More Meat and Eggs Recipes For Better Health and Fitness

 Tracy came up with this awesome meal.  She made these green chili burgers, and topped them with beef bacon (from Trader Joe's) and eggs.  The recipe for the burgers:

2 lbs. ground beef, 80/20 preferred
1/4 to 1/2 cup canned green chilis
1/4 large onion, diced
1 tsp crushed red pepper
lemon zest from about 1/2 lemon
1 tsp oregano
2 -4 T fresh mozzarella cheese, pulled apart into small chunks
salt and black pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients, form into patties, and cooked in a mix of olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat.  Meanwhile cook the bacon and eggs in a separate pan.  When you finish the burgers, put fresh spinach in the pan to collect all the fat and juices. Serve burgers topped with bacon and eggs, and spinach on the side.

I made the turkey legs for this meal by roasting them for about 8 hours in a 200 degree oven in my Le Creuset pot.  I seasoned them with mild Mexican red pepper, poultry herbs, and liquid smoke. I made gravy by thickening the turkey juices with arrowroot powder.  We had sauteed onions, cabbage, carrots, and kale on the side.
 

We made these burgers by mixing some fresh mozzarella, about 10 chopped Kalamata olives and olive juice, some dried oregano, and two cloves of pressed garlic into a pound of lean ground beef.  Tracy fried them in a mix of butter and olive oil.   We topped them with slices of beef bacon.  We had leftover vegetables with them:  sauteed kale, carrots, and onions, and a mixed salad.