Spring officially sprung this week! Along with the forecast of at least 10 more centimeters of snow in my neck of the woods. I know it’s Canada and winter likes to hang on, especially in Saskatchewan, but boy has this winter been a long one. I’m ready for it to be over. I am ready for spring! I’m ready for my trees to bud and my tulips to blossom. I’m ready to plant my garden, even wash my windows and just everything that spring brings with it. It’s such a great time of year where everything is green and fresh and new. And spring also brings with it some special occasions that tend to bring families together to celebrate. We have Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Victoria Day and, of course, the Easter Bunny will be here very soon! And I LOVE any occasion that gets us all around the table to dig into a nice juicy roast turkey.
My mouth is watering already. Turkey, cranberries, gravy, stuffing and leftovers! That’s one of the best parts of roast turkey, the leftovers. It’s also almost time to restock my freezer with homemade turkey stock. It comes in so handy.
Of course you don’t need a special occasion to eat turkey. It’s so healthy, packed full of protein and other important nutrients. Turkey is also affordable, easy to prepare and extremely versatile. There are so many ways you can incorporate turkey into your meals. This Quick One-Pot Turkey Veggie Pasta is a great example of just how easy it is to prepare a healthy, delicious meal for your family with Canadian Turkey. Just grab some of that leftover turkey, a few simple ingredients and voila!
- 2 cups cooked Canadian turkey
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1 can diced tomatoes (796 ml)
- 3 cups water
- 250 gr pasta
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups packed spinach
- ¼ cup capers
- ¼ cup sundried tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tbsp butter (optional)
- ¼ cup grated Asiago cheese
- Sauté onion in olive oil.
- Add garlic. Sauté an additional 2 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, water, salt, pepper and pasta.
- Bring to a boil.
- Lower heat to a simmer and cook until pasta is cooked through but still al dente.
- Add water along the way if pasta begins to dry out. The liquid will gradually reduce and leave a creamy, thickened sauce. Make sure there is some liquid left in the pan as pasta will continue to absorb until it begins to cool.
- In the last few minutes of cooking, add spinach, capers, sundried tomatoes and turkey.
- Mix to incorporate.
- Remove from heat.
- Add butter (for extra creaminess) and cheese.
- Serve.
The great thing, well one of the great things, about this recipe is you can easily change it to suit the preferences of anyone in your family. Just a few simple swaps and you’ve got a new dish!
Looking for additional tips, recipes and HOW TOs? Visit canadianturkey.ca for all your cooking inspiration. The recipe section is filled with amazing recipes for full meals, snacks, appetizers and family favourites. There are WHOLE TURKEY HOW TOs that are packed with helpful tips and instructions. You can also find a gold mine of ideas in the recipe section for make-ahead dishes and leftovers. There’s nothing better than making some delectable dishes for the remainder of the week, or stashing some pre-made meals in the freezer for your next busy weeknight.
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super easy roast turkey dinner – I like any recipe with the word EASY in it.
YUMMIE! The QUICK AND HEARTY TURKEY BARLEY SOUP!!! Thanks!
The SUPER EASY ROAST TURKEY DINNER looks fantastic!
The GRAB AND GO TURKEY MUFFINS would be perfect for a potluck.
SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS
The QUICK AND EASY TURKEY PANTRY SALAD is a perfect Spring recipe!
The Sky-High Veggie Packed Turkey Nachos would be perfect.
The Quick and Easy Turkey Pantry Salad looks perfect for spring and it would be easy to trade out ingredients to suit everyone’s tastes.
I think the Smoked Turkey Wraps would be awesome for our spring celebrations: healthy, light but flavourful.
Pasta salads are always a hit and the Cold Turkey, broccoli and Tahini Salad recipe sounds amazing.
Would love the Sky high veggie packed turkey nachos!
SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS looks perfect for Spring, great dish to share!
The TURKEY STIR FRY WITH SWEET CHILI SAUCE would be great for spring celebrations.
The QUICK AND EASY TURKEY PANTRY SALAD would be great.
QUICK AND HEARTY TURKEY BARLEY SOUP will be perfect for Eater left over.
Grab and go turkey muffins, great for kid’s lunchbox
The Sky-High Veggie Packed Turkey Nachos sound great. I am going to give them a try!
The Canadian Turkey recipe that will be perfect for our spring celebration is the SUPER EASY ROAST TURKEY DINNER.
SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS would be perfect for us, something to snack on while sitting out on the deck!!
You one pot recipe looks amazing. I never thought of adding capers and goats cheese to mine but I definitely will give it a try. Yum!
