Sunday, January 27, 2008

Go-To Ground Turkey

I've declared Sunday recipe day! I thought it was a good idea, since so many of us sit down on Sun and plan our menu for the rest of the week. I'll be posting clean recipes that I've personally tried and enjoyed. This one is something I threw together last night and decided that it will be one of my "Go-To" dishes! I'm sorry, I don't really measure when I experiment, so I'm listing estimates and you can adjust yours to taste.

Go-To Ground Turkey:

1 lb ground turkey breast (make sure you get turkey breast, not reg gound turkey)
approx 1/2 c onion
2 cloves garlic
1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes (I used Hunts Fire Roasted, but you can use your favorite)
pinch dried oregano
pinch dried basil
sea salt & ground pepper to taste
olive oil to coat pan

Saute onions & garlic in olive oil. Add ground turkey and cook until no longer pink. Add diced tomatoes, herbs and salt & pepper. Simmer for about 10 more minutes until heated through.

Now you have a very versitle dish that you can keep on hand to create quick & easy clean meals. I added a little to some red beans I had cooked for a simple chili. You could mix it with brown rice, whole wheat pasta, scramble it in with your egg whites or put it in a whole wheat tortilla for a wrap! I plan to freeze extra in serving size portions to have ready when I need it.

Enjoy!

2 comments:

Lauren said...

Hi Jennifer! I'd love to talk to you about The Eat Clean Diet Workout by Tosca Reno. You can contact me at laurenpaul@wesmanpr.com if you are interested - it's a great addition to the Eat-Clean series!

Jennifer Esposito said...

Hi Lauren,

I saw that she has this book now, too! It is definately on my "must" list! Thank you!