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Low-sodium Turkey Dinner for two from Recipe Renovator

Turkey dinner for two

3.88 from 8 votes
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 5 hours
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

Stuffing

  • 1/2 cup celery
  • 6 ounces onions (green) (scallions, spring onions)
  • 8 ounces mushrooms cremini or button
  • 1-1/2 tsp thyme (dried) crushed
  • 1-1/2 tsp rosemary (dried) crushed
  • 1-1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 2 slices bread (gluten-free) cubed
  • 1 apples large, Rome Beauty or Honeycrisp
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds pepitas

Turkey breast

  • 2 pounds turkey breast bone-in, cut into 2-3 pieces
  • 1 tbsp olive oil (extra virgin)
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp sage (dried)

Cumin carrots

  • 4 carrots peeled, in 1/4" slices
  • 2 tbsp cranberry sauce

New potatoes

  • 14 ounces potatoes small new potatoes, like Dutch yellow, in quarters
  • 1 tbsp butter (unsalted)
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt

Maple-cinnamon sweet potatoes

  • 1 sweet potatoes about 350 g, peeled, in uniform slices
  • 1 tbsp butter (unsalted)
  • 1/2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp nutmeg (dried)

Instructions
 

Stuffing

  • Saute the celery, onions, mushrooms, and spices over medium heat in about 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil until golden and the mushrooms have released their moisture, about 10 minutes.
  • Mix with the apples, bread cubes, and pumpkin seeds (pepitas). Place in the center of a large piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil and make a tight packet.
  • Wait until the last hour of cooking to add this packet to the top of the others in the slow cooker.

Turkey

  • Rub the turkey pieces with the olive oil. Mix all the spices together, then rub into the turkey pieces until they are coated. Wrap each piece tightly in foil, then place in the bottom of the slow cooker set to Low. Do not place water in the slow cooker.

Cumin Carrots

  • Mix carrots with their ingredients, then wrap in a foil packet and place on top of the turkey pieces.

New Potatoes

  • Mix potatoes with their ingredients, then wrap in a foil packet and place on top of the turkey pieces.

Sweet Potatoes

  • Mix sweet potatoes with their ingredients, then wrap in a foil packet and place on top of the turkey pieces.
  • Close the lid and cook on Low for three hours.
  • Add stuffing packet on top for the last hour.
  • Remove packets carefully, unwrap, and serve onto plates.

Notes

I can't give you accurate nutrition data on this, as it totally depends on how much of each item you take. It's going to be far healthier and lower in calories than a traditional meal, for sure.