Most people love a good burger, but the fast-food versions are full of cr@p and not particularly good for you. What if I told you, you could have your burger, have it be off-the-chart tasty, and totally good-for-you? And to top it all off, it’s so simple to make you’ll wonder why you ever bought ready-made burgers? Look no further – your entirely healthy, delicious dinner recipe is right here!
Ingredients:
For the burger (per burger):
- 4oz low fat beef mince (20% or lower) or turkey mince
- 1 tsp of your favourite sauce (I use Levi Roots’ Reggae Regaae Sauce)
- 1/2 eschalion shallot or 1/4 small onion
- pinch each of black pepper and cayenne pepper
- Wholewheat or 50/50 English muffin
For the salad:
- Green salad leaves
- Small chunk of cucumber, sliced
- One apple, cut into chunks
For the peanut dressing:
- 1 tsp peanut butter (or any other nut butter)
- Small dash of sesame oil (or peanut oil)
- Small dash of lemon juice
- Pinch each of salt and smoked paprika
Directions:
- Put all your burger ingredients (apart from the muffin) into a small bowl and mush them all together with your hands, then form into a patty. Whack it on the BBQ or under the grill to cook through.
- Arrange your salad ingredients on a plate.
- Put all the dressing ingredients into a small bowl and mix to form a runny sauce (play with the quantities till you find a combination that suits you best).
- Cut our English muffin in half and lightly toast.
- Serve your burger on the muffin, and drizzle your peanut dressing over the salad, reserving a little to put on your burger.
- Enjoy!
It’s quick and so simple as to require virtually no effort at all, and it really is off-the-chart tasty and good-for-you stuff! I’ve not tried this particular burger on the kids yet, but I’m willing to bet that even my fusspot, Tadpole, would eat this with minimal tweaking of the recipe.
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