Has anyone tired the Quick Picadillo Sandwich? One of my favorites, a recipe from one of Dr. Sear's sites.

Here's the description and the recipe:

Pica-what? Picadillo is a traditional dish in many Latin American countries and the Philippines. It reminds us of a healthier and more complex version of that old favorite, Sloppy Joes. You won't miss the Manwich here, though, because the sweet and savory flavors of this recipe are going to win you over!

Ingredients
2/3 cup onion, chopped
1/4 tsp. garlic, minced
2 oz ground turkey, lean
1 tbsp. golden raisins
dash of chili powder
3/4 tsp. red wine vinegar
dash pumpkin seasoning
dash salt
1 medium tomato, chopped
2 pieces SuperZone bread (the SZ sandwich roll can also be used)

Directions
1. Cook onion, garlic, and ground turkey in a nonstick skillet over medium heat until browned, stirring to crumble.
2. Drain and return mixture to skillet.
3. Stir in raisins, chili powder, red wine vinegar, pumpkin seasoning, salt, and tomato.
4. Reduce heat and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5. Spread picadillo mixture on slice of toasted SuperZone bread, cover with top slice, (or on a SuperZone sandwich roll) and serve.

The recipe sounds awesome!

Is this a single recipe for a 3 block meal? Looks like it at a quick glance.

I also have a suggestion for altering it a bit. If one uses a few slices of their favorite grainy bread (my favorite brand is 1 carb block per slice), or one of those sprouted grain wraps (thinking that may be a better option), and increase the turkey to 3 oz, then it could work just as well.

Hi Zoners,

Here's short little lesson in the SuperZone. You wouldn't be able to replicate the results of eating the Quick Picadillo Sandwich SuperZone meal by eliminating the SuperZone bread or roll and substituting more turkey and conventionally baked breads in its place. It wouldn't even come close, for a couple of basic reasons.

1. The extra turkey alone would increase the omega 6 content of the meal, as would the grain also. We try to avoid Omega 6 fat as much as possible in the Zone. For all intents and purposes, SuperZone foods are essentially void of Omega 6 fat, which is part of the reason for their excellent weight loss and inflammation lowering results.

2. Substituting the types of bread suggested in the previous reply would send the glycemic load (GL) of the meal soaring well above the GL of the meal in the recipe I posted. Simply stated, it would no longer be a Zone friendly meal.


In addition to these reasons, eating conventionally baked bread will not stimulate the same type of release of the hormone in the gut to signal your brain that you can stop eating, as the SuperZone breads do. Just the opposite, eating any appreciable amounts of conventionally baked bread, such as the amount eaten in a typical sized sandwich, will promote elevated insulin levels and hunger a couple hours after a meal, and will not allow you to be in the Zone.

Let me get this straight, you are telling me that turkey is too high in omega 6 fat to be considered as a good protein source, even though the zone food list would rate it as one of the better sources of protein? Humans did just fine for thousands of years eating animal proteins, and there was no such thing as molecular baking back then.

The glycemic load of sprouted grain bread is not very high at all. Plus, who needs both halves? Use one slice and eat it open-faced!

Or, cook up some spaghetti squash and layer it on top of that. Many options for this recipe.

I really like the recipe itself, and I was just merely throwing out some ideas on how to make this recipe work for all, not just those who choose to eat the superzone products.