Add tomatoes, lime juice, turkey and green beans; stir to combine. Cover and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Prepare rice: Clean and wash 3 cups basmati. Rinse and strain three times.

One dish we’ve never tried is Persian rice using leftover turkey and green beans. For Nadereh Ahly, the chef/co-owner of the Memorial neighborhood restaurant Ember & Greens, it’s nothing new.

Researchers from the University of Michigan's Notion Archaeological Project have struck gold. The team of archeologists discovered a "hoard of gold coins" from the Persian Empire in western Turkey.