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These turkey patties are great to make your own sausage-egg-and-cheese sandwiches at home, or served alongside eggs, pancakes, or french toast. The mixture is also delicious if (instead of forming into patties) you brown it in a skillet and serve it mixed with tomato sauce over your favorite whole wheat pasta, or cut the potatoes a little larger and serve it as you would traditional “hash”. Using a potato in the mixture makes these patties really hearty. Try experimenting with different spices and sauces in the mixture for a variety of different tastes. If you happen to come up with a particularly “yummy” version that you like even better- send me an email- I’d love to try it!

1 large peeled potato

1 large onion

1/2 pound lean ground turkey breast

1 large egg white

1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce (I usually don’t have this on hand and wind up using soy sauce instead!)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 teaspoon dried sage

1 teaspoon dried parsley

Grate the potato and onion into a large bowl (I usually just use the food processor for this). Stir in the ground turkey, egg white, worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, sage and parsley. Shape mixture into 16 round patties (about 3- 3 1/2 inches each). Spray a large non-stick skillet with cooking spray and place it over medium high heat. Add the sausage patties (as many as you can fit in the skillet, while keeping it one layer) and cook until browned (about 4- 5 minutes on each side. Serve warm, or let cool, wrap in individual servings with plastic wrap and then foil, and freeze to reheat in the microwave whenever you’d like.

Makes 4 servings (4 patties per person). Per serving: 107 calories, 2 g total fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat, 7 mg carbohydrates, 2 g fiber, 0 g added sugar, 11 g protein, 246 mg sodium, 17 mg cholesterol.