I bought a pound of ground turkey on a whim the other day. I wanted to try substituting it for ground beef since its leaner. I went onto allrecipes.com, I love that site! And found an ‘interesting’ meatball recipe that called for turkey. I made some major and sweeping changes to it!!

1lb ground turkey

1 egg white

1/8c finely chopped onion

1/2tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp black pepper

1 cube chicken bullion

1 cup water

1 (10.75oz) 98% fat free condensed cream of mushroom soup

1 stalk of celery chopped

1 small onion chopped (I just used the same onion that the 1/8c came from)

8oz sliced fresh mushrooms

Mix together turkey, egg white, onion, garlic powder and pepper. Form into meatballs. Place into a hot skillet- notice there is no oil? I did not need to use ANY. You may want to give the pan a light spritz, but the gravy is going to be made in the same skillet so if you lose any bits of meatball it wont be noticed, add in sliced mushrooms, celery and onion once the meatballs are mostly cooked. Once meatballs are browned add in water and bullion cube, stir until its disolved. Add in condensed soup and bring to a boil. You may want to add more water for a more ’soupy’ gravy. Simmer for 25-30 minutes. I served this over boiled smashed potatoes. My family really enjoyed these! I asked my husband what he thought and he said ‘It tastes sort of like Thanksgiving, its good.’ he didnt know it was turkey (hee hee!!) Ill definatly make this again!

Posted by Shelley in Low Fat Recipes on March 6th, 2007 |