Friday, April 25, 2008

Italian Turkey Burgers

The other day we were in the mood for turkey burgers, and I decided to give them a different twist. Here is my quick and easy Italian turkey burgers. Perfect sides are steamed green beans and a warm potato dish I made up (recipe below).

Italian Turkey Burgers: Servers 4
1 package of ground turkey (packages are normally 1-1.25 lbs.)
half of a small onion (or quarter of a larger one) diced
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1-2 tbsp of Italian seasoning
1 egg whisked
salt & pepper
4 slices of white cheese (muenster, mont. jack, etc.)
4 whole wheat buns

  • Combined the first 6 ingredients together (if you have time, put in the fridge for 30 minutes)
  • Divide the meat into 4th
  • Cook all the way through
  • During the last minute or so add one slice of cheese to each burger

Hill's warm bacon, dill, leek, potatoes
3/4-1 pound of red new potatoes (cut in half then sliced)
1-2 leeks (just the light green and white part at the end)
6 slices of center cut bacon (you could use turkey bacon instead)
a couple pinches of dill weed
salt & pepper
1 tbsp of butter or butter substitute

  • Boil the potatoes til about half way done (10 minutes or so)
  • While potatoes are boiling cook bacon until crisp, drain the pan leaving just about a tsp or so of the bacon grease....crumble bacon
  • in the same pan saute leeks until soft
  • add in the butter, potatoes, dill, salt & pepper cook until the potatoes are cooked through and start to brown.
  • During the last couple minutes of cooking add the bacon back in
  • Serve warm