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Oven Roasted Turkey Breast with Pomegranate Spinach Salad

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3-lb. boneless turkey breast
  • 2 tablespoons ghee
  • 2 small cloves garlic minced
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 4 cups baby spinach
  • 1 cup pomegranate seeds
  • 1/2 cup red onion sliced
  • 1/2 cup almonds chopped
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoons honey
  • 1 clove garlic minced

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Place turkey on a large cutting board. In a small bowl, mix the ghee, garlic and salt and pepper to taste. Gently lift skin from turkey breast and rub ghee mixture under the skin. Place turkey in a baking dish and put in the oven and bake for 25 minutes, until turkey is white in the center.
  • In a large bowl, mix the next 4 ingredients (spinach through almonds).
  • In a small bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients (olive oil through garlic) and pour over the salad and toss.
  • Allow the turkey to cool then slice and serve over the dressed salad.

Notes

SERVING SUGGESTION: Steamed broccoli.
NUTRITION: 507 Calories; 24g Fat (43.4% calories from fat); 60g Protein; 12g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 158mg Cholesterol; 117mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 7 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 4 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
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