As for the other recipes, I know that the Turkey Meatballs would be a hit with the whole family.
The easy turkey pot pie sounds wonderful – still a comfort as spring hasn’t sprung here!
TURKEY FALAFEL BITES IS WHAT i’D Try to make,thanks for the chance
I would have to say the QUICK AND EASY TURKEY PANTRY SALAD would be absolutely perfect for the spring!
The GRAB AND GO TURKEY MUFFINS look good!
One pot turkey veggie pasta sounds easy and delicious! Thanks for the chance to win!
The One Pot Turkey and Veggie Pasta sounds delicious and also fairly quick and easy! Perfect! Thank you 🙂
Definitely turkey Biryani, it never gets old
The SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS sound delicious.
the grab and go turkey muffins is one I really want to try
The SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS looks delicious and definitely would go over big with my family.
Sky-High Veggie Packed Turkey Nachos is the perfect spring dish for our family.
SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS
I have lots of barley here so I’d like to try the quick and Hearty Turkey Barley soup. Yum.
The Super Easy Turkey Dinner is my choice! I love a roasted turkey!
i’D LIKE to try the turkey barley soup
Love the lemon herb roasted turkey
We like to make Turkey Tacos year round.
I would like to try the TURKEY, PEPPER AND ONION SKILLET SUPPER.
I would love to make the SUPER EASY ROAST TURKEY DINNER for our family
SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS is perfect for me
Roast turkey dinner, just in time for Easter.
FOR SURE THE SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS, YUMMY
The GRAB AND GO TURKEY MUFFINS look great for my low carb diet.
I think the QUICK ONE-POT TURKEY VEGGIE PASTA would be a great Spring recipe.
I’d make the Easy Turkey Pot Pie!
The Quick One-Pot Turkey Veggie Pasta looks amazing!
I love the SUPER EASY ROAST TURKEY DINNER
The Smoked Turkey Wraps would be perfect for our spring celebrations.
SUPER EASY ROAST TURKEY DINNER is my choice.
I would celebrate spring with The Sky-High Veggie Packed Turkey Nachos
I would like to try the GRAB AND GO TURKEY MUFFINS
I would like the Grab and Go Turkey muffins.
I would do the turkey barley soup.
The Sky-High Veggie Packed Turkey Nachos is one I would like to try
Still cold here so the Quick and Hearty Turkey Barley Soup sounds good.
The Super Roast Turkey Dinner is perfect for our spring meal.
The sky high veggie packed turkey nachos sound perfect for spring celebrations
The turkey nachos looks like a family favourite
SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS is perfect for get togethers!
Lots of great recipes through the link! I think the perfect one to make for Spring is the Turkey Stir Fry with Sweet Chili Sauce!
Your Quick One-Pot Turkey Veggie Pasta looks very tasty!
One Pot turkey and veggie pasta sound fabulous
The best would be sky-high veggie packed turkey nachos. This would be the best because it tastes great.
Turkey barley soup
SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS sounds amazing!
I would love to incorporate the Grab and Go Turkey Muffins into my spring diet and events; they would be perfect for a quick breakfast, but also as an appetizer for parties and events.
SUPER EASY ROAST TURKEY DINNER
SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS!! These would be perfect for spring get togethers.
My family would enjoy the ONE POT SAUCY TURKEY MEATBALLS at a family meal
Easy turkey pot pie looks good.
The Turkey, Pepper And Onion Skillet Supper fits in quite well with our style of cooking.
The Easy Turkey Pot Pie, looks and sounds yummy.
The Quick One-Pot Turkey Veggie Pasta sounds delicious!
For a celebration nothing beats a whole roast turkey.
Sky-High Veggie Packed Turkey Nachosky-High Veggie Packed Turkey Nachos
The Sky-High Veggie Packed Turkey Nachos would be great!
SLOW COOKER TURKEY BREAST would be great since the slow cooker does most of the work 🙂 Though I must admit that I love the sound of the Quick One-Pot Turkey Veggie Pasta too.
I like the Easy Turkey Pot Pie.
QUICK ONE-POT TURKEY VEGGIE PASTA looks really good as I love pasta and of course turkey!
Turkey snack jars, 3 ways looks like a great addition to Spring lunch boxes!
QUICK AND HEARTY TURKEY BARLEY SOUP, yummmmmm!
The Lemony Herb Whole Roasted Turkey would be perfect with it’s Spring flavours.
roasting a whole turkey
The easy turkey pot pie sounds perfect for me.
