Moist Turkey Burgers and Easy Skillet Potatoes

   I spend hours a week on Pinterest looking at food.  It seems like everything looks good.  I must have over 200 recipes pinned, very few of which I've actually made.  Sadly I spend more time looking than cooking.  I want that to change so I have decided to try at least one recipe I find on Pinterest a week.  Hopefully more.  Tonight I made two and they were both a hit.  I have made the turkey burger recipe a few times before but the potatoes were new and so delicious.  The potatoes take longer so I started them first.

I was drawn to this recipe because I love to try new things in my cast iron skillet.  I'm not sure why I wanted to turn my oven up so high on this hot Spring day but I really, really wanted some potatoes with my burger.  So I opend all the windows, turned on all the fans, and got to cooking.


Easy Skillet Potatoes

1. As many potatoes as you need to feed everyone. 
2. 1 tsp dried parsley
3. 1/8 tsp dried dill
4. 1/4 tsp dried chives
5. Salt and pepper to taste
6. 6 cloves of garlic, minced
7. 2 tbls olive oil
8. A dash of paprika

First preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Put your cast iron skillet in the oven while preheating.

Next chop potatoes and mince garlic.  I use already minced garlic so I eyeball it.  We like a lot of garlic anyway.  Add all ingredients to a bowl.

I didn't have dried chives.  In fact until now I didn't know they existed.  I added chopped green onion instead.  Mix all ingredients to coat the potatoes evenly.

Take out skillet and add enough oil to coat the bottom.  Add potatoes and return to oven for 11 minutes.

After 11 minutes stir the potatoes.  Cook another 10-15 until potatoes are browned.  I did the full 15 and they were perfect.

Just look at those beautifully browned babies!  They were soft and moist and just delicious.  There were no leftovers to speak of.  I will DEFINITELY be making these often.

On to the turkey burgers.  I have never been a fan of turkey burgers, or ground turkey in general.  It's either too dry or too mushy and I have texture issues with food.  A few months ago Ben and I decided that we were going to cut red meat out of our daily diets so I knew I would have to come up with alternatives for the meals we made with ground beef.  And there were a lot of them.  I was going to have to try ground turkey again.  This was one of the first turkey recipes I made and it converted all of us.  It is one of the most moist, delicious burgers I've ever had.  And so, so simple.  No need for eggs or breadcrumbs or tons of spices.  These burgers cook up fast and easy.  I can't wait to get our grill going so I can try them outside too.

Moist Turkey Burgers

1. 1 lb ground turkey
2. 1 cup onions, diced small
3. 2 tbls olive oil

First heat a pan to med/high.  Heat oil and add onions.  Saute until onions start to brown, about 5 min.

Cool a few minutes and then add onions and all oil to the ground turkey.

That's it.  3 simple ingredients is all you need.

Mix onions and ground turkey and form into 4 equal patties.  Cook on medium heat in a pan on the stove.  Flip after 5 minutes.  I usually cook these in my cast iron skillet but the potatoes were in there so I used my large non-stick pan.  I like my skillet better.  Maybe I should invest in another.

Serve in a bun with whatever condiments you like on your burgers.  For these we like mayo, tomatoes, and lettuce when we have it.  Simple and tasty.  I served both dishes with a side salad too.  Gotta get those veggies in!