This two-serving recipe begins with cooked turkey breast and cooked quinoa. Weigh both after cooking, then combine them with the fresh vegetables. Separating the cooked foods from the raw salad ingredients makes the measurement state clear.
The dressing is measured for the complete batch. Divide every component evenly between the two servings rather than assigning all the turkey to one bowl and assuming the nutrient totals are unchanged. The resulting estimates are close enough to compare usefully, but the recipe is not labeled as an exactly matched block meal.
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Measured ingredients
- 100.0 g Roasted skinless turkey breast, weighed cooked
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Turkey, whole, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted · FDC 171496 · Source dataset
Send this amount to the Food Calculator → - 240.0 g Quinoa, weighed cooked
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Quinoa, cooked · FDC 168917 · Source dataset
Send this amount to the Food Calculator → - 200.0 g Raw red bell pepper, stem and seeds removed
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Peppers, sweet, red, raw · FDC 170108 · Source dataset
Send this amount to the Food Calculator → - 60.0 g Raw spinach
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Spinach, raw · FDC 168462 · Source dataset
Send this amount to the Food Calculator → - 8.0 g Olive oil
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Oil, olive, salad or cooking · FDC 171413 · Source dataset
Send this amount to the Food Calculator → - 30.0 g Raw lemon juice
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Lemon juice, raw · FDC 167747 · Source dataset
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Make it step by step
- Weigh the cooked turkey and quinoa for the batch. Rinse and drain the pepper and spinach; cut the edible pepper into strips.
- Warm the cooked turkey and quinoa if desired. When reheating leftovers, heat evenly to 165°F (74°C); the heating time is only an estimate. Keep the fresh pepper and spinach separate while reheating.
- Mix the measured oil and lemon juice. Divide all cooked components, vegetables and dressing evenly into two bowls, then serve.
Calculated per serving
Nutrition with the method attached.
- Energy (kcal)
- 289
- Protein (g)
- 22.2
- Total carbohydrate (g)
- 33.7
- Fiber (g)
- 6.2
- Available carbohydrate (g)
- 27.5
- Total fat (g)
- 7.8
Original added-fat equivalent (÷1.5): 5.20. This is a separate convention, not an extra fat allowance.
Separate block counts do not mean this recipe is an exactly balanced Zone meal. Total carbohydrate is shown as well as carbohydrate minus fiber. Nutrients are scaled from USDA reference entries and summed before rounding; they are estimates, not a laboratory analysis.
Source and preparation notes
The recipe makes two servings; ingredient amounts are for the complete batch, while the nutrition table is per serving. The heating time does not include cooking raw turkey or dry quinoa. A raw-to-cooked weight conversion is not supplied. For later service, refrigerate the portions promptly instead of leaving the finished bowls on the counter. Database-derived estimates, not laboratory analysis. Exact starting preparation states are specified. No raw-to-cooked yield, nutrient-retention factor or finished per100g concentration is invented. Heating may change water or nutrient content; brand and preparation differences remain. Eat the full listed serving including dressing for these estimates. Times are editorial estimates; no physical kitchen testing was performed.
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