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3 Meals with 1 Main Dish: Tasty Ground Turkey Recipes

By Kelly · 2 Comments

Ground Turkey 3 Meals 1 Main

Welcome to Part Two of a delicious new recipe series … 3 Meals with 1 Main Dish!

Since one of the biggest challenges to maintaining a healthy whole food lifestyle is time, I’m sharing this helpful series featuring one of the easiest “Cook Once, Eat Twice or More!” strategies for saving time in the kitchen – batch cooking!

Batch cooking is simply making a large quantity of a particular food and using it to make multiple meals. Last week, we launched Part One of the series and discovered how to use slow cooker rotisserie chicken to make three delicious and healthy soups.

This week, we’re putting this awesome time-saving strategy to work again using ground turkey meat to create three simple healthy recipes.

Ground Turkey

One of the easiest uses for ground turkey is to simply add some taco seasoning to the meat and enjoy a delicious taco night.

However, rather than browning a pound of turkey for just one meal, it only takes a few minutes more to brown 4 to 5 pounds and freeze the rest for future quick-n-easy dinners like these simple healthy meals below. Taking a couple of extra minutes to brown a double or triple portion of ground meat means less cooking {and less dishes} to do later! Now that’s a win-win!

Savory Cottage Pie

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Savory Cottage Pie – Comfort food in a bowl! This savory, hearty dish comes together easily (especially when you have precooked ground turkey and leftover mashed potatoes on hand).

Asian Style Lettuce Wraps

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Asian Style Lettuce Wraps – This simple one-skillet meal is a flavorful whole food spin on Thai Lettuce Wraps. And with precooked ground turkey on hand, this dish comes together in less than 15 minutes. Talk about fast food!

Sweet Potato Chili

Sweet Potato Chili

Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Chili – Just toss in precooked ground turkey with the rest of the ingredients and let your slow cooker do all of the work! The combination of a spicy, meaty tomato sauce paired with the subtle sweetness of creamy sweet potatoes and an assortment of veggies creates an absolutely incredible chili. Talk about a bowl full of healthy flavor!

Three cheers for three meals made with one main! Be sure to check out Part Three of the Series to learn how to create three delicious meals using slow cooker pulled pork. Yum!

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Filed Under: Mastering Meal Planning, Poultry, Whole30 ·

3 Meals with 1 Main Dish: Slow Cooker Roast Chicken

By Kelly · 2 Comments

One of the biggest challenges to maintaining a healthy lifestyle is time! Discover how batch cooking can help you create multiple meals while saving time!

Welcome to Part One of a delicious new recipe series … 3 Meals with 1 Main Dish!

As we all know, one of the biggest challenges to maintaining a healthy whole food lifestyle is time! That’s why I’m excited to launch this helpful series featuring one of the easiest “Cook Once, Eat Twice or More!” strategies for saving time in the kitchen – batch cooking!

Batch cooking is simply making a large quantity of a particular food and using it to make multiple meals. This week, we’re putting this awesome time-saving strategy to work with my favorite Slow Cooker Roast Chicken.

One of the biggest challenges to maintaining a healthy lifestyle is time! Discover how batch cooking can help you create multiple meals while saving time!

When it comes to slow cooking a whole chicken, I’m all about getting the biggest bird I can afford (and will fit in my slow cooker). Cooking a big bird means lots of meat for making quick-n-easy weeknight dinners like the ones featured below.

Of course, this easy Rotisserie-Style Slow Cooker Chicken makes a delicious dinner paired with a bed of garlic-infused root veggies. However, I frequently slow cook a whole chicken on the weekend for the sole purpose of saving the meat for future meals, since a 6-pound whole chicken yields about 7-8 cups of shredded meat! Plus, it’s so easy to toss the bones back into the slow cooker to make a nutritious bone broth perfect for soups, stews and more!

Chicken Zoodle Pho Bowl

One of the biggest challenges to maintaining a healthy lifestyle is time! Discover how batch cooking can help you create multiple meals while saving time!

