Turkey Stuffed Tomato

                                  Let's kick off this blog with one of my favorite recipes!
When I started this journey, one of my biggest fears was cheating because of how much I missed my favorite foods. On the top of that list would be Stuffed Peppers! The ones with rice and fatty meat and all the amazing seasonings that just melted in your mouth! Unfortunately, that's definitely not healthy. Those fats and carbs are just going to pile up and cause those ugly lumps and bumps we're all trying to get rid of.

Good News is, I found out a way to make a hA2cg approved version! No peppers, no yucky carbs and fats, its all healthy and its all good for us to eat on the HA2CG diet. I have lost 6 pounds in the first week of my diet! And I am excited to report that it was way easier than I thought. Once I figured out where all the bad stuff was coming from, it made it much easier to come up with a new and improved version. I can still eat the few I love and crave, just with a few adjustments.

What do I mean by adjustments? That yummy rice that we all want so bad... well, I have a surprise for you! ITS CALLED CAULIFLOWER!! And it is amazing!

That fatty meat we miss? Lets switch it out for ground turkey instead. Feel free to dress it up with some seasonings.

I have to keep telling myself "this is my Italian food for the week", No its not the real thing, but it sure is pretty darn close!

So let me share with you this awesome recipe and you guys tell me what you thought of it!



                             Check your fridge, you will need:
     
         -A Bright Red Tomato
         -About a cup and half of Cauliflower
         -6.5oz Ground Turkey  (can be substituted, with ground chicken)
         -A wee bit of chopped onions

         Now for the seasonings.... Go crazy! Add, don't add, do what you like!!
        
         Garlic (powder,minced, cloves...doesn't matter, toss her in)
         Cilantro
         Parsley
         Dill
         Oregano
         Basil
         Paprika
         Salt
         Pepper

  (DO NOT STRESS if you don't have all these seasonings, eventually build your spices, but for now, use what ya got)
         
Step one: start boiling water and toss your cauliflower in and cover
Step two: cut one of the ends off your tomato, to where it can still stand up and the cut is on top
Step three: with a spoon scoop out a good bit of the inside, leaving enough thickness for it to hold up
                                           (if your a sauce girl, save those insides! )
Step four: spritz a non stick frying pan with a little water to keep meat from sticking
Step five: start browning the meat while adding in dashes of all the seasonings and that wee little bit of chopped onions and let it cook
Step six: the cauliflower should be soft at this point, take a potato masher and start mashing it around until it's rice like. (you can use that 1 tbs. of low fat milk your allowed and salt if you wish to give it that creamy substance and flavor, I also add garlic salt to mine to spice it up)
Step seven: scoop some of the rice** into the tomato, and then scoop the seasoned meat into it until topped off

                                       You have now completed your Stuffed Tomato! Enjoy!!

For my sauce lovers...........

Take the insides of that tomato and puree it with cilantro, basil, salt and garlic until its creamy and sauce like, you can drizzle just bit of it over your tomato if you wish.


You can use any of the left over cauliflower as your side, but let me advise you, you will not be able to do a fruit with this meal. In the guide you can use your tomato as either or, so what I did was use the tomato as my fruit, the cauliflower, little bit of onion, and that drizzle of sauce as my veggie, I had my 6.5 oz of turkey meat and that was my meal. This meal is great to pre-make a lot of, so that you can have lunches on those busy days at work!