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Ground turkey to be exact.  Does anyone use it and have any good recipes.  I really don't want to hear that it tastes just like ground beef because, to me, I can totally tell the difference.  I don't dislike it but I just don't think it tastes like ground beef.  We bought some other meat at the grocery store and they were giving away a free pound of ground turkey if you bought it.  So basically I'm looking for input on how to cook it.



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Turkey is a lot like chicken in that you can choose the flavor you want it to have.

A simple basic recipe is minced onions, garlic salt and pepper.

You will need an egg to bind.

I mash it all together and make patties.

It's good as taco meat.

It makes better white chili than chicken.

It's really versatile.

What ever you would do with any ground meat, you can do with turkey.

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I was thinking meatballs in a wine cream sauce over pasta.

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We eat turkey burgers all the time.

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I use turkey for tacos. The taco seasoning helps flavor it well.

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I've never tried it. Even with the skinnytaste recipes I make, I stick with 96% ground beef. I just can't get into this whole ground turkey kick.

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I bought turkey meatballs before but they were pre made and on sale. They were really good. But like I said they were pre made and seasoned. I'm not a big ground turkey fan. I love turkey any other way but not ground. I'm going to try to figure out what to make with it. I saw a meatloaf recipe I might try.

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I like meatballs, with onions and sage. And you can make a white country gravy if you want. I use it in a lot of the same dished as ground beef, only use "Thanksgiving" seasonings.

I bet it makes a good pot pie or like a casserole using stuffing, served with cranberry sauce.

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Ground turkey is excellent for meatloaf.

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Burgers, on pretzel buns.

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I've had chili made with ground turkey before. It was pretty good.

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ladyloonatic wrote:

I like meatballs, with onions and sage. And you can make a white country gravy if you want. I use it in a lot of the same dished as ground beef, only use "Thanksgiving" seasonings.

I bet it makes a good pot pie or like a casserole using stuffing, served with cranberry sauce.

 I actually saw a recipe that was called a Thanksgiving Burger.  It looked good.  You used stuffing to mix in with the turkey and make patties.  Then you topped them with some cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes.  Not sure if my family would go for that though!



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I use ground turkey like I use ground beef. Meatballs, meatloaf, burgers, tacos, lasagna, etc. I've also used it for stuffed peppers and in chili.

My two favorite seasonings are garlic powder and onion powder so those usually make it into whatever I'm cooking.

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
ladyloonatic wrote:

I like meatballs, with onions and sage. And you can make a white country gravy if you want. I use it in a lot of the same dished as ground beef, only use "Thanksgiving" seasonings.

I bet it makes a good pot pie or like a casserole using stuffing, served with cranberry sauce.

 I actually saw a recipe that was called a Thanksgiving Burger.  It looked good.  You used stuffing to mix in with the turkey and make patties.  Then you topped them with some cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes.  Not sure if my family would go for that though!

 That sounds good, but I'd leave off the mashed potatoes.

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flan327 wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
ladyloonatic wrote:

I like meatballs, with onions and sage. And you can make a white country gravy if you want. I use it in a lot of the same dished as ground beef, only use "Thanksgiving" seasonings.

I bet it makes a good pot pie or like a casserole using stuffing, served with cranberry sauce.

 I actually saw a recipe that was called a Thanksgiving Burger.  It looked good.  You used stuffing to mix in with the turkey and make patties.  Then you topped them with some cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes.  Not sure if my family would go for that though!

 That sounds good, but I'd leave off the mashed potatoes.

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I agree with flan, sounds good but leave of the potatoes. 



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I would think the potatoes would make it messy and big. Like a...









Fat sandwich.

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I would think the potatoes would make it messy and big. Like a...









Fat sandwich.

 Throws pee in NJN's general vicinity...

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Skinnytaste has a salisbury steak recipe with both ground turkey and ground beef. I'm making it tomorrow, but just with ground beef.

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I mix it into meatballs and use it as burger meat.

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We eat turkey burgers all the time.

Don't they have beef in Tennessee??? 



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Mix it with shredded zucchini, add seasonings and make turkey burgers.

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Chop up a peeled granny smith apple, mix it with turkey and some maple syrup and sage and make sausage meatballs.

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Southern_Belle wrote:

Chop up a peeled granny smith apple, mix it with turkey and some maple syrup and sage and make sausage meatballs.

 What time is dinner?

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flan327 wrote:
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Chop up a peeled granny smith apple, mix it with turkey and some maple syrup and sage and make sausage meatballs.

 What time is dinner?

flan

 Oh my, that does sound good!



