Ground Turkey? Good or bad?

bbell1985 wrote: »

It's ground turkey. Not cocaine. It's fine.

My current fav post of the week!

bagge72 wrote: »

jgnatca wrote: »

It's a lean protein. It's a very fine lean protein.

Oh yeah, she's a sexy little lean protein isn't she? But is she the good type of sexy lean protein, or is she a bad bad girl? Sorry, not where you were going with that, is it?

I always thought she was attractive but respectable
Maybe she's really a 'gateway' protein to things like lard and sugar, a bad bad girl.

Noel_57 wrote: »

Ground turkey caused laboratory rats to go into starvation mode. That's what Dr. Oz said on Friday.

Of course he did. I wouldn't take his advice for anything. Just me.

turkey meatloaf turkey meatballs turkey burgers turkey helper turkey chopsuey turkey sherpards pie get my point? I love ground turkey

goalreacher998 wrote: »

So I made a decent amount of ground turkey and cooked it with a few spices (no salt) and a little olive oil. I've been eating some of it with meals, and it's pretty tasty! But is it actually all that good for you? I do weigh it, and don't eat all that much at a time, but I don't want to keep eating it if it's not going to help with my weight loss.
Thanks.

There are no foods or supplements that will make you lose weight. Only a calorie deficit can do that. Here's the thing though, ground turkey, or turkey, or chicken in general is a high protein low fat food (assuming you don't eat the skin) so yea, if you want to eat more protein and less fat (for less calories, fat in itself doesn't make you 'fat') then I love ground turkey, turkey sausage, turkey brats, turkey cutlets, and plain ol baked turkey. I even BBQ turkey all the time. Good stuff.

gebeziseva wrote: »

When you say "eating with meals" I have the impression that you're eating it along your meals thinking that eating turkey is some sort of a slimming substance.
It is not.
Turkey could be a good substitution for other fat meats and that's why it is sometimes recommend. But not "added to" the fat meats if you see what I mean. It is not "slimming" in itself.
I personally avoid it because it has no taste to me. Tastes like toilet paper (yes I've tried lol).

Good catch. I reread the OP and am also perplexed at the use of the phrase "eating with meals" and also the concept of adding olive oil and eating it plain - that sounds like one of the worst uses of ground turkey I can imagine. I use it because it is lean, so adding olive oil defeats that purpose; and because it is so lean it is also pretty flavorless so I only use it "in" things like tacos, chili, spaghetti sauce, etc. I actually usually cook 1-2 lbs of ground turkey and 1-2 lbs of 80/20 ground beef and combine them into 1 lb portions in ziplock bags - then use those 1 lb portions for cooking weeknight dinners. I almost never eat plain ground turkey, even on a burger.

choppie70 wrote: »

If you are buying ground turkey to save on calories, then make sure you are reading labels carefully. Not all ground turkey has less calories than ground beef.

This. I buy it if it's cheaper than beef and if it works for whatever I'm making (chili but not burgers).

I second the "read the label" suggestion. Just because it's turkey doesn't automatically mean that it's lean.

For ground meat, about 90% lean or more is pretty lean. You can buy it even leaner than that, 93% or even 95% lean, if you want. It's an easy way to save calories.

Lean turkey (or any other meat, really) is likely to dry out during cooking unless you add something to keep it moist. If you're cooking it in soup, in a sauce, or with a lot of added vegetables, that should take care of it. Otherwise, you'd probably want to add some healthy fat. Buying very lean meat (turkey or anything else) and adding a healthy fat like olive oil is a good way to reduce saturated fat, if that's important to you.

hdrenollet wrote: »

I love using ground turkey for tacos and sloppy joes. I always get the 99% lean which is lower in calories compared to lean ground beef and I honestly just think it tastes better. My kids like it too.

This is what I normally use:

This is what I use also. I will take half of the package (10oz) mix it with sage, salt and pepper flakes. Make it into 5 patties. Fry in a little avocado oil until done. After it cools wrap in plastic wrap and freeze. Just take out of a morning and heat in microwave for 30 to 60 seconds and eat with a boiled egg. Makes a delicious breakfast in a hurry. I use this stuff for burgers and tacos too.