2 Creative Meat Casseroles

Last winter I made a few pork roasts and other casseroles.  This cooking blog was only a good idea at the time, so I didn't get to take pictures and share all the fun of these comfort foods!  Here's two dishes I made recently:

Bacon Wrapped Turkey with Sweet Potato Fries 'n Carrots

To start with you need to get some pre-made bacon wrapped turkey patties.  You can find them frozen, they're not ground... you'll see, wrapped in bacon like I said.  

This is very simple.  Just put them in a pan with some frozen sweet potato fries and I also put carrots and onions.  This dish was inspired like many by what I had available in stock!  The carrots I seasoned with cinnamon and spices, the way I often season them.  All I did to the turkey was add some black pepper to the top.  Here's what it looked like going into the oven:

Everything will turn out just fine together even though some is frozen and some not.  375 for 45 minutes or so, turning over the turkeys and stirring things around during that time.  The bacon makes it all good and your carrots will be firm and flavorful in this mix.  Yummy!

Pretty Pork Roast and Veggies

Get a bigger pan for this one.  Grease the bottom so veggies don't stick.  Start off by seasoning the pork roast with the following:

• garlic powder 
• onion powder
• ground cinnamon
• Adobo
• black pepper

Once you have the meat seasoned wrap it up with some onion slices and put it in the fridge for at least half an hour to marinate with the seasonings and the onion.  

While that's going on chop up carrots, broccoli, celery and some more onion.  I like to dip my broccoli crowns in some butter and they taste great with Mrs. Dash Lemon Pepper.  For the carrots I used some of that Weber Seasonings Chipotle powder that I have used on meats before.  Of course I always like some cinnamon on my carrots too!

When the meat meets the veggies in the pan, here's what you have:

Roast it for up to an hour, you can temp your pork to make sure it's cooked.  Oh, I did have it covered for a portion of the cook time so that the veggies would steam.  The piece of pork I used was a little bit fatty and that made for awesome veggies.

I also made some Idahoan instant Loaded Baked Casserole potatoes on the stove in a pot of course.  This product will never be a casserole, or at least I've never been able to make one of it, but they a gooey and cheesy... that's the point!  I also made some instant rice with beans.  It all sounds like a lot, but then you're sure to have leftovers.

Kitties love their casseroles!