Happy Birthday Virgos + Yummy Turkey Burgers

As of September 8th this week, I am 22-years-old. I don’t see any point in getting in older after 21, but what can you do….

Regardless of not wanting to get older (I’m still really young, I know…), I love birthdays! I support any excuse to eat cake and party.

My 19th birthday....what a great year!

Any other September babies out there???

I don’t really buy into astrology much, but just for fun, here are some characteristics of people born in September (from astrostar.com):

• You are intellectual, very critical, picky, and you tend to work too hard (ha! I’m actually very laid back and like to be lazy sometimes) 
• You are a master of communication and the option to become a speaker or great writer is offered to you (does having a food blog count??)
• Some are overwhelmed with health matters and turn themselves into health lunatics (almost, haha)
• Your body and metabolism are both well equipped to deal with all types of food, including red meat (yay! this is true…I like to eat everything and very luckily have no allergies/intolerances)
• If your natural desire for perfection prevails and you eliminate this “red” source of food, you must then substitute it with different red foods such as red wine, hot peppers or other thermogenic foods. (so if I don’t want steak, I can drink red wine instead. I love this horoscope!)
• All souls born in September are accident prone to head trauma and violent death (uh, oh…I am clumsy and accident prone…I better watch out!)

Moving onto some good food! I bought some all natural, vegetarian fed, humanly raised, no hormones, etc. ground turkey meat at the store for turkey burgers. Ground meat sketches me out a little…who knows how many different animals/ parts of different animals go into that blob of meat?? Wow, writing that almost made me want to go vegetarian, but I figured my super organic turkey meat was safe.

I looked up some turkey burger recipes, but then decided I did not feel like following directions or measuring things. So I made up my own very simple recipe.

Tyler’s Quick and Easy Turkey Burgers (because dinner shouldn’t take long to make when you are hungry!)

• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 egg, beaten
• Seasoning of choice (I used some cajun seasoning…1/2 tablespoon-ish?)
• 1/2 cup of oats (instead of breadcrumbs)

Mix everything together, form into 5 patties. I cooked my in a pan, but I’m sure they’d be awesome on a grill!

I put mine over a bed of sauteed baby spinach and topped it with sliced asiago cheese and local tomatoes. Mmmmm…..yes!

So I have four more turkey burgers to eat. I need more ways to eat them. Maybe on a sandwich with avocado or covered in taziki sauce served with roasted eggplant…. Any more ideas?? I’d love to hear them!