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Garden Vegetable Turkey Burgers

Maris Callahan — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 21:10:20 +0000

Garden vegetable turkey burgers are low-carb, gluten-free, high in protein and packed with delicious flavor for a quick and easy work night dinner or backyard barbecue. Burgers are always a quick and easy option when you want a no-frills grilled dinner, but sometimes it’s fun to dress them up and take them to the next level. Even though my boyfriend and I are well established omnivores, we are moving into a new apartment together next week and once we get settled, have vowed to eat a little healthier. Everyone knows that the chaotic weeks leading up to moving aren’t the time to start any kind of new eating or fitness plan, so I’ve been experimenting with different ways to take some of our favorite meals and make them a little more nutritious. There are plenty of ways to vary up burgers — with tuna, salmon, ground chicken or even black beans. One of my favorite swaps for red meat is ground turkey. The problem is that it’s super, super easy to dry out ground turkey and dry turkey burgers are a very good reason to never make turkey burgers again. Of course, if you do it right, turkey burgers can […]

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Summer Heirloom Tomato Salad

Maris Callahan — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 05:00:49 +0000

Heirloom tomato salad made with corn, red onion, string beans and a handful of fresh herbs mixed with a summery vinaigrette and feta cheese is a perfect summer salad to serve at a picnic, cookout, or even as a late Saturday or Sunday afternoon lunch. I’d like to know: who was it that decided to put lettuce in salads? I’m not saying there is anything wrong with lettuce salads. Or spinach salads, arugula salads or even kale salads for that matter. What I am saying, though, is that salads are perfectly good without lettuce, especially in the peak of the summer when fruits and vegetables are arguably at their freshest. Before we talk about heirloom tomatoes, let me tell you a little sob story. Well, one might call it a first world problem but for the sake of this story, it’s a sad one. Last summer, the beautiful Green City Market farmers’ market that Chicago is known for opened a little outpost in a parking lot about three blocks from my apartment building. I loved it and took Henry there every weekend to sniff the basil plants and say hello to the different vendors. I tried to buy as many […]

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