Cran-Turkey Burgers topped w/ Sweet Jalapenos on whole wheat English muffin served w/ Grilled Zucchini Fries.

Take out some frozen cranberries so they can thaw and light the grill so it’s ready to roll when it’s time to cook the zucchini. Take ground turkey put into a large bowl, whisk in a couple of eggs and add 1 cup of bread crumbs (I use plain bread crumbs but whatever you have will be fine. If you don’t have any, toast a couple pieces of bread and then throw them into the blender). Next add 1 tsp of salt and a bit of black pepper. Gather one cup of cooked frozen cranberries and cut them in half to add to the meat. Make sure the cranberries are sweetened because if not they are bitter. Once the meat is all mixed together shape into patties about the size of an English muffin.

Cut the zucchini in half and spray with olive oil then sprinkle with pepper, season salt and garlic powder, go easy on the garlic powder or you will taste it all night long. Grab a couple of red leaf pieces of lettuce, slice up fresh sweet jalapenos and get out the toppings you want for the burger (I really like the mayonnaise with olive oil). Remember less is more when it comes to these burgers, the less condiments and extras you add the more you taste the actual burger. Throw the zucchini on the grill it will take about 15 minutes. Then heat up a skillet with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and start cooking the patties. It takes about 12 minutes or so; be sure no pink is left in the patty. Don’t forget to turn the zuchinni at least once and you can slice the English Muffins in two and put on the grill to brown. Once everything is cooked, cut the zucchini in half vertically and then cut horizontally to mimic the size of a potato fry. Coat the muffin with your condiment and build the burger. I also like to add some ketchup as a dip for the zucchini. Last but definitely not least I like a little something sweet so I cut up a mini seedless watermelon.

Portions

Male: 2-3oz patties with 2 muffins and add few pieces of lettuce, sweet jalapenos and a tbsp of mayo. The sides are 2 cup of zucchini and 1 cup watermelon.

Female: 1-3oz patty with 1 muffin and add few pieces lettuce, sweet jalapenos and 1 tbsp of mayo. The sides are 1 cup of zucchini 1 cup watermelon.

We just had this tonite and it came out really well.

~Mario