Quick and Tasty Turkey Burgers

Turkey burguerHere’s a great recipe for this busy time of year — the holidays.  This is one of my favorite go-to recipes when I need to make a quick dinner.  It tastes great and when served with a vegetable side dish, provides a really quick but satisfying meal.

Serves: 4

Time to Table: 20 minutes

Healing Nutrient Spotlight

Excellent source of riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-6, selenium
Good source of vitamin C, iron, pantothenic acid, zinc, copper

Ingredients*

2 tsp. olive or grapeseed oil
1 cup chopped onions
1 cup minced mushrooms
2 T. chopped parsley
1 to 2 tsp. Dijon mustard
Salt and Pepper, freshly ground to taste
1 pound ground turkey
4 medium green onions, chopped

*Select organic ingredients for optimum nutrition.

Preparation

Sauté onions in oil until lightly browned. Add mushrooms and cook until mushrooms release their liquid.  Drain onion and mushroom mixture. Mix all ingredients together and shape into 5 patties. Cook in skillet on medium heat approximately 12 minutes. Mustard can be mixed in with the turkey before cooking or left out and put on the burger after cooking. The turkey burger can be eaten plain or with soy cheese as a cheeseburger. Serve on a bed of lettuce or open face on 100% rye bread with green onions and your favorite mayonnaise.

Nutrition

215 calories, 21 g protein, 6 g carbohydrates, 12 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 5 g monounsaturated fat, 3 g polyunsaturated fat, 90 mg cholesterol, 3 g sugar, 1 g fiber, 165 IU vitamin A, .11 mg thiamin, .37 mg riboflavin, 4.86 mg niacin,1.10 mg pantothenic acid, .47 mg vitamin B-6, 30 mcg folate, .39 mg vitamin B-12, 8 mg vitamin C, 13 IU vitamin D, .79 IU vitamin E, 40 mg calcium, .23 mg copper, 2.06 mg iron, 30 mg magnesium, .12 mg manganese, 445 mg potassium, 23 mg selenium, 250 mg sodium, 2.47 mg zinc

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