Chicken Zoodle Pho Bowl – A symphony of fresh flavors! This rich broth paired with roast chicken, fresh herbs and a squeeze of fresh lime – along with the slight heat of jalapeño slices and the crunch of bean sprouts, zoodles and shredded carrot – is truly amazing!

Roasted Chicken Chili

One of the biggest challenges to maintaining a healthy lifestyle is time! Discover how batch cooking can help you create multiple meals while saving time!

Roasted Chicken Chili – This tasty chili-style stew is a great way to use roast chicken, and is packed full of spicy, yet mellow flavors! To make this delicious chili Whole30-friendly, simply omit the white beans and add diced zucchini and/or sweet bell pepper instead!

Creamy Chicken & Veggies Soup

One of the biggest challenges to maintaining a healthy lifestyle is time! Discover how batch cooking can help you create multiple meals while saving time!

Creamy Chicken & Veggie Soup – This easy one-pot meal is another delicious way to use shredded roast chicken (or turkey). This recipe also reveals my secret for achieving a creamy, rich flavor without using a single drop of dairy.

Even more easy and delicious ideas … Roast chicken is so versatile, which is why it’s an easy option for creating a whole host of delicious, healthy meals! Here’s a few more of our favorites:
• Chicken Salad Wraps – fresh greens wrapped around a tasty chicken salad filling.
• BBQ Chicken Sliders – mix shredded roast chicken with your favorite BBQ sauce (if you’re doing Whole30, be sure to use a Whole30-compliant BBQ sauce) and serve it on top of tasty Sweet Potato Buns.
• One-Skillet Savory Chicken – save time by tossing in leftover shredded chicken in this simple one-skillet meal!

Three cheers for three meals made with one main! Be sure to check out Part Two of the series where you’ll discover how to create three delicious meals using tasty ground turkey. And in Part Three of the Series you’ll to learn how to create three delicious meals using slow cooker pulled pork. Yum!

One of the biggest challenges to maintaining a healthy lifestyle is time! Discover how batch cooking can help you create multiple meals while saving time!

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Filed Under: Mastering Meal Planning, Poultry, Soups, Whole30 ·

2 Free Video Courses to Master Meal Planning & Help Your Family Eat Healthier!

By Kelly · 61 Comments

Navigating MotherhoodEach year, I have the honor of teaching hundreds of women the benefits of meal planning, time-saving cooking techniques, and how to help the whole family eat healthier as part of Compass Bible Church’s Navigating Motherhood ministry.

Even more exciting is the fact that these these presentations are recorded and I’ve included both of them for free below. So now even more women, just like you, can learn these simple strategies for saving time in the kitchen, and be encouraged to help your family enjoy a healthy whole food lifestyle!

Video #1: Mastering Meal Planning: Simple Strategies for Saving Time in the Kitchen

Just click here to view “Simple Strategies for Saving Time in the Kitchen.” If you’d like the that pdf I mention in this video, you can download it here. It’s a great way to start putting these super easy, time-saving principles into practice.

I also recommend checking out the Meal Planning section on this site for more helpful strategies to save time and money. My prayer is that these free resources will bless you as you strive to nourish your family!

Video #2: Healthy Eating for Kids & The Whole Family

Just click here to view “Healthy Eating for Kids & The Whole Family.” If you’d like the that pdf I mention in this video, you can download it here. It’s a great way to start putting these super easy, time-saving principles into practice.

I also recommend checking out my Kids in the Kitchen section on this site for more helpful techniques for helping your kids and whole family eat healthier!

FREE GF Family-Friendly Meal Plans:
Just a friendly reminder, that I provide free monthly meal plans over at The Better Mom blog. Each week’s meal plan contains delicious family-friendly GF recipes utilizing a time-saving method to make getting a healthy dinner on the table a snap! I highly recommend you pop over to The Better Mom and download these free meal plans.

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Cook Once, Eat Twice or More! {Simple Strategies to Save Time in the Kitchen}
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3 Meals with 1 Main Dish: Tasty Ground Turkey Recipes

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