ground turkey recipes wanted

Use ground turkey in anything you'd use ground beef for, it's a substitution usually used to lower your fat intake so.... substitute freely

I make cabbage rolls with ground turkey, diced tomatoes, chopped zuccini, and onion and seasonings of course (salt, pepper, garlic, worchestershire sauce) with a v8 broth with the same seasonings.

Ground turkey can be used for anything you use ground beef for, but it is drier. So if you're making burgers or meatloaf or something, you need to add either fat or extra veggies to keep the moisture up.

Ground turkey in spaghetti or sloppy joes is always great for a last minute meal.

Besides using it in place of ground beef, I like to pan fry it in a bit of olive oil with some salt-free Mrs Dash seasoning and sometimes add some cayenne pepper. Then I serve with veggies. Check the lunch in my food diary today for an example

One of the websites I LOVE to get healthy recipes from has a recipe for mozzarella stuffed turkey burgers that are really good.

It's a site called: EatingWell.com

I've posted the link below, but if it doesn't work, just go to the site and look up stuffed turkey burgers, it's almost always first on the list. Hope you found some great ways to incorporate ground turkey into your meals. )

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/mozzarella_stuffed_turkey_burgers.html :happy:

Oh my gosh! Ground turkey is so versatile. I love it.

I was a vegetarian for a year, and now that I'm back to eating meat, I've cut out red meat and pork entirely. So ground turkey replaces a lot of the stuff I once ate.

This recipe is my favorite, though. It is DELICIOUS. It's Southwestern Ground Beef or Turkey, and you can put it in tacos or on a salad or do whatever you want with it, but I eat it in tacos. Yum.

The recipe is here: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/southwestern-flavored-ground-beef-or-turkey-for-tacos--salad/Detail.aspx

BARLEY VEGETABLE SOUP

1 lb. ground turkey
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, pressed
7 cups water
1 can stewed tomatoes (or more)
1/2 cup medium sized barley
2 beef bouillon cubes
1 bay leaf
1 bag of frozen mixed vegetables

Brown turkey, add onion and garlic. Cook until tender. Stir in all remaining ingredients except bag of vegetables. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour. Add frozen veggies and cook at least 15 more minutes. Soup will be thick like a stew, or you can add additional water. It's very filling... I usually make a pot and eat it for a week. Enjoy!

I like to make Mini Turkey Meatloafs. Get some ground turkey season to flavor. Break the meat up into 4oz sections (get a food scale they are wonderful) place each 4 oz ball of meat into a muffin pan and bake at around 375 until done. I sometimes pour some turkey gravy over them. Each muffin turkey meatloaf is around 110 calories depending on the turkey that you get. My 10 yr old son LOVES them and asks for them all the time.

about how long to cook? Sounds yummy.


I've started to make the turkey switch too. We all LOVE our turkey meatballs. I like to make a low cal egg casserole that calls for sausage and I tried it with the turkey sausage last time, now it's even LESS cals and no one noticed the switch! Its eggs, a little bit of bisquick, some frozen shredded hashbrowns, cheese if you want it, then onions, green peppers and anything else that sounds good.

Saw this on TV the other day so I looked it up. You wouldn't have to use pita bread or use the cucumber spread if you don't like either of those

Persian Turkey Burgers
1 1/4 pounds coarsely ground turkey breast meat (or thigh meat if you can spare the calories)
2 tbsp canola oil
1 tsp kosher salt¬¬
11/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
2 tsp fresh mint, chopped or 1/2 tsp dried
2 tsp fresh cilantro, chopped or 1/2 tsp dried
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp lime zest
1 tsp lime juice

3 each pocketless pita, punched out with 3" cookie cutter
Za'tar ( 2 tablespoons dried thyme, 1 tablespoon sumac, 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds, 1/2 teaspoon table salt)
canola oil

1 recipe cucumber yogurt sauce
Garnish: diced tomato and diced cucumber

1. Prepare turkey mixture: combine all ingredients and gently toss with a fork. Test for seasoning by cooking a small portion. Adjust seasoning if necessary.
2. Shape patties into 3 1/2" rounds. Sear in skillet until done, about 2 minutes on each side. Alternatively, the patties may be baked in the oven.
3. Prepare pita: brush rounds with canola oil and sprinkle with za'tar seasoning. Grill or toast rounds just until warm.
4. Serve burgers on pita with cucumber yogurt sauce. Garnish with chopped cucumbers and diced tomatoes.

Cucumber Yogurt Sauce

1/2 cucumber, peeled, seeded and finely diced
1/2 cup yogurt
1/2 cup sour cream
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon lime zest
Salt and pepper to taste

1. Set aside 1/4 cup of cucumber for garnish.
2. Combine all ingredients at least 1 hour before serving.

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Saw this on America's Worst Cooks a month or so ago, and adapted it to ground turkey, and tossed out some of the extra fat. These are great as an appetizer, or served with a salad.

Blue Cheese Turkey Meatballs (lite)
adapted from recipe by Robert Irvine, on Americas Worst Cooks
Makes 6 servings of 4 meatballs each (or vice versa for small meal)

1.5 lbs ground turkey
1/4 cup egg substitute
1/2 TBSP celery salt
1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
Sauce:
1 cup tomato juice
1/2 TBSP rice wine vinegar
1 TBSP hot sauce
pinch celery salt

Preheat the oven to 350.
In a bowl, combine the ground meat, egg, and celery salt. Add breadcrumbs and blue cheese and mix to combine. Spray a mini-muffin pan (24 spots) lightly with cooking spray. Divide the meat mixture into 24 balls and put one in each cup of the pan. (Or just space them out on a flat baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes.

For the sauce: combine tomato juice, vinegar, hot sauce and celery salt in a bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste. ( Can whisk in up to 2 TBSP of oil to thicken, but adds 40 calories per serving. )

To serve: Place the cooked meatballs in a bowl, add some of the sauce, and toss to coat. Serve remaining sauce as a dip.

Approximate nutrition for 4 meatballs: 240 calories, 11g fat, 8g carb, 23g protein

I used a similar recipe last night, but instead of blue cheese I used laughing cow cheese wedges. They come in different flavors and are usually about 35 cals per wedge.

We don't eat red meat as well. We switched to ground turkey about 3 years, and love it. We use it for any recipe that calls for ground beef. Some of our favorite recipes include lettuce wraps, turkey meatballs, a variety of chili, enchiladas, and taco salad.

I used a similar recipe last night, but instead of blue cheese I used laughing cow cheese wedges. They come in different flavors and are usually about 35 cals per wedge.

Good idea!

I have made a veggie and groud turkey soup and it was awesome!
I also made turkey meatballs a few days ago and my family LOVED them.
Ground Turkey
Minced onion
Minced garlic
Lots of italian seasoning
Seasoning salt
Pepper
Light Ranch Dressing (instead of an egg)
Whole wheat bread crumbs

Pan fry them in a light oil or a cooking spray

Then we dipped them in mustard and paired it with parboiled rice and veggies.

We use turkey in everything we used to use beef in. Our favorite burgers include chopped jalapeños and cheese, and our other favorite is with chopped onion, green peppers, and soy sauce! I recommend them to everyone!