Turkey Patties

Turkey Patties complements from Taste of Home Magazine

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 16 Servings

20 10 30               

Ingredients

• 2 pounds lean ground turkey
• 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon dried sage leaves
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Directions

• Crumble turkey into a large bowl. Add the salt, sage, pepper, ginger and cayenne. Shape into sixteen 2-1/2-in. patties.
• In a large skillet, cook patties over medium heat for 4-6 minutes on each side or until a meat thermometer reads 165° and juices run clear Yield: 16 patties.

Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Maple Dressing

Recipe complements of Organic Valley 

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If you like spinach salad with hot bacon dressing, you’ll love spinach salad with hot bacon maple dressing. Maple and bacon have a wonderful affinity for each other—and they get even more interesting with onions and vinegar in the mix. Choose the freshest, deepest green organic spinach you can find for this classic-with-a-twist.

And what about add-ons? Hard-cooked, omega-3-rich eggs, sautéed mushrooms or roasted red peppers would surely gild the lily.

Ingredients

• ¹⁄₂ pound Organic Prairie Hardwood Smoked Bacon
• 2 red onions (or sweet onions)
• 6 tablespoons maple syrup (or to taste)
• 6 tablespoons rice vinegar (or to taste)
• Salt & pepper to taste
• 12-16 ounces fresh spinach leaves
• Organic Valley Eggs, hard-cooked (optional, quartered or chopped )

Directions

1. Working in batches to avoid crowding the pan, cook bacon over medium flame and turning slices to brown both sides. Transfer cooked strips to paper towels to drain. Break into medium-size pieces.

2. While bacon is cooking, peel and slice the onions into thin rounds and then separate the rounds into rings. Cook onions slowly in the bacon fat that’s left in the pan. Stir in maple syrup, vinegar and salt and pepper. Make it as sweet or sour as you like. If you’re not going to use the dressing right away, turn off the flame and reheat the dressing just before serving.

3. To serve, place the spinach in a large bowl; toss in enough of the hot dressing to coat all the leaves. Garnish with hard-cooked eggs, if desired, and serve immediately.

March 20, Day 20

I wake up today with an allergic reaction, I'm not sure what's in my diet, my only guess was a few orange slices yesterday, everything else is stuff I normally eat with no problems.

Still up the 2 lbs, I have 55.4 lbs to lose as of now, hoping for better results tomorrow.

Breakfast: Turkey apple scramble with cinnamon

March 19, Day 19

Alright I have to stop this ice cream habit. I've gained 2 lbs over the last 2 days. How frustrating to have come so far and work so hard to slide back 2 lbs. My assumption is that dairy does not make me happy on the inside. Well it does, but only in my mind short term and not for my body long term.

Breakfast today: 2.5 oz turkey, apple and cinnamon
Snack: Smoothie cranberry juice, pear, cucumber, ginger
Lunch: 2 turkey patties (5 oz), green beans, blueberries
Snack: Apple, 1 turkey patty 2.5 oz
Supper: Cauliflower mash, salmon 3 oz, green beans, asparagus, 3 oz sweet potato and a smidge of butter.

Also had a few orange slices throughout the evening.
I trained today at the gym just under 1 1/2 hours. 50 minutes personal training session and 30 minutes of cardio on the elliptical.

March 18, Day 18

I've gained 1 pound from ice cream binge yesterday.  I still have this nasty cold. I make a terrible sick person. 

Breakfast: Turkey and apple scramble, blueberries
Snack: Oranges
We did a few hours of lawn work raking and shovelling and I planted some veggies today in the garden  beans, peas, spinach, swiss chard, and lettuce. I can't wait for my own fresh veggies in a few weeks.

My husband thinks we should go to A&W for lunch. Unfortunately I already know that they have no good choices for me there.  I don't order lunch but an ice cream root beer float sounds good, since I'm sick still. I get a medium and a glass of water and make that my lunch.

