In today’s face paced lifestyle the slow cooker has gained enormous popularity because of its remarkable convenience.  But, not everyone wants to prepare recipes that serve 6-8 people as most slow cooker recipes do. Fortunately, Beth Hensperger has the solution.  “Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Recipes for Two” provides tasty, imaginative, and exiting recipes specifically for a 1½- to 3½-quart slow cooker.  While these recipes are targeted for cooking on a small scale they are nonetheless fabulous such as today’s recipe “Turkey Breast Cutlets with Sweet Potatoes”.  “Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Recipes for Two” provides easy to prepare recipes for two people without skimping on flavor or creativity.

Turkey Breast Cutlets with Sweet Potatoes

From “Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Recipes for Two” by Beth Hensperger, Harvard Common Press.

I wanted to combine turkey and sweet potatoes in a new way. My mother gave me a recipe for meatballs and a cranberry brown gravy from Marcus Samuelson, lauded chef at the restaurant Aquavit in New York City. So there were the pre-packaged turkey breast cutlets in the fresh poultry section, just begging to be included into some slow cooker recipe. Well here is that incredibly easy gravy over turkey cutlets and sweet potatoes. It is excellent and a complete meal.

Recommended Size: 3 quart cooker
Machine Setting: Low
Cook Time: 6 to 7 hours
Serves 2

•    One 1.2-ounce package turkey gravy mix (I use Knorr)
•    1/2 cup water
•    1/3 cup dry white wine
•    3/4 cup whole cranberry sauce
•    2 tablespoons cream
•    1/4 cup dried cranberries
•    2 medium sweet potatoes or Garnet yams, peeled and cut into 1/3-inch slices
•    4 ounces green beans, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
•    1 large shallot, sliced
•    1 pound turkey breast cutlets (2)
  

In a small saucepan, combine the dry gravy mix, water, wine, and cranberry sauce and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and whisk until thickened and the cranberry sauce has melted. Stir in the cream and dried cranberries. Set aside.

Spray the cooker with an olive oil or butter-flavored nonstick cooking spray. Arrange the sweet potato slices in the bottom of cooker. Then add the layer of green beans tossed with the shallot.  Roll up each cutlet and place in a layer on top of the vegetables. Pour the warm Cranberry Brown Gravy over the cutlets and vegetables. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 7 hours, until turkey and the sweet potatoes are tender. Remove a slice or two of turkey to a dinner plate with an oversized spoon. Spoon over the vegetables and gravy. Serve with hot biscuits.

About “Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Recipes for Two”

Today, 58 per cent of American households consist of only one or two people, yet most cookbooks still contain recipes designed to serve 6-8. In this follow-up to the bestselling Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook, Beth Hensperger offers 125 new recipes specifically designed for the increasingly popular 1½- to 3½-quart slow cooker. “Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Recipes for Two ” is the perfect book for busy singles and small families who want the convenience of a small slow-cooker-made meal without sacrificing wholesomeness and flavor.  Beth Hensperger is also the author of the James Beard Book Award winner “The Bread Bible ”  as well as many other cookbooks including the best-selling “Bread Lovers Bread Machine Cookbook”.

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