But in an effort to serve more healthy meals. 

I started to substitute some of my ground beefy recipes with ground turkey instead.

At first it was not a switch made in heaven but I’m sure my lack of effort and enthusiasm had something to do with that.

I also realized that beef has so much of it’s own flavor, unlike poultry so when cooking the more bland meat  you have to cook it a little different while adding more flavors.

So instead of switching the beef out for turkey I started developing recipes designed for the turkey, this turkey burger is one of those recipes.

When I first made it my husband ( who knows nothing at all about food, cooking, and hasn’t cooked anything since I was pregnant over a year ago) asked why is the meat so light!

Of course I told him to shut it, his mouth that is, but when he tasted the burger he was surprisingly pleased, well I wasn’t surprised the garlic and soy sauce edition really take this sandwich up a notch.

1 LB Ground Turkey

¾ cup plain bread crumbs

3 minced fresh garlic cloves

2 Tablespoons soy sauce

Handful of  dried parsley

1 teaspoon ground pepper

2 Tablespoons olive oil

Mix all ingredients up well and form patties. Because the turkey is so lean they can easily stick to your cast iron pan, so wipe down pan with a little veggie oil, add burger and cook on both sides for about 8-10 minutes.

         Caramelized onions

Sliced onion

Olive oil

Pour a bit oil olive oil in hot pan add onions and let cook while tossing for about 3 minutes.

Add to the top of burger with some cooked bacon and tomato and you have a lean flavor packing burger.