Turkey Burgers

I recently found out that I have high cholesterol. We believe it is most likely hereditary; however, after reading all the side effects of cholesterol lowering medicines and natural vitamins to lower cholesterol, I have decided to try my best to control it without medicines. This is mainly because most of the labels warn against potential side effects for women in their child bearing years. It was too much of a risk for me.

With this in mind, I am trying to cook with more lean meats and less red meats. I have been advised to only have 2-3 4oz servings of red meat a week, and fill the rest of the week with turkey, fish, and chicken.

I decided to try turkey burgers as oppose to the usual hamburgers. I was pleasantly surprised.

I made the turkey burgers in the skillet. I added 2 egg whites and 1 package of dry ranch dressing mix to the ground turkey. I mixed it in a bowl and then made patties out of the meat mixture. I put those on the skillet and cooked the burgers until they were well done.

I used 1 lb of ground turkey which made 5 burgers.

We topped them with our favorite burger toppings and we had a quick, easy meal.

It actually did not taste much different than using beef. My husband was even won over by the turkey! Good thing, because his food life is going to be full of turkey!