Easy, Easy Turkey Taco Burgers

The husband and I are going on a week now of battling colds in our house. Actually, he went and got himself an ear infection; I just have the usual lovely early winter cold symptoms. Everyone at work seems to have them, too. It's awesome.


So the husband and I did some grocery shopping yesterday, but that was about it. Today was reserved for Christmas tree decorating - and then napping. 

It was a simple day that called for a simple dinner that didn't require much work on either of our parts.

Spinach-Stuffed Turkey Meatballs

Turkey Meatball Sandwiches

When I'm flipping through a cookbook looking for a new recipe to try out on the husband, I skim the ingredients. If I have all of them in the house, I stick a ripped piece of paper, junk mail, a card, a school picture of my brother, or whatever I can find in there to mark the page. So that's exactly what I did with this recipe a couple of weeks ago. I knew I had all of the ingredients in the house, but I completely forgot what they included except the turkey.

I got all of my ingredients out on the counter and realized, in addition to the spinach the husband wasn't excited about eating in his turkey meatballs, the recipe called for something else I wasn't sure the husband would go for: old-fashioned oats. Boy was I happy he wasn't home to watch me make dinner.

Nacho Typical Dinner

There was a night years and years ago when my stepmother wasn't going to be home to make dinner and it was up to me to cook for Da. Well, I thought we should eat Chicken Caesar Salads for dinner. Yup, I suggested my meat-loving father eat a big salad for dinner. Surprisingly, my daddy man agreed to the meal. My stepmother was shocked. She couldn't believe that man would eat a salad for dinner and be cool with it. But, lucky for me, he was. 

I couldn't help but think of that night when I told the husband I wanted to make nachos for dinner. I'll admit, even to me, this meal definitely sounded more like happy hour fare than a regular Wednesday night meal, but I really wanted to make it. So I asked the husband pretty, pretty please?