Snack: Grapes, lot of grapes
Supper: 1/2 red pepper stuffed with ground chicken and spaghetti sauce, spinach salad with bacon, dressing and hard boiled eggs, recipe complements of organic valley, the wisco chef, Luke Zahm.

March 17, Day 17

Saturday, the start of the weekend for me. Tonight is the sectional final game for the local girls basketball team. I'm hoping to keep my eating on track, but this cold is kicking my butt, we shall see.

Breakfast:  Turkey sauasage and apple scramble with cinnamon
Lunch: 2 turkey patties, green beans, asparagus

My parents go to Burger King on the way to the game, I avoid temptation and don't order anything, and eat my 2 turkey patties I've toted along and 1 apple.

After the game, we unfortunately lost, we go through McDonald's drive through, my throat is sore, so I order a vanilla cone. That's not too many calories, right?

Driving home the mint chip flavor of the day was calling my name when saw the sign, I stop and order a scoop, ok so I've now racked up about 400 calories for ice cream, great move.

Day 16 March 16

Woo hoo, eating paleo is going well. Down another pound today. 53 lbs to lose as of today. My goal is looking closer all the time.

Except that I have a terrible cold, headache and sore throat. My eating is going well, hoping to stay on track today. 

Breakfast: Smoothie: 1/2 can coconut milk, 1 tbs coconut oil, strawberries, blueberries, vanilla extract, splash of water.

Midmorning: Smoothie same as above.

Not sure I'll be able to train today, due to my headache and cough. Hoping to make a recovery this morning.

Day 15 March 15

Staying on track for a few days has paid off I went down to needing to lose 54 lbs to get to my goal.  I have a lost a total of 106 pounds (plus my pregnancy weight on top of that). I have also hit a milestone I've lost 60 lbs since I joined the new gym in the town I work in, the other milestone is my new trainer and I have lost 36 lbs together. The last trainer I had, we lost 35 lbs working together.  So Luke has now topped Ryan's loss with me. I can't wait until I can say I have 50 lbs to lose, wait, no I'd like to say I have 49 lbs to lose. That would make my weight on my scale at home less than 200 lbs.

I've had such great success, I can just go full speed ahead from here.

Breakfast today: 2.5 oz ground turkey, 1 apple shredded, 2 tsp cinnamon.
I'm trying to stay away from eggs and nightshades for a bit, to see how they affect me.
I'm still waking up with my eyes crusted over and in a fog, but not much of an allergic reaction today.
Mid morning, I love my little turkey patties a bit too much. I've had 3 already.

Lunch: 2 of those tasty turkey patties, 1/2 cup mashed cauliflower, 1 cup green beans, 1/2 cup blueberries.

Snack: 1 turkey patty other 1/2 of blueberries

Supper: Sweet onion chicken terriyaki salad from Subway.

Day 14, March 14

Breakfast: Chicken Apple Hash, 3 oz chicken breast and grated apple sauteed with 2 tsp cinnamon
Lunch: 3 oz chicken breast boneless skinless, mashed cauliflower, green beans
Dinner: Subway: Sweet Onion Chicken Terriyaki Salad, spinach, cucumbers, onions, peppers, and sweet onion sauce
Snacks: Ground Turkey, blueberries, chicken breast 3 oz, green beans, smoothie: 1 pear, 4 oz unsweetened cranberry juice, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 tsp fresh ginger.

Totals today
Calories: 1333, Carbs 169, Fat 24, Protein 116

Day 11, March 11

Back on track again today.

Breakfast: Egg Whites, peppers, onions, coconut oil, ground turkey
Lunch: Turkey and Green Beans
Dinner: Pizza Hut: Cottage Cheese 1 cup, iceberg lettuce 2 cups, ranch salad dressing, cucumbers, broccoli. Blueberries on the ride home
Snack: apple

My husband and son picked Pizza Hut while we were in town for shopping, they love Garlic Cheese Bread with White Garlic Sauce and Red Marinara Sauce, and their Taco Pizza with beef, refried beans, and dorito chips.  Me too, but I stayed true to my plan and had 2 salads with cottage cheese on the side.

