On Friday, May 9, Nourish Phoenix (NourishPHX), a food and clothing bank in Central Phoenix, hosted their annual Mother’s Day Pack-a-Purse Drive and pampering event. The event this year was more successful than ever before, serving a record number of moms and expanding their offerings.

The Pack-a-Purse Drive sends moms home with a new purse filled with goodies to make her feel special. Each purse is packed full of donated beauty products including makeup, nail polish, hair accessories, skincare, sunglasses, jewelry, and perfume.

NourishPHX packed and distributed more than 500 purses to their clients and local moms.

Ingredients:

• White Button Mushrooms (or your mushroom preferrence)
• Spaghetti
• Tomato
• Heavy Cream
• Butter
• Parmesan
• Salt
• Chili Flakes
• Roasted Garlic Purée
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Canola Oil
• White Wine

Directions:

1. Slice the mushrooms (observe Chef for different cutting styles).
2. Heat a pan, and add a mixture of olive oil and canola oil. Add the sliced mushrooms to the pan and allow them to cook and sear.
3. Cut a tomato into 4 quadrants. Hollow out the tomatoes (observe Chef), and slice the outer skin into smaller diamonds.
4. Boil a separate pot of salted water and add half a pack of spaghetti to it to cook.
5. After the mushrooms have gained color, add chili flakes and a pinch of other spices you prefer. Do not add salt at this stage, as it will pull the moisture out of the mushrooms.
6. Once the mushrooms get to a point where they start to sauté, add the tomato diamonds and roasted garlic purée (optional).
   1. OPTIONAL: at this stage, feel free to add rosemary, thyme, spinach and other accouterments that you enjoy.
7. Add a quarter cup of white wine to the mushroom mix, and then add 1tbsp of heavy cream to thicken up the mixture.
8. When the pasta is cooked, add it to the pan with the mushroom mixture, along with a little pasta water.
9. Start to mix the dish. Break up 1 stick of butter and add it to the pan. (1 stick = 8tbsp)
10. Mix the spaghetti, mushrooms and sauce thoroughly.
11. Transfer the pasta to a plate, garnish with parmesan (or cheese of your choice), and serve.

Ingredients:

• Ground Turkey Breast
• King’s Hawaiian Rolls
• Buttermilk
• Onion
• Wondra Flour
• Salt
• Black Pepper
• White Pepper
• Chili Flakes
• White Pepper
• Old Bay
• Cayenne
• Roasted Garlic Purée
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Canola Oil (for frying)
• Smoked Bleu Cheese (or cheese of your preference)

Directions:

1. Peel and slice half an onion. Soak sliced onion in buttermilk and set aside for 5+ minutes.
2. Add 2lbs of ground turkey to a mixing bowl. Add salt, black pepper, chili flakes, white pepper, Old Bay, cayenne, extra virgin olive oil, roasted garlic purée (can be store bought or homemade). Mix thoroughly. Refrigerate until all other accompaniments are ready.
3. Add Wondra flour to a separate mixing bowl. Season with Old Bay, cayenne, black pepper, salt and mix thoroughly. Retrieve the soaked onion slices from the buttermilk bowl and place in the flour mixture. Mix onions in mixture until they’re coated.
4. Set up your frying station: use a pot with canola oil (or oil of your preference). Heat until oil is hot enough to fry. Test the temperature out with a few onion slices. Once desired temperature is achieved, place coated onion slices in the pot and fry until golden brown. Immediately after extracting from the fryer, season the crispy onions with your preference of seasoning.
   1. OPTIONAL: Use an air fryer if you have one.
5. Open up King’s Hawaiian rolls and season with olive oil, salt and black pepper. Toast buns in a hot pan to add a char to them. After toasting, spread roasted garlic purée (or any other accoutrement of your choice) on the open-faced buns.
6. Retrieve ground turkey mixture from the fridge, and shape them into patties of your desired size. Cook the patties in a separate pan. When patties brown along the edges, flip them once. Add smoked bleu cheese (or your cheese of preference) to the cooked side, and let it melt while the rest of the patty cooks.
7. Place cooked patties on the base buns, stack onions and top bun over the patty, and serve.

This Happy Haulerdays season, Carvana supported the fight against US Food Insecurity by hosting Delivering Happiness Food Drives across Carvana Country. They strongly believe in the importance of connecting with each other, their customers, and their communities – so they partnered with us and other local food banks to make sure everyone has a holiday meal to enjoy this season.