Turkey Burgers and Oven-baked Curly Fries – Getting Our Burger Fix the Healthy Way!

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healthy, Oven Baked, Oven Fried, Seasoned Curly Fries, Turkey Burger

  
I love a good burger and fries, but lets face it, it is usually a fat & calorie packed meal. Last night I needed a fix, so I decided to put a healthy spin on an American classic. We had turkey burgers on whole wheat buns with lots of good toppings and oven-baked curly fries. These curly fries were well seasoned and had a nice little spice to them. It was a very satisfying, delicious meal.

For the turkey burgers, I used Jenny-O turkey patties and seasoned them with my home-made barbecue rub. I always keep some of this rub on hand for just such a night. It was rainy where we live, so instead of barbecuing our burgers I cooked them in my grill pan on the stove top. They still tasted great! For toppings we had tomato slices, onion slices, dill pickle slices, avocado slices, crispy bacon, mayo, Ketchup, mustard. Get creative and top your burger they way you please!

The seasoning for my fries was inspired by another blogger. I did add some salt though and decided to use my spiralizer and make curly fries rather than wedges, as they did.

Oven-baked Curly Fries

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp salt

3 large russet potatoes

2 tbsp olive oil

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a bowl, mix together first 5 ingredients. To make curly fries, use a spiralizer to cut potatoes. Cut potato spirals into small manageable sizes as they can be rather long. I chose to leave the skin on. You can also cut your potatoes into wedges. You may need to increase cooking times for larger cuts. In a large bowl, drizzle cut potatoes with olive oil and toss to coat. Sprinkle seasoning mix over fries and toss to coat. You may not need to use all of your mix. It just depends how seasoned you like your fries.

Spread potatoes on a baking sheet sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake for 30 minutes. For crispier fries, turn oven up to 500 degrees and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes.

Tip: I cut my potatoes into a bowl containing water to prevent potatoes from turning brown.

Baked Beer Battered Fish Tacos – Delicious and Healthy!

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Baked, Beer Batter, Beer Battered, Cooking, Fish, Fish Tacos, Food, healthy, low-fat, Oven Baked, Oven Fried

   

Our famly LOVES fish tacos!!! We try them wherever we can and we have a favorite restaurant version, but that’s another blog post.

I had some cod in the freezer, so I decided to make some oven baked fish tacos. Cod is one of my favorite fish to use when making fish tacos. When out, I also enjoy mahi mahi. I do prefer the taste of fried fish over grilled in tacos, but we all know that’s not the healthy choice. I have made oven baked fried chicken and oven baked fries, so I thought I would give oven fried fish a try. And there is no better fried fish than beer battered fried fish!

My healthier version turned out prestty darn good, so i just know all you foodies wanna know how I did it and I love to share. Here you go…

Baked Beer Battered Fish Tacos

4 – 6 cod fillets

2 cups flour

1/4 cup corn starch

2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

1 1/2 tsp paprika

1 1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp black pepper

2 cups bread crumbs

1 cup beer

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix flour, corn starch, salt, cayenne, paprika, garlic powder, and pepper. Remove and set aside 1 cup of the flour mixture. Stir beer into original container of flour mixture untill well blended. Pour bread crumbs in a separat bowl. Dredge cod in 1 cup of flour mixture that you set aside, then dip in beer/flour mixture, and then dredge in bread crumbs. Place fish on baking pan sprayed with cooking spray. Before baking spray the top of all fish with some more cooking spray. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown.

Serve your fish with tortillas of your choice. I like low-fat flour tortillas, but my family likes the corn tortillas fried in vegetable oil. Top with what ever you fancy; salsa, sour cream (I use fat free), onions, peppers, diced radish, guacamole (a must!!!), cheese (again, I use fat free), and whatever else sounds tasty. 

We usually serve our tacos with some fat free refried beans and rice made with salsa.

Ole! A healthy version of fried fish tacos!!!