turkey – Clean Eating with Katie

Chili is one of my favorite dishes. It’s hearty, it’s warming, it’s tasty, I feel like ya just can’t go wrong with chili. In my vegetarian days I made chili and the recipe easily adapted once I began eating meat and the recipe adapted once again when I started avoiding beans (due to the type of fiber in them that can irritate people with SIBO and other GI problems). Here is my current recipe, but it gets tweaked often.

Paleo Chili

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Chili tops my list of all time favorite and easy meals to make. It's honestly hard to screw it up! This recipe can be adapted to use any type of ground meat. We often use bison and it provides a great flavor. If you tolerate beans, feel free to add a can or two of kidney beans (or homemade equivalent).

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1

Course Main Course, Soup

Cuisine American

Servings 6 people

Ingredients

Chili Ingredients

24 oz bone broth chicken, turkey, or beef
16 oz diced tomatoes
1 med onion diced
4 med carrots diced
4 celery stalks diced
4 cloves garlic diced
2 tbsp grass-fed butter
2 lbs ground bison pasture-raised
2 tbsp fresh sprouts optional garnish
1 tbsp grass-fed sour cream optional garnish (per serving)
½ avocado optional garnish (per serving)

Spice Blend

1 tbsp coriander
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
sea salt to taste
fresh ground pepper to taste

Instructions

In a stock pot, sauté onions and garlic in butter until translucent.
Add bone broth, tomatoes, remaining veggies, spices, and bison. (If you're adding beans, add them in during this step.)
Bring to a boil and then reduce to simmer. Continue on a low simmer for 45 min.
Top with avocado, sprouts, and sour cream (if using). Serve immediately and enjoy!

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Tomatoes are rich sources of vitamins C & K, carotenes (especially lycopene), biotin and fiber. They are protective against cancer and should be eaten with an oil to improve absorption.

Celery is helpful in preventing cancer, improves white blood cell activity, and helps to lower blood pressure. It is rich in potassium and sodium. It helps the liver to detoxify as well.

Onions are a member of the allium (lily) family and are related to garlic & leeks. Alliums are known to have a cholesterol reducing effect and are known for their ability to help fight off cold and flu viruses. Onions are rich in antioxidants and biotin, manganese, copper, phosphorous, potassium, vitamins B1, B6, C, and fiber.

Ever since going paleo a few years ago, we’ve been trying to expand our repertoire of recipes. A colleague suggested lettuce wraps and boom this recipe was born. It’s been tweaked over the years, but here it is in its latest form.

Asian Style Turkey Lettuce Wraps

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Lettuce Wraps are quick, easy, and a crowd pleaser, need I say more? Feel free to tweak the veggies to add bok choy, mushrooms, or water chestnuts. This recipe will be in your repertoire for sure!

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Course Main Course

Cuisine Asian

Servings 4 people

Equipment

Cuisinart Food Processor (optional)

Ingredients

2 lbs pasture-raised ground turkey
5 med carrots tops trimmed
4 celery stalks tops and ends trimmed
1 med. onion outer skin peeled and quartered
10-12 romaine lettuce leaves rinsed and dried
2 tbsp cooking fat ghee, duck fat, butter, etc.
2 tbsp coconut aminos
2 tbsp coconut vinegar or rice vinegar
1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
3 cloves garlic minced
1 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp sesame oil
¼ cup green onions, diced optional garnish

Instructions

Melt the cooking fat in a skillet over medium heat and add the ground turkey. Brown the meat.
While the turkey is browning in the pan, grate the onion, celery, and carrots in a food processor, using the grater blade.
Once turkey is nearly all browned, add the coconut aminos, vinegar, ginger, garlic, sesame seeds, and sesame oil. Mix to combine.
Add the grated vegetables and bring to a low simmer until veggies are cooked.
Place ground turkey mixture on the romaine lettuce leaves. Garnish with sesame seeds and green onions.

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Onions are a good source of vitamins C and B6, potassium, and manganese. They are also rich in antioxidants, particularly quercetin, kaempferol, and myricetin, which all play a role in cancer prevention. Onions also help to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis. Quercetin plays a large role in healing the gut.

Carrots are good sources of vitamins A, C, B6 & K, biotin, potassium, thiamine (B1), and fiber. They are also rich in antioxidants and good source of starchy carbohydrates.

Turkey is rich in glutamine, which is an important amino acid for healing the small intestines of those with leaky gut. It is also rich in vitamins B6 and B12, protein, niacin, phosphorous, selenium, zinc, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, iron, potassium, and magnesium.

Ginger has long been used for gastrointestinal problems, making this an ideal food for those with leaky gut and other GI troubles. It relaxes and soothes the intestines and promotes the elimination of gas. It is also anti-inflammatory. Always choose fresh over dried, as it has higher levels of ginger’s active protease.