BBQ Turkey Burgers

When looking through my camera, I found these photos and remembered this delicious recipe. With summer coming to an end, this is a great recipe to keep summer going longer. This is a BBQ recipe that you can make indoors. This recipe is full of flavor with some veggies hidden inside.

BBQ Turkey Burgers Ingredients:
1 Lb Ground Turkey Meat
1/4 Cup Chopped Carrots
1/4 Cup Chopped Red Pepper
1/4 Cup of Mashed-up Pirate's Booty White Cheddar Cheese puffs (corn-meal like texture)
1/4 Cup Annie's Natural Organic BBQ Sauce (it's gluten-free and yeast-free)
Ground Pepper, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder to taste
Vegetable Oil
Paper towels

Turkey, Veggies & Cheese Puffs

Now with the BBQ sauce

In a medium bowl, mix turkey meat, carrots, red pepper and spices. Then mix in the mashed-up cheese puffs into the other ingredients. The cheese puffs will act as bread crumbs within the recipe. I often use this as a gluten-free and yeast-free bread crumbs in recipes. Lastly add the BBQ sauces and mix until throughly blended.

 Gluten-free Yeast-free
"Breadcrumbs"

Gluten-free Yeast-free
BBQ Sauce

In a large frying heat pan, heat oil on a medium heat. While the pan is heating, form turkey patties. Place about four patties in pan. Heat once side, flip and then cook the opposite side. Make sure the burgers are cooked thoroughly. Then drain the excess oil on a plate with paper towels.

Frying up the Turkey Burgers

I served these burgers with sweet potato fries. They were awesome and I didn't miss the bun. Enjoy!

Hot and Fresh BBQ Turkey Burgers

This summer, and a Yarn Crawl!

I have been busy this summer with work. Most of that was on a computer, so I didn't always make the time to blog. Sorry, it may happen again. (I don't like to break promises). My hope is to make up for lost time in the days to come, so watch out.
I was counting the amount of knitted projects that I have worked on this summer, and I think it is by far the most knitting I have ever done in such a short time. Realizing that was pretty exciting!

I have knitted a baby blanket, a wine sweater, completed two hats and working on a third. The hats will be upcoming blog posts. Stay tuned for that later...

The Yarn Crawl!
Yarn Crawl, like a pub crawl on instead of hopping from bar to bar, you hop from yarn shop to yarn shop only without the nasty side affect of a hangover.
The city that I live in, hosted on a weekend ago and some friends of mine and I jumped at the chance. There were 12 shops included on the crawl, and we had plans to set out to half the shops but only made it to three shops. I guess that's what happens when you have to personally touch all the yarns and thinking of various projects that the yarn could become. We spent an average of 1.5 hours in each shop and only had a day and half for the crawl. To the victor goes the spoils, and I was victorious by the end of the second day. I found the yarn for a project I have wanted to try for a while at the third shop. I also found a new project and a yarn that I absolutely adore along the way.
This trip solidified a good friendship and my love for cotton and other soft fibers like alpaca and extra fine merino wool. I also discovered my taste in hand-dyed yarn is particular but spot on.

Teasers: I included my spoils of the crawl.

ECO Alpaca 100% undyed baby alpaca fibers

3 hanks at 220 yards/ hank

Free gift: Needle tracker to keep track of which ones you have

88% Bestwash Merino 12% Cashmere
in Forest Fairie
100 grams of goodness

Front of Hand Maiden

Back of Hand Maiden