Totals for today.
Calories: 1189, carbs 98, fat: 49, protein: 93

Good day today, and I avoided real temptation! yay me.

Day 10, March 10 Saturday

Weekends are tough, but I'm trying to not blow 5000 calories like I did last Saturday. I prepared turkey patties today and packed them. My dad and I are playing in a euchre tournament that's liek a marathon tournament for cards this afternoon. I packed apples, bananas and turkey patties for myself and water.

Tonight is more cards, the Fire Man's euchre tournament fundraiser. This will be touch sandwiches, chips and desserts. We'll see how this goes.

Breakfast:  egg whites, onions, pepper, coconut oil
Lunch: Ground Turkey
Dinner: Ground Turkey and 2 cups blueberries
Snacks: Apples, ground turkey, tortilla chips, 1 tbs cheese dip, 2 brownies!

I couldn't resist the treats the second time around at tonight's card party. Darn it, had two halves of brownies and a few chips with nacho dip. They were divine, had to have one more brownie, since I try not to bake these things at my own house, it only leads to trouble for me.

Well I would have been sitting pretty good calorie wise had I not had the chips and brownies. Pre splurge about 1424  calories, post splurge yikes 2062 calories, 153 carbs, 92 grams of fat!, protein 167.

Ok so my fat calorie range according to sparkpeople is 29-64, today 92. Not good, 2 brownies 33 fat grams.  So I would have been at 59 had I not had the brownies today.

So I pay for it afterwards, after the 15 minute drive home, my stomach hurts, and I feel like crap. Was it worth it for 2 minutes of bliss eating these, not really, I feel horrible.

At the start of the morning I had 55 lbs to lose. Probably not the case after these 2 brownies.

Day 9, Friday March 9

Breakfast: egg whites, onion, peppers, safflower oil
Lunch: Green Beans, ground turkey
Dinner: Subway: Sweet Onion Chicken Terriyaki Salad, spinach only for greens, veggies, cucumbers, onion, and green peppers, no cheese, with Sweet Onion Sauce for dressing, no croutons
Snacks today: Banana, apple, blueberries 1 cup, 4 oz ground turkey

Calories: 1125, Carbs: 143, Fat: 28, Protein 87

A bit low for protein today, need to eat some more tomorrow.

Day 8, March 8

Trying to do gluten free today, day 1
Breakfast: Egg whites, onion, safflower, skim milk, red peppers
Lunch: Fat Flush Turkey and Veggie Soup, Blueberries
Dinner: Ground Turkey 4 oz, Green Giant Steamer, Prego Sauce, skim milk
Snack: Fat Flush Turkey and Veggie Soup, Orange, 2% Cottage Cheese 1 cup, Smoothie 4 oz unsweetened cranberry juice, 1 per, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 tsp fresh ginger.

                                   Calories:1445            Carbs: 174          Fat: 36     Protein 124
Spark People Ranges Calories 1290-1640, Carbs: 145-266, Fat 29-64, Protein 60-144

Day 7, March 7

Breakfast, egg whites, onion, safflower oil, skim milk
Lunch Fat Flush Turkey Veggie Soup, 1 apple
Dinner: Fat Flush Turkey Veggie Soup, baby carrots, hummus

Snack, hummus and baby carrots, blueberries 1 cup, 1 smal orange, 1 cup 2% cottage cheese.

Calories 1244, carbs 163,  fat 29, protein 100

Day 6, March6

Breakfast: egg whites, peppers, onion, safflower oil, milk skim

Lunch:  Ground Turkey, peppers, spaghetti sauce, Green Giant Valley Fresh, Healthy Colors Blend (1/2 bag).

Dinner-Fat Flush Turkey and Veggie Soup, skim milk

Snacks for today. I was really snacky today. 2 orange, the other 1/2 of the Healthy Colors Bag, ground turkey, peppers, spaghetti sauce, 2 Smoothies  each made with 4 oz unsweetened cranberry juice, 1 pear, 1/2 cucumber and 1/2 tsp fresh ginger and smore more ground turkey.

