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Burgers

jenswwjourney
jenswwjourney Posts: 181
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Love burgers. But going out for a burger can easily set you back 800 calories. lets see your lighten up burgers! :)


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  • Cindym82
    Cindym82 Posts: 1,245 Member
    shoprite has frozen burgers that are 150 calories, and get a light bun which is 80 calories. OR I have a great turkey burger recipe with bun for a little over 200 calories total
  • jmvmisc24
    jmvmisc24 Posts: 85 Member
    last night i made turkey burger sliders. It has satueed onion, swiss cheese, green apples, wheat bread, and a tiny dab of honey mustard. under 500 for big burger. almost 400. it was delicious.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    Just get a smaller burger, or eat half.
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    Sainsburys Be Good To Yourself Quarter Pounders.

    147cals each.

    Gorgeous. :D
  • lpeace2u
    lpeace2u Posts: 94 Member
    Lettuce wrapped turkey burgers - no bun
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    My burger weakness is In-N-Out cheeseburgers, animal style. So so good! I treat myself every so often, and if I want to make it slightly healthier, I order it protein style, and it comes wrapped in lettuce and without that delicious toasty bun. It's messy to eat, but still good!

    My favorite homemade turkey burger comes from Serious Eats: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/05/grilling-asian-turkey-burgers-with-sriracha-mayonnaise-recipe.html

    Serious flavor in that turkey burger! Yum!
  • bprague
    bprague Posts: 564 Member
    ground beef (try the free range grass fed variety, so so so good) + spinach + sauteed onion. Really the veggies are to create a bit of a filler so you eat less actual ground beef in your burger. If my judgment is right, a quarter pound burger stuffed with spinach and onion... plus a 100 calorie bun (generic number for a wheat bun, usually a good guess) is going to cost you roughly 400 calories.

    And I love to bake/eat bread so nixing the bread seems silly.
  • hopefloatsup
    hopefloatsup Posts: 207 Member
    We leave our the buns and top with sauteed onions/mushrooms/peppers. The kids weren't crazy about it until we told them they were called Hamburger Steaks LOL
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    Just get a smaller burger, or eat half.

    Yup. It all comes down to portion control. Making your own burgers (or any food, really) makes it much easier to control the calories.
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    I do angus, preferably free range ground beef. It has a ton of flavor. I have 4 ounces on a bun with onion, tomato and claussen dill pickles. It's delicious and pretty low in calories. Much lower than if I order one in a restaurant.
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