{"id":8914,"date":"2011-03-22T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=8914"},"modified":"2023-07-15T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T20:40:12","slug":"news-hardees-new-turkey-burgers-make-it-seem-like-happy-star-had-a-lot-of-thanksgiving-leftovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/22\/news-hardees-new-turkey-burgers-make-it-seem-like-happy-star-had-a-lot-of-thanksgiving-leftovers\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Hardee&#8217;s New Turkey Burgers Make It Seem Like Happy Star Had A Lot of Thanksgiving Leftovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I learned two things from my subscription to Men&#8217;s Health Magazine, when I read it during the late 1990s:<\/p>\n<p>1. Reading about how to do exercises is significantly less effective than actually doing the exercises.<\/p>\n<p>2. How to be a better lover.<\/p>\n<p>So I hope when Hardee&#8217;s teamed up with Men&#8217;s Health Magazine to create their new line of turkey burger, they also learned how to be a better lover. <\/p>\n<p>The turkey burgers come in three varieties: Original, BBQ Ranch or Mushroom &#038; Swiss.  All three burgers come with a thick, charbroiled turkey patty and a toasted wheat bun.  The Original Turkey Burger also contains red onions, tomato, lettuce, ketchup, mustard, mayo, and dill pickles; the BBQ Ranch has Sweet Baby Ray&#8217;s BBQ Sauce, red onions, tomato, lettuce and buttermilk ranch sauce; and the Mushroom &#038; Swiss also includes sauteed mushrooms and two slices of Swiss cheese.<\/p>\n<p>All Turkey Burger varieties have less than 500 calories, which to some may still sound like a lot, but for Hardee&#8217;s that&#8217;s impressive since many of their beef burgers exceed 700 calories.<\/p>\n<p>The Original Turkey Burger weighs in at 254 grams and contains 480 calories, 17 grams of fat, 4 grams of saturated fat, 930 milligrams of cholesterol, 47 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fiber, and 31 grams of protein.<\/p>\n<p>The BBQ Ranch weighs 261 grams and has 460 calories, 15 grams of fat, 3.5 grams of saturated fat, 950 milligrams of sodium, 52 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fiber, and 31 grams of protein.<\/p>\n<p>The Mushroom &#038; Swiss weighs in at 246 grams and contains 480 calories, 17 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 1380 milligrams of sodium, 44 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, and 37 grams of protein.<\/p>\n<p><b>Update:<\/b> Carl&#8217;s Jr. will also be adding Turkey Burgers to their menu. Along with the Original Turkey Burger, Carl&#8217;s Jr. will have the Guacamole Turkey Burger, which features freshly-prepared guacamole, pepper-Jack cheese, tomato and lettuce, and Teriyaki Turkey Burger that has teriyaki sauce, grilled pineapple, Swiss cheese, red onion, tomato and lettuce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I learned two things from my subscription to Men&#8217;s Health Magazine, when I read it during the late 1990s: 1. Reading about how to do exercises is significantly less effective than actually doing the exercises. 2. How to be a better lover. So I hope when Hardee&#8217;s teamed up with Men&#8217;s Health Magazine to create [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19485,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/12\/31\/fast-food-news-carls-jr-all-natural-turkey-burgers\/","url_meta":{"origin":8914,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Carl&#8217;s Jr. All-Natural Turkey Burgers","author":"Marvo","date":"December 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2011, Carl's Jr. and Hardee's introduced their Charbroiled Turkey Burgers. 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