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Apple or zucchini adds the moisture ground poultry lacks.

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Well, I have good ideas now! I don't know when I'll be making it. We have some casserole left and I made chicken and dumplings today. So we have leftovers. I also found some gluten free lasagna noodles and want to try crock pot lasagna. I feel like a weirdo. Most people sit around and wonder, "What will I make tonight." I sit around and wonder, "Which of these bazillion recipes should I try tonight?"

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I use ground turkey instead of beef. I use it in meatloaf, spaghetti sauce, and tacos especially.
If you want it to taste more like beef, add some beef bouillon.
www.pinterest.com/pin/AwzibwAQwFMHdNaj8aQAAAA/
That is an excellent turkey meatball recipe.

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i have never used ground turkey.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

i have never used ground turkey.

 I have.  I find it tasteless, unappealing unless it is spiced up with lots of seasonings.



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I like beef so if i want tacos then its beef.

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But a turkeyburger sounds good. I just never think to look for turkey.

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I don't like beef.

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flan327 wrote:

I don't like beef.

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 Figures...



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

i have never used ground turkey.

 I generally don't use it.  Once or twice before.  This was free!  Can't beat free.



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Tangerine wrote:

I use ground turkey instead of beef. I use it in meatloaf, spaghetti sauce, and tacos especially.
If you want it to taste more like beef, add some beef bouillon.
www.pinterest.com/pin/AwzibwAQwFMHdNaj8aQAAAA/
That is an excellent turkey meatball recipe.

That's just silly. 



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huskerbb wrote:
Tangerine wrote:

I use ground turkey instead of beef. I use it in meatloaf, spaghetti sauce, and tacos especially.
If you want it to taste more like beef, add some beef bouillon.
www.pinterest.com/pin/AwzibwAQwFMHdNaj8aQAAAA/
That is an excellent turkey meatball recipe.

That's just silly. 

 Excuse me? This recipe is silly, or I am silly for choosing to eat ground turkey?



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Ignore Tang. Just ignore!

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

Ignore Tang. Just ignore!

 husker had his first steak when he was 5 days old...

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huskerbb wrote:
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We eat turkey burgers all the time.

Don't they have beef in Tennessee??? 

LOL!  Yeah, but sometimes we just want a turkey burger.  We eat a LOT of beef, so this is just something different.   



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I like ground turkey because it's healthier than beef, and I can't digest beef.

I use it however I would use ground beef - in meatballs, turkey burgers, sautéed and added to red sauce, etc.

It does need more seasoning because the flavor is a lot milder than beef.



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Blankie wrote:

I like ground turkey because it's healthier than beef, and I can't digest beef.

I use it however I would use ground beef - in meatballs, turkey burgers, sautéed and added to red sauce, etc.

It does need more seasoning because the flavor is a lot milder than beef.

 And, for me, the texture is better.

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
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i have never used ground turkey.

 I generally don't use it.  Once or twice before.  This was free!  Can't beat free.

 I LIKE free TOO 



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Tangerine wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
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I use ground turkey instead of beef. I use it in meatloaf, spaghetti sauce, and tacos especially.
If you want it to taste more like beef, add some beef bouillon.
www.pinterest.com/pin/AwzibwAQwFMHdNaj8aQAAAA/
That is an excellent turkey meatball recipe.

That's just silly. 

 Excuse me? This recipe is silly, or I am silly for choosing to eat ground turkey?

 eating turkey instead of beef is silly.



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Actually, eating turkey is just plain silly.

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Riding wrote:
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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

i have never used ground turkey.

 I generally don't use it.  Once or twice before.  This was free!  Can't beat free.

 I LIKE free TOO 

 Free is AWESOME.  I have gluten free noodles and a jar of my home made sauce.  I may make a loaf of bread and some meatballs this weekend with it.  My SS LOVES my spaghetti.



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huskerbb wrote:
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I use ground turkey instead of beef. I use it in meatloaf, spaghetti sauce, and tacos especially.
If you want it to taste more like beef, add some beef bouillon.
www.pinterest.com/pin/AwzibwAQwFMHdNaj8aQAAAA/
That is an excellent turkey meatball recipe.

That's just silly. 

 Excuse me? This recipe is silly, or I am silly for choosing to eat ground turkey?

 eating turkey instead of beef is silly.

 My tract and beef allergy would beg to differ. 

You eat whatever you would like to eat and I will do the same. Deal?



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huskerbb wrote:

Actually, eating turkey is just plain silly.

 Telling people that eating turkey is silly is what's really silly.



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Turkey is gross.

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To you but millions of others find it very tasty.

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