My personal food epiphany - lettuce instead of buns!

wendi105
wendi105 Posts: 27 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm sure many of you do this already, but I have not yet tried it until the other day. I love a good hamburger. Homemade, done on the grill, lean ground beef and topped with lettuce, tomato and extra pickles!

I usually eat it with the bun but I was low on calories so instead I wrapped up the burger in a big crunchy lettuce leaf. I still put on all my delicous toppings and it was so GOOD!

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  • beernpizza
    beernpizza Posts: 431 Member
    That sounds great, I love a good hamburger also. I've been wondering what people use instead of buns, I cant wait to try this!
  • horses1jessi
    horses1jessi Posts: 49 Member
    Funny you post this.. It was recently something I was thinking would be a great way to cut carbs, haven't tried it yet.. was thinking it would be good to have with taco's too.. Glad to know it's a good sub.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    I don't usually do this at home (I don't know why?!), but at In-N-Out Burger you can order your burger that way - they call it Protein Style, and it comes wrapped in several layers of crunchy lettuce.
  • Goatgodess
    Goatgodess Posts: 23 Member
    try scallop squash ( they look like a flying saucer) cut like a bun and grilled or Zucchinni. the zuchinni you can grill and use like a hot dog bun or scoop out the seed and stuff with meat and veg, bake for 1 hour ( put in a pan you can add water to the bottom) and top with tomatoe sauce. Zuccanoes!
  • coopersmom2006
    coopersmom2006 Posts: 839
    I LOVE lettuce wrapped burgers. I actually prefer the lettuce over bread. Glad you finally discovered this for yourself!

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