Friday, August 29, 2008

Low Carb Recipe for Healthy Sloppy Joe's

Using ground turkey instead of beef,with a dash of hot peppers, and this old favourite becomes something new.

Removing the top bun also reduces carbs for those people just starting to try and cut breads or starch portions from their diets.

Serve this quick dinner with a healthy portion of vegetables to 4 people.

1 pound lean ground turkey
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
12 ounces tomato sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
3 teaspoons chili powder (to taste)
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (to taste)
2 hamburger buns

Cook ground turkey, onions and green pepper until meat is done ( about 10 minutes). Stir in remaining ingredients except the buns. Bring to boil, then simmer for 5-10 minutes until there is no longer liquid.

Serve on open face bun.


Per Serving
262 calories, 26 g protein, 20 g carbohydrates, 3 g fiber, 73 mg cholesterol

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks kinda yumbo!

Beth said...

Thanks for this recipe ... am currently on a low-carb meal plan and was craving sloppy joes, so this should work out great =)

Jo said...

Thanks for the recipe! Will try and whip this up!