Healthier Homemade Big Mac w/pics!

I added this into the database here and got well over 600 calories for the whole thing. Most of my products come from whole foods or trader joe's and to be honest alot of them i used the low fat version and I made this to serve 4 people instead of two (hence taking out the extra patty and bun bottom). Since I only allot mself 1200 a day that's pushing my calories a bit but it looks delishious. One day I will have to work my butt off at the gym so I can have one

What products/brands you use can greatly fluctuate the calories for any recipe, some for the better, some for the worse.

You can easily cut out over 100 calories simply by omitting the middle bun and reducing the sauce by half, making your Big Mac just over 400 calories (not too bad for a Big Mac). You also save nearly 10 grams of fat from the original McDonald's version.

If you're anything like me, the bun doesn't matter as much as the filling, so you can do the whole thin bun route and sub turkey burger and get it even lower cal/fat. Course it won't taste exactly like a Big Mac then, but usually it's the sauce/condiments I miss.

Yep! I made the "authentic" style Big Mac (pictured) for the first go around. Now, everytime we make the recipe I just use a regular hamburger bun (no middle) and cut down on the sauce. It still tastes the same, it's just structured differently/less calories

The calories as compared to the original (in Canada and the US) are pretty par, but in my version you do save over 5 grams of fat compared to the orginal. The difference is that you are using fresh, real ingredients, not chemically altered "foods". McDonald's uses many harsh chemical additives in their beef as well as preservatives (even the onions are actually dehydrated and soaked in water overnight before being placed on your burger).

In the original post I stated if you want a lower calorie (as opposed to simply just healthier) omit the middle bun and use half the sauce and the calories will reduce by over 100.

You could also use leaner meat (mine is based on 10% lean). For example, a simple switch to 95% lean would save you almost another 100 calories per serving.

I actually only replicated the Big Mac "exactly" the first time, every time I have made it since I've only used a single bun/half the sauce whenever a craving strikes.

I added this into the database here and got well over 600 calories for the whole thing. Most of my products come from whole foods or trader joe's and to be honest alot of them i used the low fat version and I made this to serve 4 people instead of two (hence taking out the extra patty and bun bottom). Since I only allot mself 1200 a day that's pushing my calories a bit but it looks delishious. One day I will have to work my butt off at the gym so I can have one

My recipe actually serves 6, not 2, so that should cut your recipe's calories by 1/3 right there!