Gnocci and turkey and vegetable stew

Wham! Blam! Five of your five a day in one delicious stew. 

Turkey is one of my five a day... right?

This was actually really simple. I won't give you the full recipe, because I think this is the kind of soup where you can just use whatever vegetables you have to hand and it'll probably taste good.

I went for celery, carrot, red onion, spinach and green beans. I also used store-bought gnocci, because what do you think I am?! A cooking blog writer?!

Start off by dicing your meat of choice, then marinate for a few hours with whatever sounds good. I went for salt, black pepper, cumin, coriander and mustard. 

In the mean time, roughly chop your veggies. Heat some olive oil and fry your meat until golden brown.

While your meat is browning, heat a pot on medium high and add a tablespoon of olive oil, a few tablespoons of butter and a little flour. Stir to make your roux, then stir in your veggies. Add in as much boiling water as you want, then as many stock cubes as you need for that much water. Guesstimate!

Add your browned meat into your stew, then add flour to thicken to a desired consistency. Let it simmer for a while to reduce, then add your gnocci and cook until they've risen to the occasion.

And serve! If you make this gnocchi vegetable turkey stew, you could even find...

an extremely happy guest! ♥

Though if she's breaking and entering and you don't know who she is, you may want to phone the police.

And for dessert -

Pear pastries and cream~! And they say I don't spoil them...