Harvest Turkey Burgers

Zucchini is one of my favorite vegetables and I love to try new ways too cook with it. I've done zucchini cakes, grilled zucchini, and zucchini spaghetti. Yesterday I decided to grate it like I would for my zucchini cakes and add it to some ground turkey for half meat/half veggie burgers! You could also make these into meatballs and they would be equally as delicious.

Harvest Turkey Burgers

Ingredients (makes about 5 burgers):

1/2 lb of extra lean ground turkey

1 medium zucchini, grated with skins and drained of extra moisture

1 10oz can of tomatoes and green chilis, drained

1/2 of a red onion, diced

3 cloves of garlic, diced

1/2 cup of plain bread crumbs

1/4 cup of grated pecorino romano cheese

1/2 of an avocado or 1 egg (to bind)

1 tsp dried basil

1 tsp parsley flakes

1/2 tsp dried oregano

1 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp red pepper flakes

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350º. Mix together all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray (or drizzle olive oil). Form your patties/balls and top with another spritz of cooking spray, as well as a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Cook for 40 minutes if making burgers or 30 minutes for meatballs.

You can eat these on a burger bun, or you could serve over a salad, or some zucchini spaghetti! They taste great with homemade marinara sauce or even barbecue sauce.

Enjoy :)

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 170 per burger

Total Fat: 3.6g

Cholesterol: 30mg

Sodium: 795mg

Carbohydrates: 19.3g

Fiber: 1.9g

Sugars: 7.7g

Protein: 14.5g