Turkey Veggie Sauce
Ingredients
- Olive oil
- 1/2 large yellow onion
- 1 celery stalk
- 2 medium carrots
- 5-6 baby crimini mushrooms
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 lb ground turkey meat (93% lean)
- 2, 15 oz cans cherry tomatoes or plum tomatoes in sauce
- Salt and pepper
- 5 basil leaves
Preparation
Roughly chop the onion, celery, carrots, mushrooms and garlic
Place in a food processor until finely chopped
Coat a heavy button large pan with olive oil and place over medium heat
Add veggies and cook for about 5 minutes
Add turkey, break into tiny chunks with a wooden spoon and combine
Cook another 8-10 minutes until meat is cooked through
Add sauce and combine
Break up tomatoes with spoon or you can pulse a few times in food processor before adding to the pan (if using whole plum tomatoes remove stem end first)
Reduce heat to low
Add pinch salt and pepper
Cook 20-25 minutes
Turn off heat and stir in chopped basil leaves
Serve as desired
For freezing leftovers, add into a few separate containers so you only have to defrost what you need
