I know it has been almost a month since I posted. It's because I got my MCAT scores back, they were less than satisfactory, and I had to start studying again. Not cool. Thus I stopped seriously cooking, or at least taking pictures and blogging about it. I won't be done with this round of the test until the end of April so I will be continuing not to blog that much, but today I cooked and I wanted to blog about it!
Tonight for dinner I made ranch turkey burgers, the recipe I got from my friend Annie from work. I have never made anything with ground turkey before, in fact I rarely ever cook with raw meat. But it went well! And then after I was done eating a scrubbed my bowls and cutting board like crazy just to be safe!
Ingredients:
Then I mixed everything up, first with a big spoon, then with my hands.
I took 5 of them and wrapped them in foil and put them in a ziplock bag in the freezer. 2 of them went in the fridge. The last I cooked for dinner! I put less than a tablespoon of oil (I used vegetable oil, you could also use olive oil) in a pan, let it warm up for a minute, and then put the patty on.
Cooked a couple of minutes on each side, until it was no longer red or pink, and done! I also toasted up a whole wheat potato hamburger roll, and topped the burger with a slice of havarti cheese, a slice of tomato, and a piece of lettuce.
So delicious! I really enjoyed this. My first ever turkey burger period, much less one I made myself. I am so glad I have so many of these left over, I will be eating these all week long!
So like I said, the posting will be at a minimum in the next month and a half, but I will try to post a little something every two weeks or so when I need a break from studying!
Thanks for reading.
-Liz
Tonight for dinner I made ranch turkey burgers, the recipe I got from my friend Annie from work. I have never made anything with ground turkey before, in fact I rarely ever cook with raw meat. But it went well! And then after I was done eating a scrubbed my bowls and cutting board like crazy just to be safe!
Ingredients:
1. 25 lbs. lean ground turkey, the leaner the better
Packet of Ranch seasoning
Onion (recipe says 3/4 I used 1/2)
2 cloves of garlic (more or less depending on taste)
1 egg, beaten
2/3 cup breadcrumbs (I used slightly less)
First I cut up the onion and garlic. After putting the patties together and cooking one up I realized I didn't dice everything finely enough. Something to change for next time.
After that I added all of the rest of the ingredients.
Then I mixed everything up, first with a big spoon, then with my hands.
Looking good, although the onion pieces were a little big for me, like I said.
Next I formed them into patties. It is pretty much up to you how big you want to make them. I made 8 patties which makes each patty a little less than 1/6 lbs. Really a perfect size for me since I don't need much to fill me up and made for lots of leftovers!
Cooked a couple of minutes on each side, until it was no longer red or pink, and done! I also toasted up a whole wheat potato hamburger roll, and topped the burger with a slice of havarti cheese, a slice of tomato, and a piece of lettuce.
So delicious! I really enjoyed this. My first ever turkey burger period, much less one I made myself. I am so glad I have so many of these left over, I will be eating these all week long!
So like I said, the posting will be at a minimum in the next month and a half, but I will try to post a little something every two weeks or so when I need a break from studying!
Thanks for reading.
-Liz
