Looking for a simple dinner idea that’s as healthy as it is delicious?
Here’s a great recipe using turkey tenderloin and sweet potatoes that’s easy, tasty and healthy.
Tasty Turkey Tenderloin & Sweet Potato Skillet
It’s a quick and easy one-dish supper that cooks in a skillet on top of the stove in about 30 minutes. (If you don’t have a large deep 10 or 12-inch skillet, I think a Dutch oven or large heavy pot would work just as well. You just want a cooking vessel large enough for the turkey and sweet potatoes to snuggle together in one layer on top of the stove.)
This quick & easy dinner reminds me of Thanksgiving only it’s a heck of a lot easier and whole lot healthier. It’s the kind of simple tasty recipe your whole family will love. Every time I make it it’s a big hit with mine.
It’s based on a recipe I found in the Betty Crocker’s Healthy New Choices Cookbook
- 1 pound turkey breast tenderloin
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries
- ¼ cup orange juice
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons butter
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 – 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1-inch chunks
- Spray a 10-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray and set it over medium heat. Place the turkey tenderloin in the skillet and cook it until brown on one side, about 2-1/2 minutes. Turn it and brown the other side for about 2-1/2 minutes.
- While the turkey is cooking, place the cranberries, orange juice, maple syrup, margarine and cinnamon in a small saucepan and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Arrange sweet potatoes around the turkey in the skillet. Pour the orange juice mixture over the turkey and potatoes.
- Cover and turn the heat to low. Cook over low heat for about 15 minutes. Uncover and cook about 5 minutes longer or until sauce is slightly thickened, the sweet potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife and the juice of turkey is no longer pink when the center of thickest piece is cut.
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