Healthy hamburger recipes

NO bun, is the best way to eat it. just dip it in some mustard wich has no calories. Chop it up after it is cooked and put it in a lettuce leafe with mustard and some ketchup. Make it a wrap that way. You will feel better eating it this way than with a bun anyway.

This is a weight watcher's recipe and one I keep on hand for when I just want a burger. The tomato juice added to the extra lean beef gives it the moisture I miss from fuller fat beef. Love, love, love the cilantro lime salsa on top. I need to build the recipe here to see stats

Mexican Chili Beef Burgers

1 pound(s) uncooked lean ground beef (with 7% fat)
1/4 cup(s) onion(s), minced
1 1/2 tsp minced garlic
1 1/2 Tbsp chili powder, ancho-variety recommended
1/4 cup(s) canned tomato juice
1 large egg white(s)
1/2 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
1/2 tsp table salt
3 small tomato(es), ripe, diced (about 1/2 cup total)
3 medium radishes, diced, (about 1/4 cup)
1/3 medium avocado, Hass, diced
1 Tbsp cilantro, fresh, chopped
1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
1/4 tsp table salt
4 item(s) reduced-calorie hamburger roll(s), toasted on grill

Instructions
Preheat grill (or grill pan) to medium heat.


In a large bowl, combine beef, onion, garlic, chili powder, tomato juice, egg white, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of salt; combine thoroughly. Form mixture into 4 patties, about 1/2-inch-thick each.


Place burgers on grill and increase heat to medium-high; cook for 5 minutes. Flip burgers and cook for 5 minutes more. Flip and cook 1 minute more on each side for medium (and longer for desired degree of doneness).


Meanwhile, make salsa. In a medium bowl, combine tomatoes, radishes, avocado, cilantro, lime juice and 1/4 teaspoon of salt; mix to combine.


Serve each burger on a roll topped with about 1/4 cup of salsa.

Cooking light has some great recipes for using ground beef on their website. I have done the beef, cheese, and noodle bake and the mushroom gravy salsibury steak both were pretty good. This week I'm hoping to try their cheese stuffed mini meat loafs. Homemade sloppy joes aren't too bad on the calorie count either, but you can only have one sandwich.

I just built the recipe and here are the stats:

Calories Carbs Fat Protein Fiber Calcium
Total: 1320 124 46 120 32 29
Per Serving: 330 31 12 30 8 7

This is a weight watcher's recipe and one I keep on hand for when I just want a burger. The tomato juice added to the extra lean beef gives it the moisture I miss from fuller fat beef. Love, love, love the cilantro lime salsa on top. I need to build the recipe here to see stats

Mexican Chili Beef Burgers

1 pound(s) uncooked lean ground beef (with 7% fat)
1/4 cup(s) onion(s), minced
1 1/2 tsp minced garlic
1 1/2 Tbsp chili powder, ancho-variety recommended
1/4 cup(s) canned tomato juice
1 large egg white(s)
1/2 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
1/2 tsp table salt
3 small tomato(es), ripe, diced (about 1/2 cup total)
3 medium radishes, diced, (about 1/4 cup)
1/3 medium avocado, Hass, diced
1 Tbsp cilantro, fresh, chopped
1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
1/4 tsp table salt
4 item(s) reduced-calorie hamburger roll(s), toasted on grill

Instructions
Preheat grill (or grill pan) to medium heat.


In a large bowl, combine beef, onion, garlic, chili powder, tomato juice, egg white, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of salt; combine thoroughly. Form mixture into 4 patties, about 1/2-inch-thick each.


Place burgers on grill and increase heat to medium-high; cook for 5 minutes. Flip burgers and cook for 5 minutes more. Flip and cook 1 minute more on each side for medium (and longer for desired degree of doneness).


Meanwhile, make salsa. In a medium bowl, combine tomatoes, radishes, avocado, cilantro, lime juice and 1/4 teaspoon of salt; mix to combine.


Serve each burger on a roll topped with about 1/4 cup of salsa.

+1 on the no bun idea and make sure its lean turkey or chicken. Hamburger meat even super lean is like 200 cals per 1/2 cup and full of fat, crazy!

I had a lettuce veggie burger at Real Sports in Toronto a couple weeks ago. They literally sliced an iceberg head of lettuce in half so I had to reduce it down in order to bite into it but it was a great idea.