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Make-Your-Own Turkey Burger
let family members help prepare the meal by choosing their own burger ingredients
Gather
Ingredients
- 12 oz 99 percent lean ground turkey
- 2 Tbsp fresh parsley, rinsed, dried, and chopped (or 2 tsp dried)
- 4 whole-wheat hamburger buns
- Nonstick cooking spray
Burger ingredients
- 1 C fresh tomatoes, rinsed and diced (or canned no-salt-added diced tomatoes
- 1 C red onions, diced
- 1 C white mushrooms, rinsed and sliced
- 1 C part-skim shredded mozzarella cheese
Make it
Method
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 °F.
- 2
Arrange burger ingredients (tomatoes, red onions, mushrooms, and mozzarella cheese) in separate bowls.
- 3
Ask each person to select ¼ cup total of his or her choice of ingredients. (You may have leftover ingredients after this step—keep or freeze for use in other recipes!)
- 4
Divide ground turkey into four parts on a plate.
- 5
Ask each person to combine his or her ¼ cup of burger ingredients with one portion of ground turkey and mix well to form a patty ½-inch to ¾-inch thick.
- 6
Brown burgers on a nonstick pan coated with cooking spray for 2–3 minutes on each side. Then, transfer burgers to a baking sheet coated with cooking spray and place in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes (to a minimum internal temperature of 165 °F).
- 7
Assemble burgers on buns, and serve.
- 8
Note: Nutritional information may vary depending on selection of ingredients
Source & rights
Where this recipe comes from
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Keep the Beat Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Family Meals. No government endorsement is implied.
This source recipe has been reformatted for Pantry Start but has not yet been kitchen-tested by our editors. Check current food-safety guidance and use your judgment.
