Grown Up Sloppy Joes with Ground Turkey and Avocado

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 cup, chopped or 160g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 cloves, minced or 3g

• Red bell pepper

  Sweet, raw

  ½ medium or 60g

• Ground turkey

  Poultry food products, raw

  16 oz or 456g

• Worcestershire sauce

  2 tbsp or 34g

• Tomato sauce

  No salt added

  1 cup or 245g

• Ketchup

  ½ cup or 120g

• Vinegar

  Cider

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Brown sugar

  2 tbsp or 18g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  ¼ tsp, leaves or 0.3g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Hamburger bun

  Mixed-grain

  4 roll or 172g

• Avocados

  Raw, All commercial varieties

  1 fruit or 201g

Directions

1. Warm the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat until shimmering.
2. Add the onion, garlic, and red bell pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent and the pepper softens, 4–6 minutes.
3. Add the ground turkey and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until no longer pink and lightly browned, 5–7 minutes.
4. Stir in the Worcestershire, tomato sauce, ketchup, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, oregano, and salt to taste. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened and saucy, 10–15 minutes.
5. Toast the hamburger buns until golden and slice the avocado.
6. Spoon the sloppy joe mixture onto the toasted buns and top with avocado slices. Serve warm.