Spinach Pancakes and Turkey Burgers

I found 2 recipes that we have made at home recently and they turned out really well! I got them off other blogs, but I'm adding them here so I don't lose them. The first was Spinach pancakes - I looked at a bunch of recipes and decided to go for this one from weelicious- It says it makes 16 - its wrong! We doubled it and it made around 20 average size pancakes.  We made them Sunday night for dinner. Here it is again with the changes we made including doubling it:

• 2 cup packed fresh spinach
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice plus  enough milk to make 2 cups - mixed together to curdle
• 2 large egg
• 2 tablespoon coconut oil
• 2 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt

1. In a blender, combine the spinach, rmilk, egg, and oil and blend until smooth. Add the sugar, baking powder, soda and salt and mix. Mix in flour.  Pour approx 1/4 cupfuls onto hot griddle and cook about 2 mins - or until edges look dry and top has bubbles. Flip and cook the other side.  I calculated about 85 calories per pancake. 
2. 

Picture from Weelicious

Yesterday, I found a recipe at Deals to Meals for chicken burgers and coleslaw. We used to use her service, but not anymore - Most of her recipes are really high calorie or unhealthy, and Ryan felt that doing the our shopping at Smith's was just as good as trying to go everywhere to get her deals - which he is NOT willing to do!  But anyway, this recipe looked pretty good and we had a lot of the stuff it called for that we got from Bountiful Baskets last week. Ryan had also bought some ground turkey because I wanted to try it. I even had a turkey burger at Ballard's Iceberg - it was disappointing! It did not taste the way I remembered it. So we had to make our own.  So here is the recipe re-posted, but with the changes we made. 

Asian Turkey Burgers with Slaw

Slaw Dressing:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup white vinegar or rice vinegar
1 tsp. sesame oil
1 tsp. soy sauce
Salt to taste
1/3 cup sugar, or to taste
Dash Sriracha mustard

Turkey Burgers:
approx 3 lbs. ground turkey
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
2 stalks green onions, sliced
2 Tbs. red onion, diced small
2 tsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. sesame oil
2 Tbs. coleslaw dressing
1 package hamburger buns

Slaw:
1/2 purple cabbage, sliced thin
2 stalks green onions, sliced
1/4 cup cilantro (the rest of the bunch)



Make the coleslaw dressing and set aside. For the burgers, mix together of the ingredients until combined. Heat the BBQ grill. Ryan said the patties did NOT stay together well. He pretty much made them on the grill. He also learned that turkey cooks differently than beef. It did not shrink down like beef does. When our patties were done, we cut them in half - they were a better size for the bun that way. A half a patty was about 2.5 oz and had about 90 calories. Also he said he had to cook them for a longer time at a lower heat. They were delicious! 

While the patties are cooking, make the coleslaw. Mix the veggies, add the dressing and toss to coat. Our Slaw was VERY juicy! When I took my first bite the juice dripped out and Ryan said, "be careful... They rain!" But is was great and the juice was good spooned over the burger too. 

Toast the Hamburger buns. When the patties are done, put a hot patty onto the bottom of the hamburger bun, top with coleslaw and the top bun and serve.

Pic from Deals to Meals - we ate ours too fast for me to get a pic!