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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Baked Ground Chicken/Turkey Burgers


by Jamie Ambler


Tired of grilled or baked chicken? Try these healthy burgers!! Wrap them in lettuce, put them in a salad or warm up and top with hot sauce!!

This recipe comes from Kris Pitcher: I modified it a bit (originally from Jamie Eason)




Ingredients

½ tsp   Cumin
½ tsp   Thyme ground
2 tsp    Dry Yellow Mustard
2 tsp    Black Pepper
2 tsp    McCormicks Chipotle Pepper or Mrs. Dash
1 tsp    Kosher Salt
1 Cup Quick cooking oatmeal
2 tbsp Fresh garlic
1          small onion finely chopped or dried onion
2          Stalks Celery
3          Egg Whites
1- 1 1/4 lb Ground Chicken (not cooked but drained of excess juice)
1- 1 1/4 lb Ground Turkey 
Instructions
Mix all dry ingredients in large bowl including the Oatmeal.  Add the garlic, onions, celery and mix again.   Finally add the ground meat .  Mix with hands until all meat has the spices and veggies mixed in. Add Egg Whites.
Make patties; I used a plastic burger maker to make them uniform in size.
Place parchment paper on a cookie sheet with lip.
Cooking
375 degrees F
40 Minutes











Saturday, August 13, 2011

Asian Grilled Salmon

This is a simple delicious Salmon recipe that you can enjoy year round!!

1 fresh salmon, boned but skin on (about 3 lb's)
For the marinade
6T olive oil
3T soy sauce
2T dijon mustard
1/2 tsp minced garlic
Whisk together

Start BBQ
Cut salmon crosswise
Drizzle 1/2 marinade on salmon, let sit for 10 minutes
Grill 4-5 min skin side down, then 4-5 min on other side
Transfer to a plate, spoon reserve marinade on fish.
Allow the fish to rest for 10 min.
Enjoy!! I had it with grilled yellow squash!!