Thanksgiving Turkey Burgers with Cranberry Sauce on Pretzel Rolls

Tastefully Simple came out with this Pretzel Roll Mix that I had to try.  Whenever we go out to eat, I always look for the burger or grilled chicken on a pretzel roll.  So instead of making these as just rolls, I wanted them to be big enough to be a bun for a delicious "Thanksgiving" turkey burger with a cranberry sauce!! Yumm!

The pretzel buns were easy to make with only two ingredients needed and easy-to-follow instructions on the box.

Cranberry "Aioli" Sauce

Next, I made my cranberry "aioli" sauce. You need: 

1/2 cup canned cranberry sauce (whole or jellied)

1/2 cup plain greek yogurt

1/2 tsp. apple cider or orange juice

Add all ingredients to food processor and blend.

Chill for 20 minutes or more.  Taste to see if you need to add any more cranberry sauce.  Once chilled, I tasted the greek yogurt more than when I first blended.  

Turkey Burger Recipe

You need (serves 4): 

1 lb. ground turkey

1/4 cup chopped onion

1 1/2 tsp. poultry seasoning

Mix together and separate into 4- 1/4 lb. patties.  Grill or steam, ensuring to cook all the way through. 

Layer your turkey burger and add your fixings.  Unfortunately we had no lettuce, otherwise that would have made it perfect!!! Add some sides, such as sweet potato fries (my favorite!!!) and broccoli (to add some veggies) and enjoy! 

Thoughts of the meal: LOVED the pretzel rolls! They were a huge hit. I made 5 buns out of the package, but I definitely made them too big. I should have flattened them more, making probably 8 buns instead...   The seasoned turkey burgers with the cranberry sauce were the perfect "Thanksgiving" combo.  Cranberry sauce on its own was a bit much, so it has to be a nice balance with other flavors.  Hubby enjoyed the dinner as well, which is an A in my book! :) 

Machine Embroidering on Crocheted Item: Success!

I bought a new sewing/embroidery machine two months ago and I haven't had too much time to play around with it.  My main thoughts behind getting the machine was to monogram towels.  In that process, I haven't found lettering that I really like for "S".  I think they all look like scribbles!

During the search for monogramming, my husband had this great idea to embroider on an ear warmer one of the races that we have completed.  So I ventured into crocheting an ear warmer for him that I was going to embroider "Gulf Beach 13.1" on, except, I made the headband too small.  It just fit me so perfectly though!! Perfect "mistake" right?! ;-)  That's when I decided to embroider "Roxbury 26.2" on it.  This marathon I completed last December in 15 degree, snowy weather.  It was such an awesome race that I signed up again!!! I want to make sure that I am nice and warm for this race and what better way than to show off the race name??

I've never embroidered on crochet and couldn't find much information about it so I treated it like it was a towel.  With towels, there is the concern that the needle will get caught on the material and pull, making it difficult to embroider.  That is when I found wonderful information on the web to use a water soluble stabilizer on top of the towel and a tear-away, or cut-away, stabilizer underneath.

I did the same thing with the crochet and it worked! Be careful not to pull your crochet too tight when putting it in the hoop, otherwise it will stretch and could pucker your work.

Happy crocheting and embroidering!! :)