Turkey Burgers

I'm not the type to crave a big cheeseburger - my husband however, could probably eat big beefy burgers until the cows come home, and then perhaps eat those up too. I crave shrimp, he craves pizza and cheeseburgers. In an attempt to satisfy his appetite of burgers, I decided to whip up some turkey burgers tonight. Little did I know when whipping up this meal that I'd be eating solo (blazer game) - but that's ok - there's leftovers.

I know... turkey is not even as close to the satisfying taste of beef... but - it's the closest of a comprise as I could get myself to do.

Nothing too special about these burgers other than the following additions to the turkey:

• 1 lb ground turkey


• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs


• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
  


• 1 egg


• dash of garlic powder

• dash of Worcestershire


• dash of dried parsley (for color)

I divided the 1 lb of meat mixture into 4 equal patties and cooked stovetop as I did not want to drag out the Foreman grill.

You'll know they are done when golden brown and no longer springy.

Served on jalapeno kaiser rolls and topped with a slice of provolone, a pretty decent turkey burger - move over Red Robin - you can keep your 700 calories.

Turkey Pesto Burgers

Finally - I made a decent meal this week.  David has been fending for himself as see below, and I made tacos the other night - but those weren't really post worthy.  Today at work, I was craving Red Robin a bit, so I came home and made these burgers as a healthier and cheaper alternative.

1 lb lean ground turkey
Couple tablespoons of pesto
Shake or two of parsley
Small handful of grated montery jack cheese
Palmful of breadcrumbs - to help hold it all together

I'm not a fan of touching moist raw meat, but I took one for the team to make these tasty burgers.  We even busted out our tiny little George Foreman grill (poor guy only fits one burger at a time)

The burger satisfied my cravings - but had to sacrifice the bottomless fries.