Italian Turkey Burgers

Ingredients:

• Cooking spray
• 1 pound lean ground turkey
• 1/3 cup onions, finely chopped
•  2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tsp fennel seed
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 4 spray(s) olive oil cooking spray
• 2 small ripe tomatoes, red or yellow, thinly sliced
• 1 cup basil, fresh, leaves, torn or thinly shredded
• 4 reduced-calorie hamburger rolls
   

Makes 4 Servings

1. Coat a grill or grill pan with cooking spray; preheat to medium-high.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine turkey, onion, garlic, fennel seed, salt and pepper; form into four 1/2-inch-thick patties. Coat burgers and inside of rolls with cooking spray.
3. Grill burgers for 5 minutes; flip burgers and add rolls to grill. Grill open-face rolls until lightly charred, about 1 to 2 minutes; remove to serving plates. Grill burgers until cooked through, about 5 minutes more.
4. To serve, top grilled rolls with burgers and tomato slices; garnish with basil.

WW POINTS VALUE: 7 pts

 

Note: This recipe appears on www.weightwatchers.com. Sometimes you feel like having a juicy burger and it totally hits the spot. If you're ever craving a big, fat, juicy burger with lots of flavor, this one's for you. It's a different kind of burger in that it's made of ground turkey and has Italian flavor and seasonings in it. The fennel, onions and garlic give these burgers a taste like an Italian sausage. If you have to, add a pinch of bread crumbs to the burger meat to hold the burger together and add a little Parmesan cheese to give the burger a little more Italian flavor. I also recommend adding a little arugula or spinach leaves to give your burger more flavor and color. The addition of spinach, arugula, Parmesan and bread crumbs may affect the point values but they are worth it. one bite of these burgers and you'll never go to a fast food joint or Italian restaurant again.