Recipe Review: Turkey Burgers with Peaches and Blueberries

When I found this recipe a few weeks ago on the blog My Favorite Things I thought it looked good and knew I wanted to make it, but I had a really hard time remembering to buy peaches.  Crazy right since peaches are so delicious!  I finally remembered and boy am I glad I did!  This was so yummy :)

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I made the burgers this afternoon, individually wrapped them in foil and then popped them in the freezer for a couple hours to help them keep shape.  The turkey did not stick together very well with the peach pieces, but after a few hours in the freezer an then and hour in the fridge they were the perfect shape.  Makes me think this would be a great make ahead meal!

As far as taste goes, it was really a great combination of sweet, spicy and salty.  I chose not to serve these with any bread (the recipe calls for serving with garlic toast) so I added .5tsp garlic salt to my peach-blueberry mix and it was perfect!

Overall this was a delicious recipe, so easy to make and will definitely be making its way into our rotation, so long as I remember to buy the peaches!

Turkey Burgers with Peaches and Blueberries

Ingredients:

4 small peaches

1 pound ground turkey

4 slices Monterey Jack or Mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup blueberries

1/4 teaspoon chili powder

1/2 tsp garlic salt

Directions:

Finely chop one of the peaches

Place ground turkey, chopped peach, salt, and pepper in a bowl and mix by hand. Shape turkey mixture into four 1/2-inch-thick patties (if necessary, dampen hands first). 

Grill on the rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium-high heat for 4 to 5 minutes per side or until no pink remains (165 degrees F). Add cheese; cover and cook 1 minute more.*
Meanwhile, coarsely chop remaining peaches. In a large skillet combine peaches, blueberries, garlic salt and chili powder. 

Cook peach mixture stirring occasionally, over medium heat for 5 to 6 minutes or until heated through and juices are beginning to form.

Top turkey burger withsome of the peach mixture and serve.

*Due to rain we had to cook these on a grill pan inside and it took a bit longer, about 10 minutes per side.

**You can adjust the chili powder, garlic salt, salt and pepper to your tastes

***Original recipe called for topping with fresh mint, but I didn't use it so I left it out of th recipe.

Happy Eating! :)

No Sugar Added Raspberry Peach Sorbet

So as you all know by now, we are on a low sugar kick in our household.  We are trying to stick with only natural sugars for the time being like the ones found in fruit.  If you have read any of my recent posts, you also probably know by now that I am a sugar addict!  I also happen to be pretty fond of ice cream.  Combine the sugar addiction, the ice cream obsession fondness and summertime and you have a recipe for a major ice cream craving!  I decided to stick with my low sugar meal plan though and make my own instead of buy some since most store bought ice creams have either tons of sugar or artificial sweeteners.

Ingredients:
2 pints raspberries, frozen
1/4c milk of your choice, I used fat free but you could also use almond, coconut, soy, 1%, etc.
2 fresh, ripe peaches diced
Optional: Honey to taste.  I didn't use any, but this really depends on your taste buds

I started with 2 pints of frozen raspberries.  I purchased these before we went on vacation and froze them using a method I found on the Jewel grocery store website.  The method is quite simple and you don't end up with a pile of stuck together or mushy berries at the end.

Image credit: Jewel foodstores website

I placed all the frozen berries in my blender because it was already out, but you could also use a food processor.  I chopped the berries using the "chop" setting and when they started to look like sand I slowly poured the milk through the opening in the top of the lid (I would not suggest removing the entire lid because you may end up with a big mess).  I continued to blend the mixture until it began to look like sorbet.  At that point I removed the lid and used a spatula to scrape the sorbet into a bowl and mixed in the diced peaches. 

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This recipe was absolutely delicious and definitely satisfied my ice cream craving and the sugar monster!  I will happily be making this again soon.

NOTE: I would suggest serving immediately as when I froze the leftovers to eat later it got really hard and was difficult to eat.

Happy Eating :)