What can I make with ground turkey?

Any receipes to share?

Re: What can I make with ground turkey?

i have an easy and yummy (and healthy) turkey lasagne recipe...

it's a ww recipe from the book "simply the best", it makes 8 servings and is 6 ww pts per serving
if you're not doing ww, feel free to use full fat ingredients

ingredients:
2 tsps olive oil
10 oz ground skinless turkey breast
1 onion, chopped
1 28oz can whole tomatoes (no salt added), coarsely chopped
1 6oz can tomato paste (no salt added)
1/4 cup grated paresan cheese
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp sugar
12 no-boil lasagna noodles
2 cups nonfat cottage cheese
1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

directions:
1. preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. in large non-stick sauce pan or dutch oven, heat oil. add turkey and onion, cook, stirring as needed, until turkey is browned and onion is softened, about 5 mins.
3.stir in tomatoes, tomato paste, parmasan cheese, basil, oregano and sugar, bring to a boil. reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until flavors are blended, about 5 mins
4. spool 1/3 of sauce into the bottom of a 13x9" baking pan, top w/ 3 noodles, spread w/ half of cottage cheese, and top w/ 3 more noodles. repeat the layering 1x more, ending with the sauce. sprinkle the mozzarella cheese evenly on top.
5. bake, covered, 1 hour, then uncover and bake until cooked through, about 10 mins more. let stand 10 mins before serving

Message edited 1/21/2009 5:50:20 PM.

Re: What can I make with ground turkey?

we've made tacos!

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burgers!

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any pasta with "meat" sauce
stuffed peppers
turkey burgers stuffed with cheddar cheese (or any type of cheese)
chili
tacos
mexican pizza
nachos supreme (cheese, guacamole, sour cream, black beans, jalapenos ect..)

If you need any recipes let me know but that is all I can think of right now

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I am actually eating my meatloaf that I made with ground turkey and it is SO good

here is the recipe
1 ½ lbs lean ground beef
1 cup Bread crumbs
1 cup tomato sauce or left over spaghetti sauce
1 egg, beaten
½ cup white onion, finely choppedr
Salt
Pepper
½ cup barbecue sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar



1. In a large bowl combine beef, stuffing, tomato sauce, egg, onion,, salt and pepper.
2. With hands, blend mixture well and form into a firm loaf
3. Place in center of greased baking dish
4. Bake in preheated 350 degree over for 30 minutes
5. Meanwhile, combine BBQ sauce, brown sugar and nutmeg. Stir well.
6. Pour mixture on the top of meatloaf
7. continue baking meatloaf for an additional 30 minutes
8. Remove from over and let sit for 10-15 minutes

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We've also made Hamburger Helper with it and tacos.

Idon't love any Italian dishes with turkey meatballs, IMO, it tastes funny

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I make everything with ground tukey...from burgers to meatloaf..basically anything you'd use ground beef for... oh chili is one of my faves!

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I use it for
meatloaf
burgers
meatballs
chili
tacos

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Re: What can I make with ground turkey?

I make baked turkey meatballs, turkey chili and tacos.

Message edited 1/23/2009 8:56:42 AM.

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i brown it and then mix it with cooked white rice, parmesan cheese and tomato sauce, stuff into a red or orange pepper and bake it in the oven at 350 for a bit.

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Stuffed peppers-OMG so good. Maybe I will make this tomorrow

Basically anything you would make with ground beef you can make with turkey

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Bubble Up Pizza

1 lb ground turkey
1 16oz can tomato sauce
1/2 tsp basil
1 tsp Italian Seasoning
1 Medium Onion Diced
2 Garlic Cloves
8 oz bag shredded mozzerella
2 tubes pilsbury biscuits (they come in packs of 4)
Preheat 350
Cook ground turkey in a pan into crumbles. Dice onion and put into meat. Add mniced garlic, basil and italian seasoning, sauce. Mix around. Then Take each biscuit and qtr it and throw it in. Mix around. Put in a 9x13 casserole dish (I used a stoneware dish)
Spread out evenly in dish Bake 25 minutes. After 25 minutes put shredded cheese on top and bake an additional 10 minutes. Take it out and let it sit for 5 minutes

Cut into 8 rectangles.
This is a WW recipe and it is DELISH! We eat it alot. Good leftovers

Re: What can I make with ground turkey?

You can make nearly everything you can make with ground beef!!!! I use it for tacos, meatloaf, stuffed peppers, and of course burgers!!!