Prep Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Makes 4 - 6 burgers
Ingredients
Makes 4 - 6 burgers
Ingredients
400g turkey mince
50g white breadcrumbs
2 tbsp olive oil
50g white breadcrumbs
2 tbsp olive oil
2 medium onions finely chopped
1 small apple, peeled and grated
1 tsp fresh sage leaves
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Time Saver Tip
Chopping the onions can take a bit of time. Waitrose do a great bag of frozen onions that works well and they do fresh breadcrumbs. Keep some in the freezer if you want to make life really easy.
Our bodies do not make Tryptophan - an important building block for Serotonin so we must meet all of our requirements by eating tryptophan rich foods such as Turkey. It is also important to eat with carbohydrate to maximise the Tryptophan available to the brain.
See also Turkey Burgers - Thai Style
1 small apple, peeled and grated
1 tsp fresh sage leaves
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
1. Heat oil in a frying pan and soften the chopped onion for 5-10 mins until translucent then cool.
2. Place all of the ingredients including the oinions in a large bowl and combine thoroughly.
3. Form into burger shapes using your hands (dusted with a little flour). Freeze at this stage if desired.
4. Heat oil in a large pan and fry burgers for 5-7 mins on each side until cooked through (12-15 mins from frozen).
2. Place all of the ingredients including the oinions in a large bowl and combine thoroughly.
3. Form into burger shapes using your hands (dusted with a little flour). Freeze at this stage if desired.
4. Heat oil in a large pan and fry burgers for 5-7 mins on each side until cooked through (12-15 mins from frozen).
4. Serve in wholemeal or seeded rolls with salad and tomatoes.
Time Saver Tip
Why is it Good Mood Food?
These burgers provide high quality protein and carbohydrate, are low fat and low GI. It is important to eat them with carbohydrate to maximise their contribution to mood.
Turkey is a great source of Tryptophan - an amino acid used in our bodies to make the brain chemical Serotonin. Low levels of Serotonin can be associated with feelings of depression and poor sleep. In fact most anti-depressant medications act to alter how our brains produce and use Seratonin.
These burgers provide high quality protein and carbohydrate, are low fat and low GI. It is important to eat them with carbohydrate to maximise their contribution to mood.
Turkey is a great source of Tryptophan - an amino acid used in our bodies to make the brain chemical Serotonin. Low levels of Serotonin can be associated with feelings of depression and poor sleep. In fact most anti-depressant medications act to alter how our brains produce and use Seratonin.
Our bodies do not make Tryptophan - an important building block for Serotonin so we must meet all of our requirements by eating tryptophan rich foods such as Turkey. It is also important to eat with carbohydrate to maximise the Tryptophan available to the brain.
See also Turkey Burgers - Thai Style
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