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In the search for fun, easy and healthy summer recipes, I came across Greek turkey burgers from Iowa Girl Eats. I’ve been wanting to try these for a while — and, bonus — you can make a bunch of patties ahead of time and freeze them for later use.

In the mix for turkey burgers (IGE’s original recipe):

• 1lb 99% fat-free, lean turkey breast
• ~3/4 package frozen spinach, thawed and excess water squeezed out
• ~1/4 cup feta cheese
• ~8 sundried tomatoes, hydrated and chopped
• 1/4 cup red onion, minced
• salt, pepper, dried oregano & dried thyme
• to this we added 2 cloves of garlic

We also made coleslaw to go with. I used this recipe from Real Simple, but used red cabbage instead of regular cabbage. We added extra green onions and skimped on the raisins.

Patty action — and did I mention that we found a Fonzie tumbler at a local antique shop?  A-mazing! It’s our most coveted possession. And now Mark has a glass to use when I use my Care Bear glasses.

These need to cook at a lower heat to make sure the turkey gets done and not burnt on the outside and undone in the middle.

Mark doing his best Fonzie impression.

And the finished product — with piña coladas.  Awesome! We now make these turkey burgers about once a week.

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Warning: These are in no way shape or form healthy. But, they are awesome. And amazing. And fabulous.

Mark decided that instead of pizza, that we’d do something a bit different and make calzones.

Holy lord look at those fillings … soooo yummy!

I don’t have a recipe per say, but I do have a small how-to.  Use whatever dough recipe and sauce recipe you want. Also, you can add as much or as little of the ingredients as you want. I’d be interested in any suggestions for additional ingredients.

1. Make pizza dough and separate into softball sized balls.
2. Roll out each ball to about 1/4 an inch thick.
3. Gather your fillings. We used mozzarella, onion, fresh spinach, cottage cheese, italian seasoning, pepperoni, italian sausage, tomato and tomato sauce.
4. Mix fillings together in a large bowl.
5. Scoop 1-1.5 c of your filling into the middle of the dough.
6. Fold in half. Fold the bottom edge over the top edge and crimp to seal.
7. Cut a couple slits in the top of the calzone.
8. Bake in a preheated 425° oven for 30-40 minutes, or until crust is golden and cheeses are melted.

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