Ok guys, week two of sharing my meal plan. Somehow a couple of meals got shifted to this week from last week. What did we eat in place of those two meals? One night we went to a barbqeue at my father-in-law's, the other...? I honestly couldn't tell you. How is it even possible that I don't remember making a random meal after work?
- Souvlaki with Greek Orzo Pasta Salad I'll post the pasta salad recipe later in the week
- Turkey Burgers with Sweet Potato Fries
- something vegetarian with chickpeas maybe. We've been eating a lot of meat lately which is kind of weird for us.
So, the burgers. I was going to make
these burgers from Skinny Taste but they took another direction. They turned out to be about half meat and half veg since I kept just finding stuff in my fridge and chucking it in the bowl. Left over chopped up peppers? In they go. There was some cucumber in with the peppers, so that got mixed in. I have a giant tub of baby spinach and since it's usually up to just me to eat about a kilo of spinach since nobody else will touch it, I thought I'd sneak some of that in too. A hunk of feta cheese was found lurking in the fridge too. Ok... I have a theme now... Greek Turkey Burgers! Genius. Some dill, parsley, and garlic powder rounds these bad boys out.
Tyler barbequed the burgers since I am banned from the barbeque. This is a recent development that occurred when I set a
spatchcocked chicken on fire. And I wasn't paying attention so it probably burned for a good 10 or 15 minutes. Whoops. But you know what? I may be on to something here. That chicken cooked through in 15 minutes and was wonderfully juicy and smoky. Once you dig through the char of course.
Where there are burgers, there are baked sweet potato wedges. In my house anyway. I've told you how I make sweet potato fries before, right? Hmmm... a search of Four Seasons Kitchens says no. "Recipe" below as well.
GREEK TURKEY BURGERS
Serves 4
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 sweet pepper, finely chopped (roasted red peppers would be good too- use a couple whole ones)
- big handful baby spinach, chopped
- 1 tsp dried dill
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- small handful fresh parsley, finely chopped
- 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- salt and pepper (go easy on the salt since you've got feta in there, big up on the pepper)
- buns, tomatoes, condiments (including Sriracha- turkey burgers always need Sriracha!) to serve
Preheat grill to high heat- 500 degrees F. Place turkey and remaining ingredients through to salt and pepper in a large bowl. Mix to combine (your hands are the best tool here). Divide mixture and shape into 4 patties. Grill over direct heat for 6 to 7 minutes per side or until cooked through.
BAKED SWEET POTATO WEDGES
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into wedges. Pile on baking sheet lined with foil, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, toss to coat potatoes. Spread potatoes into one layer. Bake 10-15 minutes on middle rack. Flip wedges, bake another 8-10 minutes until potatoes are tender.
