HEALTHY RECIPES
Healthy Venezuelan turnovers
Medically Reviewed & Fact-Checked by FastingTracker Medical Board • Written by
Aly Owen •
Updated: Sep 18, 2026
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This Healthy Venezuelan turnovers is a wholesome, nutrient-dense recipe designed to fit seamlessly into your intermittent fasting eating window. Carefully crafted to maintain steady insulin levels, support metabolic autophagy, and provide lasting satiety, it contains only 320 kcal per serving.
Total Time
35 mins
Phases
Prep: 10m
Cook: 25m
Yield
2 servings
Nutrition
320 kcal
Ingredients
- 450g Ground Beef
- Pinch Pepper
- Pinch Ground Cumin
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup Onion
- 1/2 cup Green Pepper
- 1/2 cup Red Pepper
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/4 cup Capers
- 1 Can Tomato Sauce
- 1 Can Sazon
- 2 Yellow Masarepa
- For frying extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Season meat with Adobo
- In skillet, heat oil on medium high
- Cook meat until pink is gone
- Stir in onion, pepper, garlic, alcaparras, tomato sauce and Sazón
- Cook, stirring often until most of the liquid has evaporated (about 20 minutes)
- Prepared dough should be moist and should hold together, but it should not stick to your fingers
📚 Scientific Studies & Medical References (5 Sources) ▼
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- New England Journal of Medicine (2019): de Cabo R, Mattson MP. Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease. N Engl J Med. 381(26):2541-2551. PubMed 31881139 • DOI
- Cell Metabolism (2014): Levine ME, Suarez JA, Brandhorst S, et al. Low Protein Intake and Periodic Fasting Promote Longevity and Autophagy. Cell Metab. 19(3):407-417. PubMed 24606898 • DOI
- Obesity (Silver Spring, 2018): Anton SD, Moehl K, Donahoo WT, et al. Flipping the Metabolic Switch: Understanding and Applying Health Benefits of Fasting. Obesity. 26(2):254-268. PubMed 29086496 • DOI
- Annual Review of Nutrition (2017): Patterson RE, Sears DD. Metabolic Effects of Intermittent Fasting. Annu Rev Nutr. 37:371-393. PubMed 28715993 • DOI
- Autophagy (2010): Alirezaei M, Kemball CC, Flynn CT, et al. Short-term fasting induces profound neuronal and systemic autophagy. Autophagy. 6(6):702-710. PubMed 20534972 • DOI
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