It should be understood that everything I post to my blog is gluten-free, but the “GF Showcase” name is used on the recipes and products that are a staple in my Gluten Free life and that show off just how amazing REAL food can be, and just how tasty eating gluten-free truly is!
I’ve been doing this staple meal since last year, and it never disappoints. Like Mexican food and/or Chipotle’s Burrito Bowls? I’ve never been a fan of the Everest size mound of white rice (hello insulin spike!) in Chipotle’s version, and when the weather gets cold, my grill no longer cooks anything in less than an hour - and from that, this recipe was born. Seriously, it’s so simple, you can do this one tonight, just hit up the grocery store & cook a full batch. You’ll have enough for leftovers & you can feel good that this meal is seriously easy on the wallet -even when you buy organic produce & pastured meat!
Ole! Burrito Bowls
*Using ground turkey in this recipe makes it really low-fat, low saturated fat & a nice alternative to beef. It is seriously worth your money & effort to get organic & pastured ground turkey. Turkeys are some of the most inhumanely raised animals with an incredibly high stress level as they are grown. This creates an imbalanced hormone level that alters the meat considerably. In addition, most typical brand names (Perdue & others) DO use GMO (genetically modified) feed & antibiotics for much of their life that causes the turkeys to grow so large they cannot walk and are physically incapable of mating. If you’re going to buy something, here is where you should not compromise & get something of value…most supermarket turkey & meat is not something of value. If you pay more anywhere, DO IT HERE!!!!
Ingredients:
- 1 pckg pastured & organic ground turkey *My local Dominicks’ started carrying this, woo hoo!
- 2 bell peppers (any color, look for the what’s on sale, organic is good if you can)
- 1 yellow onion
- olive oil cooking spray
- raspberry chipotle marinade or grill sauce *Read your labels! Get something that has 6-8 ingredients & is free of high fructose corn syrup & other chemicals…brands I like- “Bronco Bob’s” & “Kozlowski Farms”
Preparation:
- Preheat pan to med-high heat. Spray pan with olive oil spray.
- Slice peppers & onion (how much onion is up to you) into long slices.
- Add 1/2 pckg ground turkey per 2 people, more if you want leftovers.
- Let meat start to brown on bottom & then break up into pieces & turn to ensure cooking on all sides.
- Cook meat until no pink is visible on the outside (it should be almost ‘done’).
- Remove meat from pan & put into bowl for later use.
- Re-spray pan with olive oil spray & add sliced veg.
- Cook veg until onion & peppers soften, stirring regularly to cook everything on both sides.
- Add meat back into pan & mix with veg. Add rasp. sauce to pan – start with small drizzle & add more as you see fit.
- Stir ingredients together to coat with sauce. Remove from heat & serve!
1 serving approx nut. breakdown: 240 calories, 20 g protein, 3 g fat
Posted on November 24, 2009
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