Baked Beet Falafels

Okay, I like beets now..it's a thing. I also love falafel's so why not mix the two? You get an incredible color from these and they're delicious. This was my lunch today, I just broke the falafel up on a Flatout wrap, added some kale, crunchy cole slaw mix, bell peppers, cucumber and topped with a little bit of Drew's Organics peppercorn ranch dressing. So good! I wish I would have gotten a better picture of the whole falafel! Oh wellll.....let's make 'em!

serving size: 12 falafels

What you need:

• 1 can of chickpeas
• 2 medium sized cooked beets, diced
• 1-2 teaspoons minced garlic
• little bit of avocado oil
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• 1/4 cup oats
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 red onion, diced
• 1/2 cup cilantro, roughly chopped
• handful of parsley

What you need to do:

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
3. Honestly, I threw all of the ingredients in my food processor and processed! That easy
4. Form into 12 balls and smoosh them down on the parchment paper
5. Bake for 15 minutes, then flip and bake 15 more minutes
6. Remove from oven and enjoy!

Greek Turkey Burgers

This recipe was taken from my new Cooking Light magazine that came in the mail. Although, of course, I added to it, switched some things around and made it my own. This came together super quick, like our Banza mac n' cheese took longer to make! Sean had his burgers on a bun but keeping with the whole "Greek theme" I threw mine into half a whole wheat pita! It was great. The burgers were nice and juicy and had great flavor. This will definitely be a repeat dinner for me (especially in the summer!)

serving size: 4 burgers

What you need:

• 1 pound lean, ground turkey
• 1/4 mayo (I used Just's vegan mayo)
• whole wheat bread crumbs, I just eyeballed this so maybe a tablespoon?
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper divided
• 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
• half a lemon, juiced
• olives I used about 1/4 of manzanilla olives because that's all I had on hand
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• sliced cucumber and red onion
• whole wheat buns or whole wheat pita's

What you need to do:

1. Combine ground turkey, mayo, bread crumbs, oregano, cumin, salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper in large bowl
2. Form mixture into 4 patties
3. Grease a skillet over medium high heat 
4. In a separate bowl, mix Greek yogurt, lemon juice, chopped olives, garlic and 1/8 teaspoon of pepper to make your sauce
5. Once skillet is heated, add your burgers
6. Cook 5-6 minutes each side
7. Slice up your onion and cukes and top your burgers with them and your yogurt sauce
8. Eat it, yum!