Turkey and veggies this was good!

18 years ago

I made this a couple nights ago and both DH and I thought it was really good!

The first time in my life I have ever bought ground turkey meat!!! LOL

I wish all the sites online had nutritional informations though!

LOW CHOLESTEROL TURKEY - VEGETABLE

1 lb. ground turkey breast

1 can cooked Great Northern beans

1 green pepper, chopped

1 onion, chopped

2 celery stalks, chopped

2 carrots, chopped

1 tomato, peeled & chopped

1 can sm. peas

1 pkg. Knox dried vegetable soup

Spray large pan with Pam. Cook the turkey until browned. Add all other

ingredients, add a little water to make a sauce. Cook on medium for 10

minutes.

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bigfoot_liz
18 years ago
Oooo thanks for the recipe! i mix ground turkey into other dishes but have avoided using it straight b/c DH doesn't like the color LOL. i do have to recommend using cooking light magazine and website recipes. they are all rated by users and all the nutritional info is provided. i do weight watchers and have found lots of recipes thru them. if a recipe doesn't come w/ nutritional info i don't even bother, you'd be surprised how bad fat and fat% in most things ~ liz
nodakgal
Original Author
18 years ago
That turkey and veggies is really,really good! I was hesitant about making it and even til I took the first bite and then thought wow. I will look for Cooking Light in the magazine aisle and search for a website. Thanks Liz!

To give DH credit he hasn't complained about anything so far,he's eating it. Of course still snacking on a few Cheetos and not great things. I just am not 100% sure if I am still doing this right! LOL

Last night we make a quick trip to Walmart (45 miles away)and we were going to stop and have supper. It got late and DH didn't want to stop at Grizzleys or a cafe. We ran to McD's. I tried to get him to have a salad with chicken. He had a burger of somekind. I had fishwish and fries. OMG I flipped the box over to read fat,calories and cholesterol and just about felt sick. I think he ruined anything I have cooked the past 5 days!

Tonight we had oven baked chicken breasts with 1/2tablespoon garlic and 1/2 tablespoon black pepper and a pinch of salt and a half cup of fake butter melted. I didn't care for it but he did.
Oh yeah we had this Mixed Veggie casserole and sweet potatoes without all the yummies! LOL I am amazed sweet potatoes are so good for you. I mean they are better than white ones!

But by Friday when DS and I go pick up Miss Maddie I am going to be craving a big,fat,juicy cheeseburger I think! lol

Here is the Mixed vegetable casserole we had:(I only made half of this)

VEGETABLE CASSEROLE - LOW CHOLESTEROL

2 (10 oz.) pkgs. frozen mixed vegetables

Cook vegetables according to package directions.

1/2 c. chopped onions
1 c. chopped celery
1 c. grated cheese (low fat Mozzarella)
1 c. mayonnaise (no cholesterol)
1/2 c. butter (no cholesterol), melted
1 c. crushed wheat (no cholesterol) crackers

Mix first 5 ingredients and pour into a Pam-sprayed dish, topped with
crushed crackers mixed with butter. Cook at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.
Serves 6-8.
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