Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Pumpkin Sloppy Rachels

I invented this a few years ago for our pumpkin carving party. My son is allergic to tomatoes, so I decided to search for pumpkin sloppy joe recipes (since Sloppy Joe's was our main dish idea). All the pumpkin sloppy joes recipes I found had tomato paste in them anyways. So, this is what I came up with and everyone loved them. Enjoy!

Pumpkin Sloppy Rachels

Ingredients

1 T grape seed oil (or canola) -----OMIT if not lean turkey
1 package lean ground turkey (1 or 1 1/4 lbs.)
1/2 medium yellow onion--diced
1 clove garlic -- diced tiny
15 oz black beans (with juice)
20 oz can pumpkin -- make sure it is just pumpkin, and not pumpkin pie filling
10 shakes Chili Oil (about 1/2 T)
1 T Worcestershire sauce
water--add enough while cooking to keep from burning or boiling dry
salt and pepper to taste

Brown lean ground turkey in grape seed oil.
Add diced onion and garlic -- stir and cook until the onions are clear.
Add a little water to keep turkey from burning (1/2 cup)
Add black beans with juice and pumpkin
Add chili oil and Worcestershire sauce
Add water to prevent boiling dry (simmer for about 15 minutes to mix the flavors)
Add salt and pepper

Serve over split whole wheat rolls with a steamed green vegetable (broccoli looks good) and julienned bell peppers of a variety of color.

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