Grown Up Sloppy Joes with Ground Turkey and Avocado

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 cup, chopped or 160g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 clove or 3g

• Red bell pepper

  Sweet, raw

  ½ medium or 60g

• Ground turkey

  Poultry food products, cooked

  6 patty (4 oz, raw) (yield after cooking) or 492g

• Worcestershire sauce

  2 tbsp or 34g

• Tomato sauce

  Canned, with tomato tidbits

  ½ can, 15 oz (303 x 406) or 213g

• Ketchup

  ½ cup or 120g

• Vinegar

  Cider

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Brown sugar

  2 tbsp or 18g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  ¼ tsp, leaves or 0.3g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Hamburger bun

  Mixed-grain

  6 roll or 258g

• Avocados

  California, raw

  1 fruit, without skin and seed or 136g

Directions

1. In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over high heat.
2. Add the onion, garlic, and pepper to the skillet, cooking until onions are translucent and pepper is tender.
3. Crumble in the ground turkey making sure to break the meat into small bits. Cook until most of the meat has turned from pink to brown.
4. Stir in the remaining ingredients, excluding avocado and buns (hold off on salting the mixture until the end). Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce heat to low simmering for 10-15 minutes until the sauce thickens.
5. Toast the buns until golden brown.
6. Cut avocado into thin 1/8-inch slices.
7. Scoop the Sloppy Joe mixture onto the buns and top with avocado slices. Enjoy!
8. Recipe inspired by: http://feastonthecheap.net/sloppy-joes/

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