Yes, that’s a photo of the boy eating them. Ok, no, not really. He didn’t even succeed in spearing any of it with the fork, I don’t think. After trying a bite with his fingers, he ended up asking for a banana instead. But Nathan and I enjoyed the turkey joes. Seriously the best sloppy joes I’ve ever had, and full of veggies.
Courtesy of a high school classmate of mine, based on a recipe from Jessica Seinfeld’s Deceptively Delicious Cookbook, I give you:
Turkey Joes
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb. lean ground turkey
1/2 cup pureed sweet potato (I cheated and used baby food. No one here noticed.)
1/2 cup pureed red bell pepper
2 carrots, finely chopped
1/2 cup beef broth
1/4 cup tomato paste (or most of one of the 6 oz. cans)
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
8 whole wheat hamburger buns
Directions:
1. Warm a skillet over medium-high heat. When the skillet is hot, add the olive oil. Add the onion, celery and garlic, and sautee until the onion starts to soften (not brown), about 5 minutes.
2. Add the turkey, breaking it up with a spoon, and cook until no longer pink, also about 5 minutes.
3. Add the vegetable purees, chopped carrot, beef broth, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until the sauce thickens, about 20 minutes.
4. Spoon the sauce over buns and serve. If you’re so inclined, carrot and celery sticks would go really well on the side. Yum.