In a perfect world you’d have all of your meals prepared for you and you only. You wouldn’t need to worry about what your kids or spouse was eating because everything would fit perfect with your dietary needs and tastes.
I’m not able to set you up with beach front property in the afore mentioned perfect world, but I AM able to give you an amazingly easy and delicious turkey burger recipe that scales easily to your own healthy diet and will be something your kids will enjoy too.
Note – the recipe below is ONLY for the turkey patties, find some starting ideas on how to prepare your turkey burgers below in the TIPS section
Ingredients:
- 3 pounds lean ground turkey
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs (unseasoned)
- 1/4 cup onion (diced, the smaller the dice the better)
- 2 eggs (you can do only whites if you want to lean the recipe out even more)
- 1 glove garlic (minced or finely diced – stick with actual garlic, no powder)
- 1 tbsp parsley
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper to taste (I normally do about 30ish cracks from the pepper mill)
- ***optional (lettuce for wraps/low calorie buns, see TIPS below)
Directions:
Grab a large bowl and toss in your ground turkey, eggs, onion, bread crumbs, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly. On the subject of mixing, get in there and use your hands, that’s what they are made for! They’ll mix WAY better than a spoon or spatula.
Form your turkey mix into patties. I normally do 15 or 16 patties, but you can make your burgers as big or small as you like.
In a medium or large sized skillet over medium heat, arrange your patties. You’ll want to flip them half way through cooking. If you are using a meat thermometer, you’re shooting for an internal temperature of 180F or hotter.
Tips:
I normally eat my turkey burgers on a lettuce wrap. You’ll want to get a large head of lettuce, tear a leaf off and then wrap your turkey patty inside with whatever toppings you like. It’s delicious, low in calories and carbs, and will make eating your turkey burger about a million times easier.
For your spouses or kids who may not be eating QUITE as healthy as you, toss them onto a bun and put their favorite condiments on and I bet they’ll love em.
Give it a try and enjoy!