Ok no so terrible for calories today, 1778, carbs 216, fat 48, protein 135.

Alright so I went a little over my sparkpeople recommendations for my goal.  My calorie range is 1290-1640, carbs ok, fat ok, and protein still ok.

Tomorrow will be a better day, right?

Day 5 March 5

Back to work today, great start to the day. Egg Whites, peppers, onion, safflower oil, skim milk, and blueberries. Ok a little over the top on blueberries, but  was hungry, 2 cups of blueberries.

Lunch: 2 turkey muffins, asparagus and reduced carb ketchup.

Snacks: Cottage Cheese 2%, 2 Turkey Muffins, Apples, reduced carb ketchup, veggies finally today, green beans and broccoli

Supper: Ground Turkey, spaghetti sauce, skim milk, red peppers, green beans.

Calories today: 1394, Carbs: 165, Fat 30, Protein 131.

Great day today.

Day 4 March 4

I'm back on the wagon today, over the weekend big surprise I have 60 lbs to lose. Breakfast: egg whites, pepper, onion, safflower oil.  Lunch: turkey muffins, reduced carb ketchup (I love this stuff), asparagus, blueberries.  Snacks: 2% Cottage Cheese, turkey muffins, apple, protein powder. Dinner: Salmon 4 oz, Broccoli, Asparagus, Cranberry Juice.

Total calories today: 1364, carbs:115, fat: 36 grams, protein 147.

A great day today, hope these continue.

Day 3 March 3

Today is a work seminar, my boss, co-workers and myself are headed to a seminar in LaCrosse, WI.  I have strong will power this morning. The day started off with 4 egg whites, red peppers, and onions.  Grabbed my water bottle and out the door I go.

They have some yummy looking gigantic muffins, bagels, and soda pop regular and diet. This is a dental seminar can't we have some healthier choices folks?  I pass up on this early morning. My co-worker has  a muffin it looks delicious. By first break I decide to eat part of a gigantic muffin with water. Well that turns into an entire gigantic muffins, too tasty. 

Lunch time rolls around, it's provided at the seminar, green beans, rice, chicken cordon bleau, salad with creamy dressing choices, and apple pie.  Ok so I'll choose to eat half the cordon bleu. This used to be a staple for my husband and myself, once a week we had this delightful calorie laden stuff, haven't had it in years. What fond memories, I eat the whole thing and throw self restraint out the window at this point. I polish off the salad with ranch dressing, whole chicken cordon bleu, rice, and green beans, I'm going to taste the apple pie filling, it's divine. Most pie crusts aren't flaky enough, but I'll try a bite. It's amazing, so I eat the entire slice of pie. Wow, I've more than exhausted my calorie limit for the day!

The afternoon goes well at the seminar, no treats, I'm full from lunch, but boy it was good.  We finish up the dental seminar and get invited to go to a local Irish Pub for drinks.  I decide to let loose, I haven't drank in years. Started out with cranberry juice and malibu rum. 4 drinks later I'm feeling pretty happy.

Off to supper at Buzzard Billy's, another cranberry and malibu, a strawberry margerita, follow up by a Sex on the Beach. Then onto appetizers and supper.  Appetizers we shared alligator strips and crawfish tails, had just a few, like it mattered at this time.  Supper was Philly Cheesesteak and sweet potato tots. 

Wow you think about 5000 calories today?

Day 3

Saturday, Yikes what a day, I had great intentions and gave in to temptations today.  I had a dental seminar, my morning started out great, but I think I planned poorly for the day, but some of it was unavoidable. Breakfast: eggs, red pepper, onions, safflower oil.  Snack mid morning at my dental seminar was a very tasty, but large muffin.  Lunch provided at the seminar for us, very salty rice, steamed green beans (delicious), chicken cordon bleu, and apple pie. So I thought about eating half the chicken cordon bleu. Well it was too tasty, it used to be a once a week staple years ago in my house before I started eating cleaning, I just couldn't resist. Planned on just tasting the apples in the pie, not eating the crust. That went out the window in a hurry, it was a very tasty pie. It's been a couple years since I had pie, once in awhile, is ok right? 

