'Low' Cal Garbage Plate

ibliss

If you are familiar with the Rochester, NY area, you are probably aware of a local favorite called a garbage plate, or dump plate,.... you get the idea. I won't bother giving you the history and such. You can find that on Wikipedia.
But I am excited that my husband and I came up with a relatively 'low' calorie version of it today.... 577 calories vs 3,595 calories.
When you just NEED some comfort food, this is a fabulous alternative!

Instead of baked beans or re-fried beans we used spicy black beans.
Instead of home fries or french fries we used boiled salt potatoes.
We made our own hot dog chili sauce and our own hamburgers with 95% lean ground beef.
We left off the cheese and macaroni salad.

VERY tasty! I couldn't even finish my whole plate! Being that it is still pretty hefty in calories, I'm happy to make 2 meals from my one plate.

saraann752003

oh my, a garbage plate, now this brings back memories from my college days...