It isn't easy being green.

So, those turnip greens I bought.  My great idea this time was to hide them in hamburgers.  Well, lets just say, they aren't very hidden!  

I'm sorry, I have to laugh... I didn't think this at the time, but in the close up picture it kind of looks like horse manure!!   Luckily, they didn't taste like it...  :)   It's kind of funny though, they look normal on the outside, but you'd take one bite, see the green, and think "what the heck is this?!"

I pureed a whole 'bunch' of turnip greens with one cup of water.  (afterword I thought that it was too much water)  It made about 2 cups of very green puree.

I took 1 lb of ground beef, the usual seasonings... salt and pepper, Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, some garlic powder, some barbeque sauce... ummm, I think that is all.

I mixed in the puree, and it turned it so green!  Right then I thought "oh man, these are going to taste like grass!"

As you saw, I made them anyway, and while we could taste the greens, it wasn't too bad (as in, it didn't taste like grass).  It had sort of a 'bite' to it.  Which one can expect in turnip greens.  Maybe in the future I'd only do half a cup of puree?
 
The Verdict:
And I quote.  "You could call them alien burgers.  Or dinosaur burgers."

Which, actually is not a bad idea at all.  We do have a son, who will one day have a dinosaur birthday party, so I just might have to make these again.  ;)

The only problem is that I still have a cup of turnip green puree... only now I am afraid to use it!   What do you think about putting it in a boxed brownie mix, adding mint extract, and trying to pass them off as mint chocolate brownies!?    (I just realized that no one is ever going to trust my cooking.   Muaahhahhahh....)