Calling all recipes with Ground Turkey in them!! Help!

I just had a GREAT dinner with ground turkey. Spaghetti!!!

If you like spaghetti, its real easy-- I just browned it, added mushrooms and my favorite sauce and voila! I served mine over whole wheat noodles. Also, if you are wanting to cut calories even more, substitute the sauce for a can of stewed tomatoes. It is so yummy!!

Good Luck!
Melissa

I use it for meatballs for spaghetti, stuffed peppers, turkey burgers, chili, enchiladas, etc. You can go to someplace like Marthastewart.com or cookinglight.com and many other sites and find a ton of recipes.

I love turkey chili........ground turkey, chili seasoning, diced tomatoes, tomatoe sauce, peppers, kidney beans.......tastes great over small babked potato, or by itself!!!

yum we had fat free refried beans, ground turkey and light cheddar cheese in a whole wheat tortilla, then we grilled it on the indoor flat grill. it was delicious like a homemade burrito with no real guilt. Very filling and tasty!!! Make sure to cook turkey first and heat up beans. Also I love making turkey burgers with a pack of onion soup mix, stirred in before making the patties. I try to stock up on ground turkey whenever it is on sale -what a great alternative to ground beef-

My Mom's Crock Pot Stuffed Green Peppers (also good with red and yellow)

4 green peppers - take out the seeds and veins (or ribs or whatever they are called)
1 lb ground turkey
Cheese - I like 2% mozzarella, but whatever you like
1 can low sodium tomato sauce/paste/soup - whichever you have around
1 cup cooked rice or couscous (the couscous gives a really cool texture)
Salt, pepper and any other seasoning you like

Mix last 5 ingredients, reserving some of the cheese for a topper. Stuff inside the peppers. Place in the bottom of your crock pot with a little water (about 1/2 cup) and cook on low for 8-10 hours. It's probably done before that, but that's how long I'm at work. Top with remaining cheese and allow 5-10 minutes to melt. Enjoy!

I have never figured out the nutritional info on this, but I'm sure it's directly related to the quality and quantity of ingredients you use.

I love, love, love this turkey burger recipe.
I had one today and wrapped 2 pieces of turkey bacon around it, put it on my George Foreman grill... didn't need bread... yum~o!

3 pounds ground turkey
1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs (you can use Panko crumbs)
1/4 cup finely diced onion
2 egg whites, lightly beaten ( I use egg substitute)
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

In a large bowl, mix ground turkey, seasoned bread crumbs, onion, egg whites, parsley, garlic, salt, and pepper. Form into 12 patties.
Cook the patties in a medium skillet over medium heat, turning once, to an internal temperature of 180 degrees F (85 degrees C).

PREP TIME 15 Min
COOK TIME 15 Min
READY IN 30 Min

Original recipe yield: 12 burgers

Serving Size 1/12 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe 12

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Amount Per Serving
Calories 183
Calories from Fat 85

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% Daily Value *
Total Fat 9.4g 15 %
Saturated Fat 2.6g 13 %
Cholesterol 90mg 30 %
Sodium 377mg 15 %
** Potassium 293mg 8 %
Total Carbohydrates 2.3g < 1 %
Dietary Fiber 0.2g < 1 %
Protein 20.8g 42 %
** Sugars 0.4g
** Vitamin A 1 %
** Vitamin C 3 %
** Calcium 3 %
** Iron 16 %
** Thiamin 7 %
** Niacin 61 %
** Vitamin B6 26 %
** Magnesium 9 %
** Folate 7 %

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1297-actually-delicious-turkey-burgers

~Joanna:flowerforyou:

You can also cook whole wheat pasta, get Healthy Choice pasta sauce (very low in cals and a good size serving), cook the ground turkey (season it a bit), mix some HC pasta sauce, sprinkle some parmesan cheese ontop and you're done.
This will be my din din tomorrow:bigsmile:

I use ground turkey as a substitute for ground beef, and one thing I have discovered is, there is ground turkey and there is ground turkey BREAST. Therein lies the difference. The white meat is much easier to work with because it doesn't have the strong flavor of regular ground turkey. Unless you are using extremely strong spices, you will probably be able to taste turkey flavor. The white meat is much easier to work with.

Another thing I do is mix a combination of ground beef and turkey.

Hope the original poster can find something helpful with all the answers.

I vote for the Crockpot peppers. I am planning on trying that one myself in the near future. I will probably figure the nutritional value, and if I do, I wll make a point of posting it.

Thought for the day: "Don't let the turkeys get you down!!! :laugh: :laugh: (unless you are talking about your weight!!)