Ground turkey tacos with mini sweet peppers
Quick seasoned turkey in soft tortillas with roasted sweet peppers makes a weeknight taco night that costs just over a dollar per person.
- Per serving
- $1.69
- Serves
- 4
- Time
- 20 min
- Whole dinner
- $6.76
Ingredients
1 lb Jennie-O ground turkey
On sale at Publix: Jennie-O Ground Turkey, 93% Lean, 16-oz pkg.
$3.50$6.998 tortillas Mission flour tortillas
On sale at Publix: Mission Flour Tortillas, 6 or 8-ct., 10.5 or 20-oz or Small Fajita Size, 23-oz bag; o
$2.10$4.198 oz Pero Family Farms mini sweet peppers
On sale at Publix: Pero Family Farms Mini Sweet Peppers, 8-oz bag
$2.08$4.151 teaspoon Garlic powder
On sale at Publix: Badia Garlic Powder Value Pack, 8 oz (226.8 g)
$2.49$5.190.5 teaspoon Cumin
pantryto taste Salt
pantryto taste Black pepper
pantry2 tablespoons Olive oil
pantry
Prices are from Publix the week of October 11, 2026. Sale prices change every week and differ by store.
Steps
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add halved mini sweet peppers, cook 5 minutes until lightly charred, then transfer to a plate.
- In the same skillet, crumble ground turkey and cook 5 to 6 minutes, breaking it apart as it cooks, until browned.
- Add garlic powder, cumin, salt and pepper to the turkey and stir to combine.
- Warm tortillas in the skillet or directly over a flame for 10 to 15 seconds per side.
- Serve turkey in tortillas topped with roasted mini sweet peppers.
Why it’s cheap
4 of the 8 ingredients were on sale at Publix the week of October 11, 2026, led by jennie-o ground turkey at $3.50 instead of $6.99.
The sale items rang up $10.35 under their regular prices.
Penny Meals prices a dinner by the share of each package you actually cook, adds an estimated shelf price for anything that wasn’t on sale, and counts pantry staples like oil and salt as free. That came to $1.69 a serving, or $6.76 for 4 servings.
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