Ultimate Turkey Burger

My girlfriend Leslie has perfected the art of the PERFECT Turkey Burger.  She continues to alter and change up her burgers as she goes but this one has become the ultimate favorite of all time.  We recently went to Palm Springs for the weekend and I was able to document her making her burgers.

Ingredients: (4 burgers)
1 pound ground turkey (we usually use Jennie-O)
1 jalapeno pepper (take out the seeds, chopped)
1/2 onion (also chopped into small pieces)
1 handful of cilantro (chopped)
3/4 cup Parmesan cheese
2 lemons

Put all of the ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix it all together.  Once everything is mixed together well create 4 large patties, making sure to press firmly together so that the patties do not fall apart when you cook them.  Place the burgers onto the grill, lightly sprinkle Lawry's Seasoning Salt on the side facing up and also you want to cut one of the lemons in half and  squeeze the lemon juice right onto the burger.  Once the other side is cooked, flip over and repeat with Lawry's and lemon.

These burgers have so many flavors and are fun to decorate with or without a bun.  Add avocado, cheese (any cheese of your choice), or grilled mushrooms just to name a few of our favorites.

 Do you have a favorite burger recipe; I would love to hear it or please share any links.

Pepper Steak Salad and Jalapeno Vinaigrette

So I have been craving a delicious steak salad and found this receipe on foodnetwork.com.  We decided on was a Pepper Steak Salad with Mango, Avocado, and Jalapeno Vinaigrette.  What a delicious salad this was but we did have a couple of changes we would like to make for next time.  We were not a huge fan of the mango, we would like to add cucumbers instead.  Our vinaigrette dressing should have been a little spicier, we only used 2 large jalapenos and we should have used all three of them that we purchased. 

Ingredients:

• 2 to 3 jalapeno peppers
• 1 to 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 2 boneless beef top loin (strip) steaks, cut 3/4-inch thick (about 8 ounces each)

Jalapeno Vinaigrette

• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 8 cups mixed salad greens
• 1 mango, cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 1/2 small avocado, cut lengthwise into 8 slices
• Salt
• 1 shallot, very thinly sliced and separated into rings
• 2 tablespoons shaved firm Cotija cheese or Parmesan

Hope you enjoy this salad as much as we did.  We plan to make this again with our recommended changes.  If you try it please tell me what you think or any other fun suggestions you think would be great to add.