Would love to make the QUICK AND EASY TURKEY PANTRY SALAD.
I would love to try SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS
The grab and go Turkey muffins would be great for my family!
the SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS would be perfect for our movie nights.
The sky high tacos and the stir fry look fantastic
I like the lemon herb whole roasted turkey . New taste sensation.
SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS https://www.canadianturkey.ca/recipes/sky-high-ve… it’s never occured to me to use turkey in nachos #whathaveIdonewithmylife
This recipe SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS would be perfect for snacks or lunch with company!
the SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS
Turkey, Pepper, and Onion Skillet dinner. I am thinking I will make this.
Eazy roasted turkey dinner
Grab and Go Turkey Muffins are perfect for my spring celebrations
I would try the LEMONY HERB WHOLE ROASTED TURKEY.
This recipe looks delicious
SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS
The GRAB AND GO TURKEY MUFFINS looks yummy
I would love to try making the turkey tacos, look super yummy!
I’m going to try the grab and go turkey muffins, easy dish to bring!
The GRAB AND GO TURKEY MUFFINS
TURKEY, PEPPER AND ONION SKILLET SUPPER sounds amazing!
Hearty Turkey & Lentil Breakfast Bowl is perfect for our family brunch!
The super easy roast turkey recipe would be perfect for Easter weekend.
I would love to try the Sky-High Veggie Packed Turkey Nachos. My husband would love them!
SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS LOOKS AMAZING!!!
The Grab and Go Turkey Muffins would be a great choice!
The Grab and Go Turkey muffins are convenient and look great!
The GRAB AND GO TURKEY MUFFINS might be perfect, but I’ve never tried a meat muffin so I’ll have to let you know!
The easy turkey pot pie sounds like the perfect comfort food.
Easy turkey pot pies! Perfect for Easter leftovers!
turkey tacos
I would love to try making the TURKEY STIR FRY WITH SWEET CHILI SAUCE.
ALL! Ok but seriously those turkey nachos sound so good
The QUICK AND HEARTY TURKEY BARLEY SOUP will be perfect for me
The easy turkey pot pie sounds amazing! 🙂 thanks
https://www.canadianturkey.ca/recipes/grab-and-go…
These turkey muffins would be a great out the door breakfast for my husband who is on a health kick!
I really think the kids would love the easy turkey pot pie
Turkey barley soup sounds great!
The turkey stir fry with sweet chili sauce sounds divine!
The SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS look awesome for a party!
Smoke turkey wraps
The Lemony Herb Whole Roasted Turkey sounds amazing!
TASTY ROAST TURKEY WITH SAFFRON RICE PILAF STUFFING will be the star of the show. The beautiful saffron rice is just perfect for an Easter/Spring celebration. Wow!
One pot saucy turkey meatballs sounds perfect for our family.
I would be serving Sky high veggie packed turkey nachos to friends and family on the deck this Spring.
The grab and go turkey muffins are perfect for my family!
Turkey jars look delish
The SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS are perfect. We are having a smaller group and much more casual this year. Nice to have a more casual menu as well. Thanks!
I would like to make the SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED TURKEY NACHOS. It is great for game night at our house!
I think the TURKEY, PEPPER AND ONION SKILLET SUPPER looks amazing !
The QUICK AND EASY TURKEY PANTRY SALAD does sound very good
I know the One Pot Saucy Turkey Meatballs would be awesome at our spring, summer, fall and winter family dinners
The SKY-HIGH VEGGIE PACKED NACHOS. My kids love any kind of nachos.
The Grab and Go Turkey Muffins sound like a great make-ahead meal item :).Thanks!
The Turkey Stir Fry with Sweet Chili Sauce is perfect for our Spring celebration since I can adapt it to add in Spring veggies as they come into season!
I know the Grab and Go Turkey muffins are ideal for us because we are getting into our busy season
I can’t wait to try the GRAB AND GO TURKEY MUFFINS!
the turkey muffins 😀
The SUPER EASY ROAST TURKEY DINNER looks great!
Turkey Pot Pie sounds delish!!
Turkey fajitas? Oh yes please!! Yum!
so many yummy recipes id try the turkey pot pie first
TURKEY, PEPPER AND ONION SKILLET SUPPER is perfect for summer celebrations!
Lemony Herb Whole Roasted Turkey
I think the Smoked Turkey Wraps sound great !!
The Sky-High Veggie Packed Turkey Nachos looks great for spring
The Tasty Roast Turkey with saffron rice pilaf stuffing sounds perfect for my family and I