One pan quinoa with ground turkey, kale, mushroom and tomatoes is an easy, healthy dinner you can have on the table in 30 minutes.
Recipe Overview
Why you’ll love it: This recipe makes a simple dinner that is satisfying and healthy.
How long it takes: 30 minutes
Equipment you’ll need: large skillet
Servings: 4
About this One Pan Quinoa with Ground Turkey
This meal falls into the category of “I didn’t know what I was making for dinner until 10 minutes after I started cooking it.”
This one pan quinoa dinner isn’t glamorous but it’s tasty and satisfying. It’s made with healthy ingredients like quinoa, ground turkey, and lots of vegetables, including greens. It’s perfect on evenings where you’ve just HAD ENOUGH of the day and want to make something quick, easy and nutritious for dinner.
As you know, I frequently make and freeze quinoa which makes this meal even easier. If your quinoa is already prepped, this is a one pan meal which means easy clean-up.
I like the Italian flavors in this recipe: mushrooms, tomatoes, and a good dose of fresh herbs. Basil, parsley, and oregano seem to be the easiest to grow, at least for me. Maybe your thumb is greener than mine.
Between the beautiful fresh herbs, a little slosh of wine, and some grated Parmesan on top, this sauté has really great flavor. It might remind you of spaghetti (or it might not), but it’s super fresh, flavorful and healthy. And easy to make. WIN.
One more bonus of this one pan quinoa with ground turkey is that it packs a punch nutritionally with 40 grams of protein per serving and less than 450 calories. It’s a dinner win, if you ask me!
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More quinoa recipes
Are you a quinoa fanatic like I am? Try these quinoa recipes, or:
- Quinoa Wheat Berry Salad
- Vegan Quinoa Salad with Brussels Sprouts & Pepitas
- Apple Spice Quinoa Pancakes
- Quinoa Power Pancakes
- Lentil and Quinoa Vegan Bolognese
- Quinoa Chickpea Salad with Blackberries & Candied Pepitas
- Savory Quinoa Muffins
One Pan Quinoa with Ground Turkey, Kale, Mushrooms, Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 16 ounces ground turkey (use ground turkey breast, if desired)
- 1 small yellow onion, sliced into thin half moons
- 16 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 4 cups tightly packed baby kale (5 oz. package)
- 2 cups chopped tomatoes
- ¾ cup dry white wine
- 3 cups cooked quinoa
- ¼ cup fresh herbs, minced (I recommend a mixture of basil, oregano and parsley)
- Parmesan cheese to garnish
Instructions
- In a large high-sided skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add turkey and onions and season with salt and pepper. Break up the turkey and cook until turkey is cooked through and brown.
- Transfer turkey and onions to a bowl and add the mushrooms to the pan. Sauté mushrooms until golden brown and cooked.
- Add tomatoes and kale and cook until kale is wilted.
- Increase heat to medium high and add turkey and onion mixture back in. Add wine. Bring mixture to a boil and cook until wine is reduced by about half.
- Reduce heat to medium-low and stir in quinoa and herbs. Continue to cook until warmed through.
- Serve immediately, garnished with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
Notes
- Make Ahead Tip: Cook the quinoa ahead of time and refrigerate or freeze it. I usually cook the entire package at once and freeze it . It thaws out quickly. Try Instant Pot Quinoa.
- Spinach can be substituted for the kale.
- Any type of tomato can be used. Choose whatever looks best. If you use grape or cherry tomatoes, cut them in half before adding them to the skillet.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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What a wonderful, healthy recipe!!
Do you have a substitute for white wine? I personally dont like the taste of wine when cooking
You can use chicken broth or stock. :)
I really really liked this and so did my family. It felt balanced and filling. The turkey/onion/mushroom combo is always killer especially with some tasty super grain, Thank for sharing!
So happy to hear that! Thank you for taking the time to let me know :)
Gee Rachel, I wonder how you were able to navigate during those 5 hours to safely arrive at TC if you weren’t paying attention to the road or your surroundings? Some people are idiots and don’t have a life, so they enjoy going around the internet making people feel awful to make themselves feel better. I don’t get it, but whatever, they’re the ones who are putting out bad karma.
As for your recipe, I think it sounds wonderful and I’m so glad you finally had a good ending to your frustrating day!
Thank you so much for your kind words. <3
Sounds like you shouldn’t be driving since you are obviously not paying attention to the road and your surroundings. Maybe you should take Ubers from now on so no one gets killed.
I came here for the recipe, not a sob story, and after its all said and done.. the recipe didn’t sound that interesting to even bother with.
I do believe Uber drivers have killed more people than I have (still at zero over here!) but I’ll keep that advice in mind, Mike. Have a great day, I hope you find that interesting sob-story-free recipe you’re looking for.
I guess your mother never taught you that if you don’t have anything nice to say, you shouldn’t say anything at all. I feel sad for you that you seem so miserable!
:)
Mike..um…its a BLOG… and you are a jerk…its a GREAT recipe.
;) Thanks, Anne.
Do you drain turkey/onions before adding back in? Or do you use that liquid to cook mushrooms? I end up with a lot of liquid if I keep it, but if I drain it all, my mushrooms burn. Love this recipe but could probably execute it better!
I use the very lean turkey breast so there isn’t much (if anything) to drain from it. If you used a greasier blend of meat then yes, I would drain it. If your mushrooms are burning you could add a touch more oil or reduce the heat. Hope that helps!
Hey!
I found this recipe because I wanted a savory quinoa recipe that was relatively simple. This did the trick. I did make a few modifications.
+ 6 cloves of garlic
+ crushed red pepper flakes
+ substitute spinach for kale
I also cooked the quinoa in a vegetable stock / herb blend. Other than that, I followed it to the letter. It was delicious. Thanks!
So glad you liked it! I’d amp up the garlic too, but my husband would have a fit. ;)
This was amazing!!!!! The flavors are spot on – clean, yet flavorful. I had no wine, so I used chicken broth. Still a winner! Thanks for creating and posting! This is going to be regular at my house.
Teri
P.S. This was my first exposure to quinoa. :) Not as intimidating as I thought.
I’m so glad you loved it! I hope this is the beginning of a long and happy relationship with quinoa. ;)
Last time I got pulled over I was lost in campus construction trying to get to my volunteer gig at the children’s hospital. Thank goodness I must have looked frazzled as I got off with a warning. So sorry about your ticket, but the rest of your weekend looked wonderful!!! As does your quinoa :)
Yikes! I’m very sorry to hear about the ticket, especially after the overwhelming driving experience you encountered. Glad the rest of your weekend was great.