Turkey burger with pepper yoghurt and wedges
A tender turkey burger with roasted pepper sauce and oven wedges.
About 50 min · 595 kcal · 40 g protein per serving
A familiar turkey roll with a small cranberry accent.
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Contains gluten, milk. Check the labels on packaged ingredients:
Split the bread rolls.
Spread the cottage cheese over the bottom half of each and spoon the cranberry sauce over it, 10 g each, spread thinly rather than heaped.
Layer the turkey and cucumber on top and close the rolls.
Eat straight away, or cover and refrigerate them promptly and eat within a day.
Treat cranberry sauce as a measured condiment, not an uncounted garnish. It is mostly sugar, and 20 g between two rolls is the amount the figures below are based on.
One serving is One filled bread roll. You can switch to a smaller portion in the ingredients above; it is three quarters of this, and it contains correspondingly less energy and protein. It is an option, not a goal.
Cooked chicken instead of turkey
Slightly richer and more tender.
Per serving: about 15 kcal more, about 1 g more protein, about 1 g more fat.
Low-fat cottage cheese
Looser; drain it well so the roll does not go soft.
Per serving: about 10 kcal less, about the same protein, about 1 g less fat.
Wholemeal bread instead of rolls
Easier to pack flat, and more fibre.
Per serving: about 15 kcal less, about 2 g more protein, about 2 g less fat.
Per standard serving, calculated from the ingredients above. Nutrition changes with substitutions, brands and how much oil stays in the pan.
A familiar cold lunch. Cottage cheese takes the place of butter or mayonnaise, which is why the protein is high and the fat low for a filled roll.
| Energy | 375 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 39 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| of which saturates | 2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 35 g |
| of which sugars | 6 g |
| Fibre | 3 g |
| Sodium | 590 mg |
Each ingredient’s weight is multiplied by its USDA FoodData Central values per 100 g. The whole recipe is added up and divided by 2. Raw weights are used for meat, fish and vegetables; beans and lentils are drained weights. All of the oil is counted as eaten. Added salt is not included; sodium from stock, bread, cheese and tinned food is.
| Ingredient | Weight used | Source | Energy | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bread rolls | 120 g | FDC 175030Rolls, dinner, wheat | 328 kcal | 10.3 g |
| cottage cheese | 120 g | FDC 172179Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd | 118 kcal | 13.3 g |
| cranberry sauce | 20 g | FDC 173961Cranberry sauce, canned, sweetened | 32 kcal | 0.2 g |
| cooked turkey | 180 g | FDC 171496Turkey, whole, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted | 265 kcal | 54.2 g |
| cucumber | 80 g | FDC 168409Cucumber, with peel, raw | 12 kcal | 0.5 g |
| Whole recipe | Divided by 2 | 754 kcal | 78.6 g |
Per serving the energy is rounded to the nearest 5 kcal, grams to the nearest whole gram and sodium to the nearest 10 mg. Calculation method 1.0, September 2026. How the calculation works.
Checked against US Food and Drug Administration, Refrigerator and Freezer Storage Chart, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, Leftovers and Food Safety, FoodSafety.gov, Safe Minimum Internal Temperatures and FoodSafety.gov, Cold Food Storage Chart. UK guidance from the Food Standards Agency is shorter, at two days for most leftovers.
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About 50 min · 595 kcal · 40 g protein per serving
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