Free Healthy Recipe - Braised Turkey Drumsticks with Spring Veggies

Dairy free, Low GI

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There's so much meat on each of these turkey drumsticks you can easily feed a family of four for a fraction of the cost of most other low fat protein foods. The meat is moist and succulent and in the dish is incredibly easy to prepare.

Ingredients

2 turkey drumsticks

1 tbsp olive oil

12 mini Roma tomatoes, cut in half

2 bunches asparagus, trimmed and cut into thirds

1 large red capsicum, deseeded and chopped

1 large green capsicum, deseeded and chopped

1 red onion cut into thin wedges

½ cup chicken stock

6 sprigs lemon thyme

salt and fresh black pepper to season

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degreess Celsius.
Remove the skin from the drumsticks and brush with olive oil.

Place tomatoes, asparagus, red capsicum, green capsicum, onion, stock and thyme sprigs into a large roasting pan.
Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Toss until well combined.
Place turkey drumsticks on top of vegetables.
Place in the oven to roast for 1 hour 15 minutes basting every 20 minutes or so to keep the turkey moist.
Serve with barley .

Makes 4 servings

Prep Time:	10 mins
Cooking Time:	75 mins
Ready in:	1 hr 25 mins
Suitable for:
Dinner

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Nutritional Information - Per Serve
Kj	1045 kj
Calories	250 kcal
Fat	11.9 g
Saturated Fat	2.9 g
Total Carbohydrate	4.7 g
Total Protein	29.7 g
Fibre	2.5 g

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