- prep: 20 min
- cook: 20 min
- total: 40 min
Summary
This Turkey Quinoa Taco Bake is a family comfort food favorite, hidden veggies and all. Using precooked quinoa, store bought pico and canned tomato sauce, dinner will be on the table in no time!
Ingredients
- 1 lb of lean ground turkey
- 2 1/2 cups of diced onion, tomato and peppers **you can use premade fresh salsa or 2 cans of Rotelle
- 1/2 cup of tomato sauce (use homemade or no sugar added to count as a GREEN!)
- 1 cup of shredded zucchini
- 2 cups of cooked quinoa
- 1 cup of shredded cheese
- 3 cloves of garlic diced
- 1/3 cup of avocado
- 1 T of chili powder
- 2 tsp of cumin
- fresh cilantro
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 575 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 25 g 39.11%
- Saturated Fat: 9 g 43.06%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 92 mg 30.61%
- Sodium: 1780 mg 74.16%
- Calcium: 396 mg 39.58%
- Potassium: 1041 mg 29.75%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 9 mg 50.76%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 51 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 16 g 64.4%
- Sugar: 7 g
- Protein: 47 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 4 g
- Vitamin A 232.12%
- Vitamin C 15.89%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat2
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch2
- Exchange - Vegetables4
- Exchange - Lean Meat5
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy1 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total3 oz-eq