Janice's Sloppy Jose

It's easy to swap out turkey for ground beef in many recipes. The great thing is to ramp up the seasoning because turkey is a much milder flavor.

The chili powder gives this recipe a nice Tex-Mex flair!

The nutrition facts for this delicious twist on sloppy joes can be found at Calorie Count!

Sloppy Jose

Ingredients:

1 T  olive oil

½ c  carrots, grated

1 small  onion, chopped

4 t  garlic, chopped

¼ t  pepper

1/8 t  salt

3 T  tomato paste

1 pound  ground turkey (93% lean)

1 1/3 T  chili powder

15 oz  tomatoes, crushed

2 ½ T  brown sugar

1 T  cider vinegar

2 t  Worcestershire sauce

10  100% whole grain wheat buns

Directions:

Heat olive oil in large pot, saute carrots and onions for about 5 minutes, add garlic and saute 3 more minutes.

Add salt, pepper, and tomato paste and stir for about 1 minute.

Add ground turkey and chili powders. Stir til the turkey is cooked through.

Add 1 can crushed tomatoes, sugar, vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer about 15 minutes.

Serve on the buns (calories are included in the nutrition facts).

Options:

Add cheese, but you will have to add the calories.

If not spicy enough, add some Tabasco. Once my kids were able to handle the heat, I just started adding Tabasco to the simmer stage. Yum!

Instead of buns, serve on tortillas and adjust the calories.