SantaFe Chili with Turkey

Marksman21

Hey folks,

Been trying to get the math together to get the correct nutrition information for a modification to the Santa Fe Chili recepie. Normally the recepie calls for 1 pound of ground beef (I usually drain the fat after browning), and usually 1 cup of this equates to around 224 Calories, high protien (from the beans), etc.

However, recently I got a reccomendation to replace my usual Beef supply with Turkey this time to modify my recepies. Admitedly, I got no idea how the turkey will taste in Santa Fe Chili, but the problem is that I can find nothing in regards to if anyone else has tried, and the nutrition value of it. I can imagine that using Turkey can drop the calories a little, and add to other values, but I can't find it for the life of me.

Yes, I have used the recepie worker here on the site, but for some reason the thing overestimates calories for some reason ( I know folks like this for personal reasons, but I prefer to be accurate).

SantaFe Chili:
1lb of Ground Beef browned and drained (Turkey replacing this)
1 can of Black Beans (rinsed)
1 can of Pinto Beans (rinsed)
1 can of Kidney Beans (rinsed)
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 can of stewed sliced tomatoes
1 can of tomatoe sauce (small can)
1 can of corn (rinsed)
1 packet of Ranch Dressing Powder
1 packet of Taco Seasoning
2 cups of water

Brown meat and drain fat. Then rinse the beans and corn till all the canned fluid is off and add to the pot with the beef, tomatoes, sauce, water, and seasonings. Bring to boil, cover, then let simmer for 2 hours ... bask in the gorgeous smell going through the house.

Very simple recepie that provides a good bit of nutrition, using easily obtainable ingredients. All use Great Value generic brand materials.

SO would anyone know the modified nutritional value if I used Turkey?

dez_yaoichan

you tried putting it into the recipes tab? i'm not sure how it would over estimate unless you logged something twice or wrong

Marksman21

I saw a few differing arguments over the nutritional value on a few sites. I could be wrong and just stick to the site for information, it just feels like automated taking no account into preparation (for example I drain the grease and fat that cooks off the beef or turkey.)

dez_yaoichan

try this. do you know the info for your current recipe?

find the info for the beef and the turkey and calculate the difference between them (ex: -20 cal, -4g fat)

now add/subtract those totals into the original recipe.



I had to do this with a few fast food items that I would buy.

Marksman21

I'll hafta give that a shot. Thanks.

bemott

Thanks for this recipe, am making it right now, with zucchini added. Yum!