Best Turkey Burger (base recipe)

Turkey burgers are much healthier than red meat so we try to make them as often as we can. If your like me and feel they lack flavor, I have a recipe on what to add to them before you grill them. Here you go...




Ingredients (Yields 4):
*knead all ingredients into turkey meat
1lb Lean Turkey meat
1/2 Teaspoon Cumin
Pinch of Garlic Salt
1/3 Teaspoon Black Ground pepper
1/2 Teaspoon Dried Oregano
Dash Hot Sauce
Dash Worcestershire Sauce
add in chopped jalapenos if you like spicy
(I also sometimes mix the cheese in right away with it, I did not this time)

As you can see here, we topped it with all sorts of good stuff. The recipe is a great base for the burger and you can add on from there. Toppings in picture; Colby Jack Cheese, Sprouts, Avocado, Banana Peppers, Pickles, Ketchup, Mustard all on an English Muffin!

Healthy Chicken Pot Pies!

It is hard to mix healthy and yummy! But I think my Homemade Chicken Pot-Pie Recipe combines the two very well! Hope you ENJOY them...

Makes 5 mini pot-pies and ONLY 375 Calories each!


Ingredients
1 lb grilled pulled chicken
1 bag of frozen mixed veggies (recommend: carrot, green beans, peas (I pick them out..lol), and corn. you can also use chopped fresh)
20 ounces of *low sodium chicken broth
10 ounces of cream chicken or mushroom
1 baked potato cubed
1/3 teaspoon pepper (we like a lot)
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
2 tubes low fat crescent rolls (you will have extras)
(5) 1 lb mini loaf pans for individual servings


Preparation:
(see cooks notes below before preparing) Grab all Ingredients and preheat oven to 375. On high heat in a 4 quart saucepan whisk together chicken broth and cream of chicken dissolving all lumps and bring to a low boil. Add in, diced potato, pulled chicken, veggies, pepper and oregano. Bring back up to low boil. Spoon mixture in evenly across the 5 mini loaf pans while mixture is still pipping hot. Place 2 low fat crescent rolls on each pan covering mixture leaving slight overhang on sides of pan. Bake for about 20 min until crescent rolls turn golden brown. ENJOY!


* Cooks Notes*
I prepared extra grilled chicken a few days before for an Enchilada dish I was making--immediately taking it off the grill I pulled it apart in about 1 inch chunks using 2 forks(it pulls apart easier when it is still hot). I also baked the potato in advance when I made pizza the night before. I like to plan all meals out a week before. Therefore, this makes grocery shopping less expensive because you can use ingredients from previous meals in addition to being less wasteful. It also saves you time because it is less trips to the grocery store.