Curry me turkey

First things first:

A few moments of silence for my bike that got stolen yesterday (theivery is unfortunate and very sad) 

Alright, moment's over. This is like the ANTITHESIS of shepherd's pie!  But it's VERY good!  I made this Monday eve, and it's actually a suitable weeknight meal for those who have 20-25 minutes for prep (it's blitz prep, not the take your time and let your mind wander into space prep)

Finished product - orangey goodness

I've mentioned before that I love things with curry.  The turmeric in curry powder is an anti- inflammatory - which is good for all sorts of things!  I even put turmeric in my smoothies sometimes and even my porridge on occasion (you can hardly taste it).  

Enough about the wonder spice.  The original recipe is for 2 casseroles, I made one casserole with some changes.   This took less than 25 minute total prep (more like 20) and a half hour of cook time as you can do all of the steps concurrently (except the cooking part).  The original is here:

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/recipefinder/curried-sweet-potato-shepherds-pie-ghk0308

CURRIED SWEET POTATO TURKEY SHEPHERDS PIE

INGREDIENTS:
3 medium (approx 2lbs total) sweet potatoes
1T veg oil
1 LB ground turkey

Turkey at it's (not so) finest - but good leftovers!

Gobble gobble - no this isn't a post about Easter dinner, it's actually a post about the dinner we had on Good Friday.  No, it wasn't a religious dinner.  I didn't just think that you could only eat turkey legs and forego the rest of the bird.  Although in hindsight (ha ha) I wish that I had the rest of the bird.



Looks - can be deceiving!



There's a reason turkey legs are cheap but I'm trying to understand their allure.  For those of you who have visited the states, esp the southern areas (I'm no expert, I'm just talking about my experience in Florida) Turkey legs, namely, smoked BBQ ones are a HIT.  Why?  Dear heavens, WHY?  Maybe because they're salty and full of sauce and people just dig stuff they can pick up.  Or maybe it's for macho people thinking 'no drumsticks for me thanks, I want TURKEY LEGS!'

Anyway, turkey legs are cheap, and you know this wasn't terrible it's just not that awesome of a meat without the whole bird (although I would HIGHLY recommend this method of prep for breast meat) and I did redeem it at the end of it's life :)

I took this on like I have turkey breasts of the past, and chickens of the past, and turkeys of the past.  It didn't work out but it looked good!

TURKEY LEGS in LEMON THYME

(no, I don't mean 3/4 or 4/4 time, oh that joke sucks I know)