Not Mar-a-Lago Turkey Burger

This recipes comes after seeing Oprah's favorite Turkey Burger. After I looked at the recipe I made my version and WOW, crazy delicious!


Recipe:
1/2 Pound Ground Turkey
1/2 Green Apple Diced
1tblsp Chutney (I use Trader Joes Apple Cranberry)
1tblsp Salsa (I feel this could be optional)
1 to 2 Green onion (depends on size of green onion)
1 tsp Olive olive
6 Saltine Crackers crushed (whatever crackers you have on hand will do)
Pepper


Mix it all together and form patties. This recipes makes 2 good size patties. When the patties are cooking don't worry about how brown they are getting. The sugars in the apple, onion and chutney are carmelizing.


I have made them with all white ground turkey and a mix of white and dark. The white and dark mix comes out so moist. Use can use whatever you want, they still come out amazing.


ENJOY!

Coconey Smoothie

So for the first post, I decided to do something that I have been obsessed with for the last 3 months. A coconut smoothie. A friend of ours (Susan Courtney) introduced us to this. It will fill you up without weighing you down. It's great for lunch. You will be using mostly ingredients that you have never used before. One being a whole Thai coconut. You have seen them in the store and never thought twice about it. Coconut and the water inside is so good for you.
Here is a list of what you will need:
Raw Organic Cacao Powder ( I get this at whole foods. It's $9.98 for an 8oz bag. )
Thai Coconut (or Coconut water) I prefer the whole coconut.
Bananas
Rice Milk (You can use any milk, regular, soy and rice)
Ice

Recipe:
1 1/2 to 2 cups Coconut water (thats how much each Thai Coconut yields)
Flesh of the coconut (Scrap the inside of the coconut)
2 heaping Tbsp of Raw Cacao Powder
2 to 3 Bananas (depends on size of bananas)
1 cup Rice Milk
1 Heaping Tbsp of Psyllium Husk (optional)
1 Handful of ice

Opening the coconut is tricky and gets easier the more you do it. So get a strong knife and give it a whack. Hack a small opening at the top. Pour water into blender
and scrape the inside of the coconut of all it's fleshy goodness.




Then add the cacao powder, bananas and ice.
Blend it up until smooth.

I call that the basic power smoothie. You can build on that anyway you want. I add Psyllium husk, blueberries or what every frozen fruit I get at Trader Joe's. Whole Foods has frozen Acai which is so good and good for you. So enjoy it anyway you want. Leave a comment on what you do to make it your own.