When you think Thanksgiving you think of HOURS in the kitchen and gaining about 5 pounds right??  No need to worry ladies as our burger is, of course, bikini friendly and will be on the table in under 30 minutes!  Start by chopping up your Thanksgiving flavors of apples, cranberries, red onion, garlic, celery, fresh rosemary and fresh thyme!  We simply sautéed this delicious combo and mixed this into our LEAN turkey sausage.  Of course, this would be equally as yummy with 99% lean ground turkey, but today we were craving the sausage!

 

 

Now send your man outside to grill up these bad boys!  While he works on that... you can work on the delicious Apple Slaw we topped our burgers with :)  We sliced up some golden delicious apples and mixed that up with a BAG of coleslaw mix.  Easy right?  We dressed our slaw with a combo of olive oil, apple cider vinegar, apple cider, honey Dijon, and lots of fresh pepper!

 

Toss your grilled burger onto a 100 calories whole wheat bun and pile on the coleslaw and enjoy for under 500 calories!  Serve this with a side veggie of your choice and you are good to go!

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving in July everyone!  Enjoy :)

 

Nutrition Facts Per Serving

Serves: 5

Serving size: 1 burger topped with apple slaw

Calories: 373

Fat: 13.2 grams

Carbs: 46.5 grams

Dietary fiber: 6.1 grams

Protein: 18.1 grams

 

Thanksgiving Burger Ingredients

1 pound lean turkey sausage - 5 links

5 whole wheat hamburger buns

1/4 cup dried cranberries

2 sprigs thyme chopped

non-stick spray

 

Apple Slaw Ingredients

1 cup apple sliced into thin strips

1/4 cup dried cranberries

1 tbsp. olive oil

Pepper

 

Let's get cooking!

1.  Spray sauté pan with non-stick spray.  Sauté apple, red onion, celery, garlic, & cranberries for approx. 3 minutes to soften. 

2.  Slice casing on turkey sausage links lengthwise to remove meat from the case.  Mix sausage with apple mixture and rosemary and thyme.

3.  Form burger patties.  This mixture makes 5 burger patties.

4.  Either grill or use sauté pan with non-stick olive oil spray.  Cook on medium heat for 5-7 minutes per side.

5.  To make slaw - blend or whip together olive oil, Dijon, apple cider, apple cider vinegar, cranberries and fresh pepper.  Toss dressing over sliced apples and coleslaw.

6.  Top each whole wheat bun with one patty and coleslaw

 

Serves 5 healthy portions!  Enjoy :)