 Points+
Calories - 653,   Total Fat - 37g,   Carb. - 37.4g,   Protein - 31.4g,   Fiber - 2.1g
*Like I mentioned, this burger is HUGE...I was completely satisfied with half a burger with all the fixings which would cut the PP in about half. 

Butterball has teamed up with Allrecipes for "Turkey Tuesdays" and several allstars (including myself) have been asked to bring you delicious turkey recipes each Tuesday in the month of September. (Disclaimer:  I was provided with product for this recipe via Allrecipes as part of the Allstars program.  All opinions expressed in this post are mine.)

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And...I'm kinda excited, because I just realized that season 2 of "Homeland" is being released today!  Yay!  I got sucked into the series after buying my husband season one for Christmas.  We don't have any premium cable channels at our house, so we've just been enjoying it on DVD.  I'm also a recent fan of "Breaking Bad" (son got me hooked).  We power watched the entire first 4 seasons and half of the fifth over the summer to get ready for it to go back on TV.  I'm really sad that the series will be ending after a few short episodes....but ya know, as they say..."all bad things must come to a end!" Never fear though, BB will be replaced by the new season of "The Walking Dead" which I sure hope is better than the last season!  Are you a fan of any of the series I've mentioned above?   

Turkey Tuesdays: Turkey Smoked Sausage Frittata

Are you a Turketarian?

What is a Turketarian?  A Turketarian is, simply, someone who enjoys eating turkey and it's Butterball's® latest campaign. Sure, almost everyone knows turkey is synonymous with Thanksgiving, but turkey is great every single day of the year!  Butterball has teamed up with Allrecipes for "Turkey Tuesdays" and several allstars (including myself) have been asked to bring you delicious turkey recipes each Tuesday in the month of September. (Disclaimer:  I was provided with product for this recipe via Allrecipes as part of the Allstars program.  All opinions expressed in this post are mine.)

Butterball® feels there is a bit of Turketarian in everyone. I have joined the Turketarian movement and you can too!   Just following this link:  Join the Turketarian Movement and discover your inner Turketarian.  I found out I am a Healthy Hero (I eat turkey as part of a healthy lifestyle.)  No surprise there!  By joining the movement, you will also have access to a great FREE mobile app for turkey recipes and be able to grab some great money saving coupons!  Who doesn't like to eat healthy AND save money?

Turkey is a great protein option for those of us concerned with health and fitness.  Turkey is naturally low in fat without the skin, containing only 1 gram of fat per ounce of flesh. A 5-ounce serving provides almost half of the recommended daily allowance of folic acid, and is a good source of vitamins B, B₁,B₆, zinc and potassium.  Most importantly, TURKEY TASTES GREAT!! 

Today, so many turkey products are available for purchase...From whole birds, to sausages, to ground meat, to bacon, to deli meats...and the ways you can incorporate turkey into your everyday meal plans are almost endless. When it comes to variety, Butterball® has got you covered!  Click HERE to see all that Butterball® has to offer!  

One turkey item, that is almost always in my freezer is turkey smoked sausage.  Butterball® makes a Smoked Turkey Dinner Sausage that is lower in fat and calories than smoked sausages made from beef and/or pork but is every bit as delicious.

I only made a few changes to adapt it for my family.  I substituted the eggs for fat free egg product (ie  Eggbeaters®), reduced the oil, and substituted yellow onion for green (because that is what I had on hand).  I served this beautiful frittata for breakfast, but this dish would make an awesome dinner or lunch as well.  This frittata is full of flavor and guess what?  No one in my family even knew I used fat free egg product!

 
What takes this frittata over the top in flavor, is the combination of the turkey smoked sausage, sun-dried tomatoes and the fresh basil.  If you can't get fresh basil, I think fresh spinach would be a suitable substitute, but it would definitely change the flavor.  To help keep the calories in check I used the dry packed sun-dried tomatoes, and not the ones packed in oil. 

So why not join me and give "Turkey Tuesdays" a try in your house too? 

Printable Recipe

Servings - 8   Serving Size - 1/8th of the frittata  Points Plus per Serving - 5 Points+

Calories - 177.6,   Total Fat - 8.6g,   Carb. - 6.8g,   Protein - 18.3g,   Fiber - 0.3g

Ingredients:

1 (14 ounce) package Butterball® Smoked Turkey Dinner Sausage, halved lengthwise, and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices

1/2 cup yellow onion, diced

1 TBS olive oil

1 (16 oz) carton of egg substitute (ie Egg Beaters®)

3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, part skim

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

16  torn fresh basil leaves

1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, NOT packed in oil

fresh ground black pepper, to taste

additional basil, for garnish, if desired

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Heat an oven-proof  10"skillet over med heat with olive oil.  Add in the sausage and onion and cook until onion is translucent and the onion and sausage begin to brown.   About 5 minutes. 

3.  In medium bowl, combine the egg substitute, cheeses, torn basil, sun-dried tomatoes, and black pepper.  (resist the urge to add salt, as the Parmesan cheese and the sausage add enough salt to the dish) 

4.  Pour the egg mixture onto the sausage and onion mixutre.  Continue to heat on stovetop, on medium heat until edges just begin to set.  (about 6 minutes or so) 

5.  Once the edges begin to set, transfer the skillet to the preheated oven.  Bake, uncovered, until the middle is set.  ( I found it took about 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees, but it will depend on how long it cooked stove top.  If you jiggle the pan, and you don't see any movement in the middle, it's done)  

6.  Let frittata cool for about 5 minutes before cutting it into 8 wedges.*  Garnish with additional basil, if desired.  Serve warm.  

*Traditionally, frittatas are supposed to be inverted onto a serving platter before serving, but I don't like to do that.  I prefer to serve it from the pan.  

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After a slow start this year, my patio basil is finally doing fantastic.  I was happy to find a recipe to use some of it up in.  The flavors in this frittata are amazing, especially if you love basil and sun-dried tomatoes.  The turkey sausage compliments the flavors perfectly.  

Be sure to visit the Butterball® site and take the quiz to find out what type of Turketarian you are!  Then leave me a comment here and let me know what you got! 

Ground Turkey and Zucchini Enchiladas

A delicious healthy twist on enchiladas. Ground turkey and shredded zucchini are used in the filling to bulk it up without sacrificing any flavor. Green Chile flavor from salsa Verde takes it to the next level. Your family will never know they are eating healthy Mexican fare.

Babybel Mozzarella Stuffed Turkey Meatballs

Babybel Mozzarella Stuffed Turkey Meatballs are a creative way to enjoy the cheese you love to snack on!

Did you know the makers of Mini Babybel cheeses have a new flavor to their lineup of great tasting cheeses?