Why this recipe is awesome:
- It’s healthy
- Kids love it
- Its delicious so you will too!
- Its fast
- Its EASY
- You can freeze them and use them for quick easy lunches
- 1 -1 1/2 lb ground turkey
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons water
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 Cup shredded carrots and zucchini (optional, but I promise they likely will not know and you are sneaking in veggies which is awesome if you have picky eaters)
- 1/2 of a medium sized onion, diced
- 1/2 Low sugar ketchup
- Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with non-stick spray, or line with silicone muffin cups.
- I shredded my veggies but you could easily use a food processor instead. Add veggies to meat and use your hands to mix well. Add egg, water, ketchup, onion, sea salt, pepper and garlic powder. Mix everything up and then divide your mixture among 12 muffin tins.
- For the topping just simply brush a bit of ketchup on top of each muffin.
- Place muffin tin in the oven. Cook until a meat thermometer inserted in the center reads 160 degrees, or until the meat is no longer pink in the center of the muffins, which takes about 35-45 minutes. (If the tops get too dark, cover with foil, and continue baking.)
The facts!
Turkey:
- Turkey is a good source of protein. Just one serving of turkey provides 65 percent of your recommended daily intake of protein.
- Turkey contains trace minerals that can help prevent cancer.
- Turkey contains selenium which plays an essential role in helping to eliminate cancer-friendly free radicals in the body.
- Turkey is a good source of vitamins B3 and B6. Vitamin B3 helps lower blood cholesterol, it is essential for healthy skin, and helps improve brain function. Vitamin B6 helps in maintaining the tone of muscles, it aids in the production of anti-bodies and red blood cells and it is essential for normal growth. A serving of turkey meat has 36 percent of the daily allowance of B3 and 27 percent of your recommended intake of B6.
- Turkey is naturally low in fat without the skin, it only contain 1 gram of fat per ounce of flesh. (source)
- Prevent heart diseases.
- Prevent cancer: Beta-carotene consumption has been linked to reduced risk of several cancers, notably lung cancer.
- Researches found that people who ate the most Beta-carotene had a forty percent lower risk of macular degeneration compared with those who consumed the least.
- Improves eyesight: Deficiency of vitamin A can cause some difficulty seeing in dim light. Since carrot is rich in vitamin A it is good for improving eyesight.
- Stroke: A carrot a day reduces stroke risk by 68 percent.
- Diabetes: Carrot is good for blood sugar regulation because of the presence of carotenoids in carrot. Carotenoids inversely affect insulin resistance and thus lower blood sugar.(source)
- Zucchini helps to cure asthma as it contains Vitamin C, which is a powerful antioxidant, and has anti-inflammatory properties.
- Zucchini helps to prevent diseases, like scurvy, bruising etc, caused by the deficiency of Vitamin C.
- Eating zucchini also helps to support the arrangement of capillaries.
- Regular intake of zucchini effectively lowers high homocysteine levels.
- Zucchini also prevents the risk of having multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Zucchinis have high water content (over 95%), so they make perfect food for people on diet.
- Zucchini contains useful amounts of folate, potassium, and vitamin A, necessary for a human body.
- Zucchini contains Vitamin C and lutein, both of which are good for eyes. (source)
- Good Oral Health: Onions are often used to prevent tooth decay and oral infections. Chewing raw onions for 2 to 3 minutes could possibly kill all the germs present in the mouth area.
- Treatment for Heart Ailments
- Glowing Skin (source)
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