Recipes: Turkey Sloppy Joes

Ingredients

• 2 tsp canola oil
• 1 cup chopped onions
• 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1 lb lean ground turkey breast
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 1/2 cup catsup
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• 2 tsp wine vinegar
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Directions

Heat the oil in a large skillet and sauté the onion and bell pepper until translucent. Add the turkey and cook about 5 minutes. Drain off any fat.

Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Simmer 15 minutes and serve on buns.

To reduce the sodium content of this recipe, use salt-free tomato sauce.

Nutrition Information

Serves: 4
Serving size: 1/2 cup
Starch Exchange: 1
Very Lean Meat Exchange: 3
Vegetable Exchange: 1
Monounsaturated Fat Exchange: 1/2
Calories: 239
Total Fat: 6 g
Calories From Fat: 51
Cholesterol: 68 mg
Sodium: 787 mg
Carbohydrate: 21 mg
Dietary Fiber: 2 g
Protein: 27 g

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