Turkey Burgers and Fries

It rained ALL day today!  I gave tours this morning and it was not the most enjoyable experience.  On the bright side, even if there was no sun today, my friend Natalie and I made turkey burgers and fries tonight.  You see, Natalie is on the women's basketball team here at Stony Brook, and she eats very healthy so we did turkey and baked fries.  Aren't I cool for knowing a basketball player?

Baked French Fries

2 medium russet potatoes

oil for drizzling

salt to taste

Turkey Burgers

1 lb. ground turkey

1/2 c. bread crumbs

1/4 c. teriyaki sauce

1 t. garlic powder

1/2 t. pepper

1/2 t. salt

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees for both the burgers and fries.

Natalie was in charge of the fries, and thanks to Natalie's mom for helping us tonight!  She washed our potatoes and cut them very nicely I must say.

Hi, Natalie!  She's #15 so watch her!

She then soaked the fries in a big bowl of water for about half an hour.  Natalie then drained and dried them before putting them on the baking sheet.

I have one of those cool pop up colanders.

We spread the fries out, and next, we drizzled oil over them and salted them.  They went into the oven for about 40 minutes to really crisp up.

They look like the fries from the fair back home!

Now for the burgers!

Combine all of the ingredients above!  Easy, right?

Turkey: it's what's for dinner.

Form patties and put them on a baking sheet.

To the oven!

These went in the oven for about 15-20 minutes.  Now, hopefully you have timed your baking better than we did so everything is done at the same time.  Oh well, it all tasted great!

All done and no grease!

When you don't have a toaster, use your stove!

Hooray!  So professional too!

I put a slice of cheese on mine.  I do not have ketchup so Natalie used a little spaghetti sauce on her fries and burger.  We should count to see how many times I've used spaghetti sauce for something other than pasta.