I love making turkey cutlets, especially when I’m in a hurry, because they generally require very little trimming and cook exceptionally quickly. Whether you pan “fry” them or grill them, as I have done here, they take only a couple of minutes per side. After basic preparation, I always like to add a simple sauce. I could have thrown together another salsa suggestion here, but wanted to be a bit more creative with this one. And I’ve gone to upscale sandwich shops and cafés and ordered turkey sandwiches spread with cranberries and sweet mustard or mayonnaise, so I thought that might be a great place to start. I was very pleased very quickly, and I think you will be too.

　　

Ingredients

makes 4 servings

　　1/4 cup canned cranberry sauce with whole cranberries

　　1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon honey mustard

　　1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil

　　1 pound trimmed boneless, skinless turkey cutlets

　　Sea salt and pepper, to taste

　　

Step 1

Preheat a grill over high heat.

　　

Step 2

In a small bowl, mix the cranberry sauce and mustard until well combined. Cover the bowl with a paper towel and microwave on high in 15-second intervals until the mixture is hot and begins to thin slightly, about 30 seconds total. Stir again to combine.

　　

Step 3

Rub the oil and then the salt and pepper evenly over both sides of each cutlet. Grill the cutlets about 1 minute per side, or until no longer pink in the center. Transfer them to a large plate or platter and top evenly with the sauce. Serve immediately.

　　

nutrition information

Step 4

Each (about 3 1/2 ounces turkey plus about 1 1/2 tablespoons sauce) serving has:

　　

Step 5

Calories: 167

　　

Step 6

Protein: 28g

　　

Step 7

Carbohydrates: 9g

　　

Step 8

Fat: 2g

　　

Step 9

Trace Saturated Fat

　　

Step 10

Cholesterol: 45mg

　　

Step 11

Trace Fiber

　　

Step 12

Sodium: 146mg

　　Reprinted with permission from I Can't Believe It's Not Fattening! by Devin Alexander. Copyright © 2010 Devin Alexander. Published by Clarkson Potter Publishers, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.Devin Alexander is the author of The Most Decadent Diet Ever, Fast Food Fix, and coauthor of The New York Times bestsellers The Biggest Loser Cookbook and The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook. She was a chef on NBC's The Biggest Loser and the host of Healthy Decadence on Discover Health and FitTV.