adventures in turkey pozole

AO and I hit the gym today – :15 on the treadmill on medium hill at a decent pace, then :10 on the elliptical. Then we did free weights for arms (which killed us both for some reason, maybe b/c it had been 4 days since we worked that part), then that thing that kills your abs and some situps on the ball.

A few days ago I bought a cooking magazine called Cuisine for Two “simple, healthy & delicious”. The name sold me immediately and I only checked out a few of the recipes but they seemed solid. I’ve been cooking for myself and RB for almost 7 yrs now, and my tried & true meals are a little old – so I decided I needed some help!

Tonight, finally prepared one of the recipes – Turkey Pozole, which is a kind of mexican soup. I must say, it was pretty great. I made enough to feed both of us at lunch and dinner tomorrow. Total time was :30.

Here’s how to make it (use your judgement on how much for everything, there’s no way to mess this up) :

For 5 mins, sweat an onion, garlic cloves, dried/seeded ancho chiles, chopped tomatoes (I used canned), 2 chopped corn tortillas, a little tomato paste, cumin, oregano, chili powder. Then, pour a can of chicken broth in there & simmer for 10. Put all this in a blender and do work. Transfer to a pot, keep on low.

Next you’re gonna brown that ground turkey meat (drain it) w/some oregano and cumin, then you add in a can of mexican hominy (drained), and squirt in some lime (which I didn’t have, I used a pinch of that mexican salt called limon!) A variation I did was take some of the hominy and blend it up with the tom/onion mixture. So then you put it all together in the pot and simmer for about 10 minutes.

I served it in a festive bowl & decorated it with sliced radishes & avocado, and some queso fresco. You could also decorate it with a lime wedge and cilantro. The recipe said to make cheddar corn muffins, but RB ate the rest of the eggs for breakfast. Better that way though, cuz I can’t resist muffins.

The mag says 280 calories for a cup of pozole and one muffin, w/10 grams of fat, & 19 grams protein. I recommend this recipe and give it a 5 out of 6 stars.

---