Low Calorie Turkey Recipe

Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites

Our turkey recipe is so low in calories that it won't blow the feathers out of your diet plan....

 

Turkey is naturally low in caloric and fat content. In ground form it's generally chosen over ground beef in many a dieter's menu.

One half of a whole turkey five pound raw turkey contains about 2,609 calories and 62.18 total fat grams when the bones, skin and visible fat has been removed. One cup of chopped roasted turkey - meat only, contains 238 calories and about 7 dietary fat grams.

On that note, let's see what Diet Bites has in the way of a tasty turkey recipe that's low in calories.

Oh my goodness! It looks like we're going to enjoy a basic turkey salad poked into a healthy whole grain pita pocket bread - often referred to in the South as a Kangaroo Pocket.

This makes a mighty fine meal, that's for certain. The turkey is packed with protein grams and will quell appetite in the hours following the meal. The lettuce will help keep the digestive track working in smooth order. And the pita bread is an excellent choice from the healthy Grain Group.

To make this recipe, simple combine the following ingredients:

turkey recipeThe Recipe Ingredients

- 3 ounces of roasted turkey, lean meat only
- 2 cups of chopped lettuce
- salt, pepper & dash of celery salt (optional OR use fresh cut celery)
- 2 Tablespoons of LIGHT Miracle Whip Salad Dressing
- a few cherry tomatoes

How to Prepare This Recipe

Wrap the mixture in a flour tortilla OR stuff into a pita pocket bread.

Let's view another tasty low calorie turkey recipe that you can put into your weight loss plan. How about a healthy toaster turkey sandwich? It's certainly delicious.

Toaster Sandwiches, a diet sandwich recipe

Prepare your favorite whole grain bread by spreading it with reduced calorie margarine and toasting on the stove top. Fill with a thin slice of roasted turkey, lettuce leaves and thinly sliced tomato. Shaking a bit of salt and cracked pepper onto the tomatoes will add a blast of flavor. For the spread, use mustard, spicy mustard or light Mayo.

This is a simple, great tasting sandwich that can fit into almost-any healthy weight loss plan. Let's see one more low calorie turkey recipe, shall we? And this one is filled with colorful goodness.

Diet Friendly Rainbow Turkey Recipe

The Recipe Ingredients

1 cup of chopped turkey - either raw or cooked
Salt & Pepper to suit personal taste
Buttered Flavored Non-Stick Cooking Spray
1 fresh orange OR you can use orange juice if you have that on hand
1 cup of mixed colors of bell peppers (red, yellow, green) sliced into thin strips

How to Prepare This Recipe

Cooking Note: If you don't have multi-colored bell peppers on hand, simply use one color. You can also use a mix of onions, bell pepper and celery if you prefer.

Skin and wash turkey if it's in raw form. Next, blot dry then squeeze 1/2 of the juice from orange onto turkey. You want to get as much of the orange flavor as possible into the bird, thus the reason for blotting. Add salt and cracked pepper to suit personal taste.

Place into oven on a non-stick pan sprayed with non-stick cooking spray along with the sliced bell peppers, or you can cook on the stove top if you prefer. Cook turkey until golden brown. Remove and drizzle with the following orange sauce.

Cook remaining juice with 1/2 teaspoon of cornstarch until thick in microwave stirring often. Pour carefully over the turkey. Grate 1/2 teaspoon of orange rind over turkey.

Serve with:

1 cup of fresh green beans seasoned with no calorie butter spray;
1/2 cup of white or brown rice with no calorie butter spray;
a side salad of lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber with 1 Tablespoon of low calorie salad dressing (40 calories), and  a slice of bread (60 calories).

This low calorie recipe makes 1 serving for about 475 calories.

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