Delicious Turkey Burger Recipe

While working with my special needs children, I often get to be around their house when dinner is being made. One of the moms kept making these delectable smelling /looking turkey burgers and I just HAD to have the recipe to try them out at home. Well I went home and tried it and now I eat them once or twice a week. They are super healthy and are definitely nice on your tastebuds.

Here's what you need:

• 1-1.25 lbs. of ground turkey (preferably as lean as you can get)
• Organic garlic salt (or regular salt if you don't have any organic on hand, and goodness don't go out and buy any if you already have some non-organic at hand. That would not be economical.)
• Basil
• Parsley
• White Onion (organic if you can)
• One egg (optional)
• George Foreman grill (if available)

I don't have exact measurements on these, because it is season to taste so just get enough ingredients and follow the directions below.

Take the turkey and place it in a large bowl. Dice up a few slices of onion and mix in the turkey (with your hand). Add parsley, basil, and garlic salt and mix the ingredients in (with your hand). If it appears that there is not enough seasoning, repeat adding in the seasonings until it looks and smells amazing. If you want you can add an egg to paste all the turkey together. However, I never find this necessary so I typically don't add the egg.  Pull a part a section of the mixture, roll it into a ball, and flatten the ball out to create a hamburger patty. Repeat this until all of the ground turkey is in the form of a patty. Put the patties on the grill and cook until no longer pink all the way through. Note: this is poultry so you do not want pink in the middle like you would beef. Now, ENJOY!

This turkey burger is great without any additional seasonings or even a bun! I eat it plain just the way it comes off the grill. My husband does tend to enjoy eating his turkey burger with ketchup, but we tend to not eat them with buns simply because they are self-sustaining.

To make this a complete healthy meal, cook up some brown rice or a red baked potato, and also include some raw vegetables. Vegetables are better raw, because even when lightly steamed, half of the nutrients are cooked out of them.

Hope you love this as much as I do!
-Megan