Ground Turkey Onion Burgers

Hi ya! I hope you had a nice two weeks while I was away. Most importantly, I hope you had a nice Mother's Day if you celebrated it. I've been a bit under the weather for the last week but went to church Sunday because we had the Mass with the kids choir. It went very well.

After Mass, I went to Mom's house and cooked dinner for her and my brother. We really had a great time and of course, dinner was great. After that, they wanted to get out and I came home, took some stuff for my cold and cough and snoozed out for a few hours. I'm still a bit shakey and have a little temperature, but I will get better.

This is the last 2 weeks of American Idol if you watch it and we're having a good time trying to figure out who stays and who goes. Hmmm. Syesha's next. Easy one.

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The Recipe

It was kind of cold, wet and rainy here in St. Louis yesterday and not too many were out doing any grilling. But for the next few weeks, I am going to have some great BBQ recipes for you. Let's start with this one. Ground turkey is mixed with onions, garlic powder, parsley, BBQ sauce, American cheese, tomato and lettuce and served on a bun.

Ground Turkey Onion Burgers

1 whole sweet vidalia onion
1 1/4 lb fresh ground turkey (43% less fat on package)
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp parsley flakes
1 tsp sugar
1 to 1 1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Hamburger buns
Your favorite barbecue sauce
4 to 5 slices American cheese
Tomato
Lettuce
Pickle (optional)

Peel and chop onions coarsely (1/4 X 1/4 inches.) Heat 2 Tbsp olive oil in skillet on medium heat. Add onions, sugar, a pinch of salt, garlic powder, and black pepper to taste. Stir onions and allow them to sweat then continue cooking until a light brown edge forms on the onions.

Remove pan from stove and set aside. Add garlic powder, parsley flakes, and salt then mix thoroughly together with ground turkey. Add the cooked onions to the ground turkey and mix well.

Form meat into 4 to 5 patties of about 1/4 pound each. Grill just off the heat. Grill about 5 to 6 minutes on each side until clear juices run when lightly pressed with a spatula.

Building your burger: Bun on bottom barbecue sauce to taste turkey patty tomato cheese lettuce (pickles optional) more barbecue sauce bun on top.

Great with french fries, potato chips or any simple side. Like my potato salad. yum!

Buon appetito!

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Rescu-Pup's Corner
Learn and Laugh with Rescu-Pup

Thanks, Kieto, for the funny story about Boxcar Pete and the three blind mice! We get nice letters from families with sons and daughters in the Armed Forces. We are thankful for people in the Armed Forces.

Well, hi, everyone! I missed you over the last two weeks...Hope you had fun! This is your pal Rescu-Pup...

Would you like to hear about a special parade I went to on Saturday? Of course, we all know what a parade is, but did you know there is a word in Spanish that means the same thing? The word is parada. Hey, let's learn the Spanish word for tater tots... It's los tater tots! This little lesson tells you that...

1. Rescu-Pup likes to learn languages and he likes fast food.
2. Rescu-Pup is silly, but he acts better when he eats Kieto's recipes.

All right, Mighty Minds, choose 1. or 2.--but you may like both answers.

The parade on Saturday was called "The Pooch Parade." You never saw so many dogs, all dressed-up! There was a tiny chihuahua (chee-wa-wa) in a green "Tinkerbell" costume. Another dressed-up dog was a boxer who looked like "The King of Sparkling, Shiny Rainbows"--fanciest outfit you ever saw! Yeah, you want to know what my outfit was... would you believe me if I said I went as a Giant Tater Tot? It's okay if you want to borrow my idea for next Hallowe'en...

I'm proud to be your friend, Rescu-Pup

To reply to Rescue Pup's Corner, reply back to me. I'll see she gets it. Thanks Rescue-Pup!

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Our Friends

Hi keith, thank you for the beautiful song mf it brought tears to my eys and it made me miss my mother alot she passed away suddenly 6 years ago and still feels like it was yesterday .Thank you for sharing your mom with us she has a beautiful voice and she is a beautiful lady your family is truely blessed with a beautiful loving Mom. Please give her a Happy Mother's day hug from me ty mf . I never get tired of listening to you sing mf if you were closer I'd be bugging to sing to me all the time . Glad you are back mf we missed you . Hugs to you and to Ziggy too mf. Mary,from Pa,

Thanks Mary. Glad you enjoyed the song and happy to hear from you. It's been a long time! Hope you are doing well. Kieto

Wish your Mom a Happy Mother's Day for me. My Mother's Day will be quiet as my daughter is in Minnesota visiting her boyfriend's mother who is on her 3rd bout with cancer. They don't know if this will be the last Mother's Day to share with her. I'm okay with that- I have my dog Angel who is a character. She is 8 lbs and filled with energy that I wish i was able to have part of it. Hey, she is litter box trained. Great for me, I live on the 2nd floor in an apartment and living in Az the summer days are just to hot to go out --- 115 degrees some days. Nancy

No heat here yet. Still a bit nippy for May. Check this out this Mother and Daughter song I wrote! http://www.kieto.com/MotherandDaughter.mp3

Hi, Just to tell you how nice to see you again. Missed you. Time went fast to you and slow to me. I am doing about same- pretty good. More later. Hello Mom I hope you have a beautiful ,feel good, Mother's Day. Love hearing from you. Get Kieto to send an email(ha). Pouring in NJ. Went to hosp. at 7AM for blood work. Pick up for #19 radiation at 12:30. Then home to stay. Take care. Enjoy life every day. Love and prayers, Marion. Kieto the same to you. Look forward to hear about jury and story. More love and Thanks, MM

Like Mom says, hang in there kiddo. She's made some great friends from this ezine and so have I. you take care. Kieto

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See ya Wednesday!!