No break in the afternoon no snacks. We went to a little Irish Pub in LaCrosse, for drinks after the seminar. Drinks I did have, 4 cranberry and Mailbu.  Wow that hit me, I was pretty happy in a hurry and relaxed.  Then onto Buzzard Billy's for supper, I'd never been before. Appetizers for our table was Alligator Strips and crawfish tails.  Deep fried and tasty, sampled 3 or 4 of each. Had 3 more drinks with supper, plus a poor decision made of a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich with sweet potato rounds, sour cream on the side. Yikes, nothing like eating a whole week's worth of calories in a day!

Start over on Sunday!

Day 2

"If you don't have it, you can't eat it".  This is a weight watchers quote, from my meeting last night. Great quote. It goes two ways, first for me it's chocolate and candy. If I don't have them accessible in my house I can't eat it. Second reason is you need fresh fruits, veggies, and lean meats on hand at home to eat them.  For me it's all in prepration of food, I need to roast a few days of veggies and make meatloaf muffins to have on hand to grab and go in the morning. Otherwise fast food is calling my name.  Still at 58.8 lbs to go. Hoping to stay at that level, tomorrow will be a little out of my control.  I have a seminar for work that lasts all day and we will be going out for supper afterwards. I just need to make smart and controlled choices. No cookies during the seminar break and no cheesecake with supper. May my willpower stay strong as it is right now.

What I'm eating today, breakfast: 4 egg whites, red pepper, onion, strawberries with agave nectar, and 1 cup skim milk.  Snacks: 2 turkey muffins, a little ketchup on the side, Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers Market Blend, chobani yogurt, and an apple. We'll see what else comes my way today.

Day 1

Today is the day I am going to keep myself accountable. I'm putting out there my weight loss goals. If I eat a full Hershey's Candy Bar or sneak some of Dawn's awesome Turtle Fudge Sauce, maybe not just some but half a jar's worth. I am going to have that info sprawled across cyberspace. I really don't want to have to report that I ate a 210 calorie Hershey Bar with 13 grams of fat. Was it worth it? Not at all, since the scale creeped up a pound today. I need to stay focused on my goals. So today is the start of day 1 to winning the battle of the bulge. 

What have I done so far today. Eating so far, 5:30 a.m. 4 egg whites, diced red pepper, onion and spinach, 10 a.m. Jamie Eason's Turkey Meatloaf Muffins, some reduced carb ketchup, 1 cup blueberries, 1 p.m. 4 oz salmon, 1/2 cup lentils, 1/2 package Green Giant Healthy Colors Farmers Blend.  Hmmm, I'm starting to get hungry what's next? An apple and 2 more tasty turkey muffins with a tbs of ketchup. Supper, maybe a Sweet Onion Chicken Terriyaki Salad. MMM mmm I can almost taste it now.

Exercise 35 minutes at the gym on the elliptical and burned 300 calories.

I'm having a great day, work is going well, a pretty mellow day. In the works for tonight a little more exercise if I can squeeze it in before my Weight Watchers Meeting. I just joined to support my friend, last month. This will be meeting #3.  I'm hoping this will help in losing the last few pounds I have to go. 

So far I've lost all the weight on my own, no surgeries or magic pills or terribly crazy diets. Hard work, dedication and staying focused on my goals.  The help I have received has been the huge support from my family, friends, co-workers, and most of all the patients that come in to the clinic I work at. They've been a huge motivator for me.  My biggest motivators are my former personal trainer, Ryan, and my current person trainer Luke. They are great support and great motivators for keeping me going and getting done what needs to get done.

Thank you to all of those who have gotten me to where I am today and thank you to those of you who will help me get to where I'm going.