every once in awhile i get the thrown together dinner soooo very right...to where i feel slightly gourmet. a couple weeks ago this happened and i just had to take a picture. it all started with some left behind vegetables from earlier in the week...
7 mushrooms
2 russet potatoes
a quarter bag of broccoli coleslaw mix
one head of romaine lettuce
half a head of red leaf lettuce
half a yellow onion
one tomato
half a cucumber
i was feeling very lazy and was trying to decide whether or not to head to the grocery store when i remembered i had some hamburger buns frozen in the outside fridge and a pound of ground turkey. so, turkey burgers it is i thought...even though they usually turn out really dry, at least i wouldn't have to go to the grocery store for one more day :) this is where i need some help because even though i tried something new with the patties, they still came out just a little dry...so please let me know if you have any good tips to make moist turkey burgers.
what i ended up doing was taking my chopper and chopping up 2 of the mushrooms until they were super small bits. then i chopped the onion and mixed it in with the ground turkey with some garlic powder, salt and pepper. i divided the turkey into six balls and stuffed each ball with some of the chopped up mushrooms and some gorganzola i had found left over in the fridge. i squished them into patties and handed them off to my husband for grilling.
i peeled and chopped the potatoes into bite size chunks and boiled them in water until they were just tender enough to poke a fork through. i strained them and put them in a mixing bowl. i splashed some white vinegar over them...while still hot! then i chopped up the hard boiled eggs and threw those in. chopped up the cucumber and threw those in. threw in a big scoop of mayo and a small scoop of dijon mustard. sprinkled in salt and pepper and a generous amount of dill. mixed it all together and threw it in the fridge to chill.
next i got out another little bowl. chopped and rinsed the small amount of romaine lettuce i had, threw in the remainder of the broccoli coleslaw mix. tossed it with some dressing and put it in the fridge.
handed off the buns to my husband to be buttered and toasted on the grill. and got some butter melting in a small frying pan, while i sliced the remaining mushrooms. i threw the sliced mushrooms in the pan and sauteed them for a few minutes and then took them off the heat but left them in the pan.
the burgers came off the grill and i set everything out on the counter along with some condiments, and the left behind tomato sliced up, rinsed big pieces of red leaf lettuce, sauteed mushrooms and what was left of the gorganzola and voila!...dinner was served. and the best part is i used up a bunch of random left behind items.
here's a list of the other ingredients i found in the fridge...
hamburger buns
1 lb. ground turkey
gorganzola cheese
thousand island dressing (or ketchup, mayo, relish)
3 hard boiled eggs
white vinegar
mayo
dijon mustard
dill
tips: don't be afraid to over stuff the patties with the cheese and chopped mushrooms...it helps with the moisture. make sure you have plenty of condiments in case the burgers come out a tad dry.
i'm happy to say this one turned out so good it made it into the regular rotation!
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