Quick Dish: Ground Turkey with Mushrooms & Herbs Over Pasta

Here is another quick dish favorite of mine. Beware; this is so good it is hard not to eat too much! Serve the turkey over whole wheat or brown rice pasta with steamed veggies.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound of lean, ground turkey
• 1.5 cups of brown mushrooms (or any mushroom of your choice), sliced
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1/4 bundle of cilantro, chopped
• 1/4 bundle of parsley, chopped
• 4 sprigs of thyme, leaves pulled off
• 1 large red onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1/2 -3/4 cup of white wine (or broth if you prefer)
• 1/3 of a cube of healthy bouillon such as Rapunzel (omit if you are using broth instead of wine)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation:

1. Heat oil over medium heat in a large pan.
2. Add onions and garlic, sauté for a couple of minutes
3. Add mushroom, sauté for a couple of minutes
4. Add turkey, saute and brown for a couple of minutes. You will have to separate the turkey with a stainless steel spatula during this cooking stage.
5. Add wine and bouillon or broth and herbs. Set a little bit of cilantro & parsley aside as a garnish
6. Cook on low heat with lid on for about 5-7 minutes until turkey is fully cooked
7. Garnish with cilantro and parsley and serve over pasta.

Mid-Week Meal: Turkey Burgers with Sesame Soba Noodles & Steamed Veggies

Turkey Burgers with Sesame Soba Noodles & Steamed Veggies

This is a healthy, quick and very tasty meal that you can easily put together in 20 minutes. It makes for a great meal to be made during the workweek when you don't have much time and energy to cook. I love using soba noodles, they are largely made of buckwheat, a grain that contains chiro-inositol which appears to help with blood sugar regulation. Additionally soba noodles cook in just 3-4 minutes and are really tasty.

Ingredients:

• 3 oz turkey per person, all white meat
• 1.5 cups of veggies of your choice: I am using broccoli and carrots in this instance
• Soba noodles
• Toasted sesame oil
• Sesame seeds
• Bragg's amino liquid or soy sauce
• Salt, pepper, paprika* (*optional)
• Olive oil spray

Preparation:

• Start with putting a pot of water on the stove, boiling it for the soba noodles
• Mix salt, pepper and paprika (a tasty spice for meat, poultry and egg dishes) into the turkey meat and form patties
• Spray grilling or frying pan ( I like using a cast-iron grilling pan) with olive oil, heat up on medium heat, put patties on and cook them, turning them after about 8 minutes, until fully cooked through.
• Cut and put veggies in steamer and cook until done.
• Add salt to boiling soba noodle water and cook noodles for 3-4 minutes, until al dente

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• Drizzle cooked and drained sooba noodles with toasted sesame oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds(optional, but very tasty)

  

• Drizzle steamed veggies with bragg's amino liquid or soy sauce (optional)
• Serve and enjoy!