Low Calorie Grilled Turkey Burger

This is probably by far one of my new favorite recipes! I seriously liked it just as much as a regular old beef patty!

One Serving: Approximately 300 Calories

Ingredients:

*Ground Turkey LEAN 97% FAT FREE

*Onion

*Avocado (peeled and cut)

*Salsa- I use Herdez (15 calories per serving- and tastes like restaurant salsa)!

*Low Cal Buns- I just used 35 Calorie whole wheat bread

Jalapeños are optional.

*preheat your grill or stove top (I used a grill)

For the burger:

One serving is 4-5 ounces (read your label). 

Mix in desired amount of onion and a TBSP of Salsa.

-I didn't use a lot of onion because I put onion on top of my burger as well.

Mix ingredients into patty and place on aluminum foil.

**I wrapped my foil around the whole burger so that I could place it on the grill and flip it without the burger falling apart.

I also sliced a few strips of the onion and wrapped them in aluminum foil as well and grilled them (they don't take long at all and burn easy! I used 0 Calorie butter spray as well (maybe 2-3 sprays?)

I also toasted my bread halfway- that's optional!

Once your burger & onions are cooked thoroughly, place on your bun or bread slice. I put about 1/4 of a sliced avocado on top of my burger, along with jalapeños and salsa.

Other toppings are optional- that's just how I prepared mine!

Enjoy!

Baked Taco Salad

Baked Taco Salad

315 calories per taco salad- including the shell!

You will need:

**preheat oven to 350 degrees

*Around 1 pound Ground Lean Turkey- I found 97% fat free

90 Calorie Whole Wheat Tortillas

Lettuce (I used Iceburg) -shredded may work best!

Mixed bell peppers

Chopped onion

*Homemade Taco Seasoning 

1 tablespoon chili powder

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon onion salt (or powder)

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/4 teaspoon Oregano flakes

1/2 teaspoon paprika

1 1/2 teaspoons cumin powder

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

*0 fat Greek Yogurt (sour cream replacement) 

*90 Calorie whole wheat tortilla

*Heredez Salsa

1. Cook ground turkey just as you would ground beef. Once finished, add seasoning. -If it seems pretty dry you may need to add some water. I think I ended up using a couple of ounces of hot water. 

2. Add bell peppers and onion to the ground turkey, stir well and place the lid on top, letting the peppers and onion steam and saute with the ground turkey. 

3. **To make my taco salad shell, I put a bundt cake pan upside down on top of a baking sheet and sprayed it lightly with cooking spray and placed my tortilla on top and pushed down a small amount to make sure the torilla wouldn't fall through. I baked my tortilla for around 20 minutes? It really depends on your oven. Just keep checking it- you'll know when it's ready!

4. Once the veggies were sauted and the shell was complete, I put about 4 ounces of taco meat into the bowl. Then, I filled it up with lettuce! I then added a tbsp of Oikos Greek Yogurt, Heredez Salsa, and jalepenos. 

Photo on Instagram

I loved the taco salad, and I hope you will too! 

C-

4 Ingredient Pancakes & Only 77 Calories!

You will need:

2 oz. low-fat cream cheese 

2 eggs (whites only) 

1 packet truvia 

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 

Make sure your pan is pre-heated, it will help the batter not to spread across the whole pan. I would use the smallest frying pan you have!

In a small mixing bowl, whisk together all of the above ingredients.

I used 0 Calorie Spray butter  so that they wouldn't stick to the pan.

It actually took them longer than regular pancakes to cook, and they looked a bit funny.
But, they ended up tasting like french toast to me! I also used a little PB2 (chocolate) on top of mine and drizzled a little bit of honey on top.

These were heavenly. My batter made two pancakes and I was full afterwards! Yum!

Enjoy!

C-

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