This lean meat sauce is made with ground turkey meat instead of ground beef, and the result is just as delicious! Plus, finely chopped mushrooms are incorporated into the sauce (undetected!) for an easy way to eat more vegetables. Serve this healthy, hearty recipe with your favorite whole-wheat pasta or over polenta with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.
Quick Turkey Meat Sauce Recipe
This lean meat sauce is made with ground turkey meat instead of ground beef, and the result is just as delicious! Plus, finely chopped mushrooms are incorporated into the sauce (undetected!) for an easy way to eat more vegetables. Serve this healthy, hearty recipe with your favorite whole-wheat pasta or over polenta with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 pound lean ground turkey
- 8 ounces mushrooms chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 28- ounce can crushed tomatoes
- ½ cup chopped fresh parsley or basil
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and Italian seasoning; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add turkey, mushrooms and salt; cook, crumbling the turkey with a wooden spoon and stirring, until the turkey is no longer pink and the mushrooms are cooked, about 10 minutes.
- Increase heat to medium-high. Stir in tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in parsley (or basil).
