You can imagine after having a food blog for any amount of time, you get your share of offers.  Whether it’s people wanting to guest post on my blog and talk about something completely unrelated – like yesterday when I got an email saying that they “loved my content” and could they please write a short article about breastfeeding on my blog?!   Being diabetic I also get lots of emails about products about artificial sweeteners, and early on I would say yes to those products, but literally every artificial sweetener I’ve been sent tasted like ass – I’ll stick to a teaspoon of real sugar, thank you very much.

At the end of last year I got an email from Jennie-O, (check out their Facebook and Twitter!) asking me if I wanted to be an Ambassador for them in 2017.  Hmmmm.  Now that’s something I can use!  But truth be told, I haven’t used ground turkey in a really, really long time.  I had to do a google search on my blog and realized the last time I used ground turkey was in 2010.   After last nights dinner, I am kicking myself for not using this product more often!

Their theme for January is Back to Routine/Resolutions.  After many weeks of hardly grocery shopping or meal planning, it’s been nice getting back into that routine since Christmas.   I will admit the thought of ground turkey turned me off, because it was usually dark meat and I didn’t actually like the flavor all that much.  But they sent me extra lean turkey BREAST!  Gah, sorry about the awful kitchen lighting Smile with tongue out

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Guys – FOUR ounces of ground turkey is only 1 smart point.  EIGHT ounces is only 3 points!  (for the record, I am making a turkey burger for dinner tonight the size of my head).  I meal planned mostly from my pantry/fridge and freezer this week, only spending about $30 on groceries.   The only thing I needed to buy was the coleslaw mix.  I got 20 wontons out of this recipe, or one smart point per wonton.  I cooked them all up and will keep in the fridge for a few days – I plan on using some in a soup later this week, and if I don’t use the rest, they will freeze well.

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This is the brand of stir-fry sauce that I use – it’s only 1 point per tablespoon and it’s super spicy and delicious. 

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These are the wonton skins that I use. I found them at Wal-mart – they will be in the produce section where all the pre-packaged veggies are.

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Yep, had to use the shelf on my lamp to take these pictures!  But seriously, this literally took about 20 minutes from beginning to end, and if you have a family, you could divide and conquer and do an assembly line – one person puts the mix in the wontons, another one seals it shut with water, and another to crimp and cook.  8 smart points for 8 wontons.  I made some steamed broccoli on the side and did just a drizzle of sriracha, more so for the color than the spice, because I think the Szechwan sauce is very flavorful spicy.

THANK YOU Jennie-O for reintroducing me to this amazing lean protein.  Cannot wait for burger night tonight.

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Here was the rest of my day:  Parfait for breakfast – 6 points (1 cup of Chobani, 1 cup of my frozen fruit sauce – did mango/blueberry this time – yum! topped with 1/4 cup frosted shredded wheat); lunch was leftover beef and bean chili with PB2 and an apple – 7 points.  I walked at lunch yesterday – it was 28 degrees outside, but with the wind felt like 20 – but I’ll take that over zero degrees any day of the week.   I drank TWO of my Weight Watchers cup before leaving work, and then using a Starbuck’s gift card got a tea for the train ride home.  I was going to get a coffee, but couldn’t figure out what to order that would be point friendly, so I picked tea which was zero points!

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So now the question of the day is:  How many of you have used Jennie-O turkey?   What is your favorite recipe using ground turkey?  I am all ears! 

Make it a great day!