Ground Turkey?! Who Knew?!

So when the words ground turkey come to my mind this is the face I make...

Turkey is great! At thanksgiving of course! Next to the stuffing and covered in Momma's homemade gravy or on my nice toasted sub roll with cheese and all the vegetables that Subway can offer me... not ground up!  So when my husband unloaded the groceries one day and I beheld this beauty

I was less than thriled.  But seeing as my New Year's Resolution is to start eating better and since my Weight Watchers Point's journal wouldn't mind seeing some variety, I said, "What the hay!" And promptly looked up a ground turkey recipe that I hoped would be somewhat acceptable. I came across one that I thought COULD be a winner...Chili.  Chili with ground turkey. What? That just seems wrong... Oh well! Here went nothing! 

I found the recipe on where else, but pinterest! I pretty much followed the recipe, but I changed a couple of things...

The ingredients:

1.3 lbs of lean ground turkey

1 Teaspoon oil ( i used olive oil)

1 medium onion

1 red bell pepper (which i omitted becasue I didnt have one on hand)

1 garlic clove (minced)

1.5 cups frozen corn kernels

10 oz can rotel mild tomatoes ( I used regular because I'm a whimp when it comes to spice)

8 oz small can plain tomato sauce

1/4 cup chicken broth

1 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

1/2 teaspoon paprika

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 bay leaf

AND a crockpot to put it all in! Can I just say I love my stylish crockpot! :)

Then on to cooking! 

Heat a large skillet over medium heat, add the turkey, season with salt and cook, breaking up all the turkey with a spoon until the turkey browns and is no longer pink.  Then put it into the slow cooker.

This was the evolution of the ground turkey.  It looks ROOOUUUGGGHHH when you first take it out and look at it, but once it's cooked it really looks just like ground beef! I was shocked!

Well, after that step, I took the skillet and added the oil and sauted the onion and garlic on medium heat for about 5 minutes. Then I poured the onions/garlic on top of the meat in my crockpot.  Next, I added the corn, tomatoes, tomato sauce, cumin, chili powder, paprika, and salt. then I 

mixed it all together and poured the chicken broth over it and added some bay leaf. I then put the lid on the crockpot and let it cook on high for 4 hours, but the recipe also says you can cook it on low for 6 hours. Pictures of each step are seen below!

Well, I waited for four hours and I was ready to dig in! This was the finished product, with tortilla chips, cheese and sour cream mixed in! YUMMY! It doesn't look to appetizing, but trust me, it was really good! 

I  had a cup of the chili, and put all the add ins, and it ended up being 12 points! And  if all you ate was the chili with nothing mixed in it would only be 6 points! WOW! Oh, and Cadence LOVED it as well! She couldn't get enough. So needless to say, my frown turned upside down! (cheesey, i know, but it did!)

I really enjoyed the chili and the ground turkey.  The worst part about this whole experience was having to tell my husband he was right and I (GASP) was wrong! Since this lovely experience, we have used ground turkey in spaghetti as well! It was delicious too!

My husband made that recipe for me, so no blog to show. But I will tell you it was Pioneer Womans recipe for spaghetti sauce, we just used ground turkey instead of ground beef.   This portion was obviously way too much! I ate half of this plate and two pieces of whole wheat bread and it was 10 points!!  I could get used to this. Maybe next time I will try out a turkey burger. You know live dangerously! 

In conclusion, the moral to this story is don't knock it 'til you try it! 

Here is the link for the Chili recipe : http://pinterest.com/pin/79587118388943949/

Anyone have any more delecious uses for ground turkey? Would love to hear them! :)