Beat high blood pressure with breakfast sausage patties

For a satisfying Sunday breakfast, you can't beat savoury homemade sausage. By making these patties with turkey breast and some secret ingredients, the fat content falls to just 1 gram apiece! Here's a great recipe for adding this heart healthy dish to your breakfast table.

Preparation time 10 minutes

Cooking time 6 minutes

Serves 12 

• 500 g (1 lb) skinless, boneless turkey breast
• 175 g (3/4 c) cooked brown or basmati rice
• 50 g (1/4 c) pureed prunes
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) Dijon mustard
• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) dried sage
• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) dried rosemary

1. Cut turkey breast into large chunks. Place in food processor and pulse until coarsely ground.

2. Transfer ground turkey to medium bowl. Add rice, pureed prunes, mustard, sage and rosemary, and stir to just combine.

3. Shape mixture into twelve 5-centimetre (2-inch) patties. Spray a broiler pan with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat broiler.

4. Place patties on pan and broil 10 centimetres (4 inches) from heat, turning once, until cooked through, about 3 minutes per side.

• For easier mornings, make the sausage patties the night before. Store them on a platter covered with plastic wrap in the refrigerator. Add an extra 30 seconds or so per side to the cooking time to compensate for the fact that the meat is chilled.
• You can substitute ground white-meat chicken breast or lean ground pork for the turkey.

Pureed prunes, also known and sold as prune butter, are great for healthy cooking. They replace the fat in this recipe, and can also be used as a fat substitute in baking.

Each serving (1 patty) provides:

Key nutrients: 100 Calories, 5 Calories from Fat, 1 g Fat, 0 g Saturated Fat, 0 g Trans Fat, 10 g Protein, 12 g Carb, 1 g Fibre, 35 mg Sodium

Blood pressure nutrients: 0 mg Vitamin C, 28 mg Magnesium, 184 mg Potassium, 11 mg Calcium