You Must Have Known that I was Lonely, Because you Came to My Rescue

Ground turkey was on sale again down at the PathMark. Who hooo! I've begun to truly appreciate the flavor of ground turkey. It kinda saved me this year. I was drowning in a sea of chicken thighs and pork chops. And I thought I could never love another ground meat more than beef. Not true, in fact I'm kinda over beef. Turkey is light and has a distinct light taste that is perfect for sunnier day meals.

That one spring day sorta scared me straight as far as getting serious about cutting calories. Pretty soon I won't be able to hide the pudge under my winter gear so might be best to get a head start on shedding the winter weight.


I couldn't quite pull the trigger on full-on veggie burgers and like I said I had all this newfound love-meat on hand. What's a girl to do? I decided to make 'loaded turkey burgers' but load them with good-for-you stuff. I needed to lighten up my usual cheeseburgers so I thought to eat these like mini meatloafs of sorts, no bread, no cheese. The key to this burger was adding reconstituted dried cranberries. I let them sit in just boiled water in order to plump back up. They brought the whole patty to life, not too tart, not too sweet but just the perfect flavor combination with all the added veggies like corn, beans, jalapeno, red onion, broccoli and garlic.

I served with roasted asparagus with garlic and lemon. And now that I subtracted all the calories I just couldn't resist adding a few tater tots to the plate for a touch of nostalgic whimsy!