Hello wonderful readers! Today’s 60 degree weather has put me in an exceptionally good mood 🙂 I’ve been trying to take an extra walk with Luna outside every day that the weather’s nice. As I found out from her vet appointment on Monday, she has really put on some winter weight 🙁 So she’s now getting extra walks, and longer walks.

Today’s recipe is another in my series of low carb dishes: Turkey Quinoa Mini Burgers. I’m all about cooking big batches of things and then freezing anything that I won’t finish in a week. I definitely don’t feel like cooking most days when I get home from work, so I tend to do all my cooking on the weekend and then just eat leftovers all week. That’s what works for me, and these mini burgers fit in perfectly with that plan.

These little gems were cooked in muffin tins, and I would then just eat two or three at a time for a meal depending on how hungry I was. These were incredibly easy to make. Here’s how:

Print Turkey and Quinoa Mini Burgers Yield: 15 mini burgers Serving Size: 1 mini burger Ingredients: 1 lb ground turkey

1 cup cooked quinoa

1 cup low fat cottage cheese

2-3 cloves of garlic, minced

1 tsp of Italian Medley seasoning

1 extra large egg

Method: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Spray a muffin tin generously with non-stick spray. Using your hands, take about a heaping 1/4 cup of the mixture into your palm and roll it gently into a ball/patty shape, and place each patty into a muffin well. Bake for 40 minutes in the preheated oven. Notes Macros: kcal = 75 FAT = 3 grams PRO = 9 grams CHO = 3 grams 3.1 http://www.healthyvittlesandbits.com/2014/03/12/turkey-and-quinoa-mini-burgers/

How easy is that? Super easy.

If you want, you could eat these little guys with slider buns, but of course doing the low carb thing, I just ate them plain (or with some Ranch dressing) – No Bun Needed!

This recipe made about 15 mini burgers. Here is the nutrition info:

Yield: 15 burgers

Serving Size: 1 burger

kcal = 75

FAT = 3 grams

PRO = 9 grams

CHO = 3 grams

In other news, I was recently accepted as a FitFluential Ambassador, which is super exciting. This means that soon I will hopefully get to start reviewing some new fitness/workout gear and letting you know what I think. I’ve been wanting to work more fitness posts into the blog anyway, so this will be a great opportunity to do so.

Tell me, how are you enjoying this warm weather outside?

Are you running? Walking? Biking?

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