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Got Time? Italian Turkey Meat Sauce (Bolognese Inspired) Recipe
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Got Time? Italian Turkey Meat Sauce (Bolognese Inspired) Recipe

18 ingredients 4 meals for the weight-conscious or 2 meals for the body builders. openrecipes

Sometimes, a cook wants a day off. I recently had a morning of nothingness. It was a day meant for relaxing, watching a movie or a cooking show. Later in the...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

909
Calories
78g
Protein
42g
Fat
49g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 19 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Turkey 100g cooked 189
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Parmesan Cheese 1 oz (28g) 110
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 carrot, minced
  • 2 celery, minced
  • ¼ cup chopped turkey bacon
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
  • 1-1/4 lb. ground turkey
  • ¾ to 1 cup red wine
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • 1 tsp. tomato paste
  • 1 28 or 35 oz can of whole plum tomatoes, chopped (I cheated, I brought canned chopped tomatoes)
  • 1 cup of chicken stock (recommend Whole Food’s or Trader Joe’s low-sodium/organic versions for busy people who don’t have time to make their own stock)
  • 1 cup of fresh chopped basil, divided in half
  • ¼ tsp. nutmeg
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • Fresh grated Parmesan cheese

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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