One Pan Sweet Potato Turkey Dinner
This quick and easy one pan dinner includes everything needed for a nutritious meal–the sweet potato, lean turkey, spinach, beets, fresh basil and Parmesan cheese.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Total Time: 30 min
- Yield: 4 people 1x
- Category: Dinnere
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: Amereican
- Diet: Low Calorie
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb 99% lean ground turkey
- 1 large sweet potato, diced
- 2 beets, diced
- 1 medium onion, diced
- handful of spinach, chopped
- 2 Tablespoons fresh basil, chopped and divided
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp garlic, minced
Instructions
- Saute onion with olive oil and garlic until onion is translucent, approx 3-4 min.
- Add ground turkey, breaking it up as it cooks. Season generously with salt and pepper and 1/2 of fresh basil. Cover and saute over medium heat approx 5-7 min or until slightly pink. [Do not cook all the way through…it will continue to cook with the other veggies.]
- Add sweet potato and beets, cover and continue sauteing until root veggies are soft to a fork and turkey is no longer pink. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. *
- Once turkey and veggies are cooked, take off of heat and add chopped spinach and fresh grated parmesan cheese.
- Place saute pan in oven to melt the cheese. Watch carefully!
- Remove from oven and top with fresh basil.
Notes
*If the pan looks dry, add about a 1/2 an inch of water to the bottom and cover.