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This recipe makes a healthy cheeseburger salad bowl that is perfect to serve for lunch or dinner. The salad includes all the ingredients you will find in a cheeseburger but with a fraction of the calories.
If you love cheeseburgers and are looking for a healthier option then try this healthy cheeseburger bowl recipe. The recipe is quick and easy so you can have this meal ready in around 30 minutes.
With this recipe, you get to enjoy all the flavours in a burger for less calories and less carbs. The recipe includes the ingredients to make a burger sauce dressing that complements the flavours in the cheeseburger bowl.
Most burgers are high in saturated fats but for this cheeseburger bowl, I use lean mince which helps to keep the calories down. The fat in the meal comes mainly from avocados which are healthy fats that are important for health. Once you taste this cheeseburger bowl, you probably won’t even miss regular cheeseburgers.
Ingredients for Cheeseburger Salad Bowl
For the full list of ingredients and measurements, scroll to the recipe card below.
Meat Ingredients
Oil – use any oil for cooking.
Mince – I use lean minced beef with 5% fat for this recipe.
Onion – use a brown onion.
Garlic – use fresh garlic cloves.
Seasonings– salt, black pepper, onion granules, garlic granules and paprika.
Salad Ingredients
Lettuce – I use romaine lettuce for this recipe but you can use any lettuce.
Onion – for the salad I use a red onion.
Avocados – I use a hass avocado.
Tomatoes – I use cherry tomatoes.
Gherkins – or burger pickles.
Cheese – I use cheddar cheese for this recipe.
Burger Sauce Dressing Ingredients
Mayonnaise – I use reduced fat mayonnaise.
Mustard – use America mustard.
Ketchup – use any type of ketchup.
Vinegar – use white wine vinegar.
How to Make Cheeseburger Salad Bowl
Brown the meat: Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan on a medium to high heat. Add the beef mince, onions and garlic. Break up the mince and stir until there is no pink left on the meat.
Season the meat: Mix in the salt, black pepper, onion granules, garlic powder and paprika then add the water to the pan, stir and reduce to a low heat. Allow the meat to simmer for 25 minutes or until the water has dried out then turn of the heat and set aside.
Assemble the salad: Arrange the salad ingredients in the serving bowls then spoon the minced beef onto the salad.
Combine the sauce ingredients: Add all the burger sauce ingredients to a small bowl and mix to combine. Drizzle the dressing onto the salad then serve.
Recipe Tips
This recipe serves 2 but you can easily double the ingredients to serve 4.
Storage
Make this recipe to consume immediately. You can store any leftover cooked minced beef in the fridge for 2 – 3 days.
This healthy cheeseburger bowl so tasty and perfect to serve for lunch or dinner. The salad includes all the ingredients you will find in a cheeseburger but with a fraction of the calories and carbs.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Yield: 2servings
Calories: 342kcal
Ingredients
For the Meat
1teaspoonsunflower oil
200graw beef mince 5%
1smallonion(chopped)
2clovesgarlic(chopped)
¼teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoonblack pepper
1teaspoononion granules
1teaspoongarlic granules
½teaspoonpaprika
40mlwater
For the Salad
160gromaine lettuce(chopped)
1smallred onion(chopped)
1 mediumavocado(sliced)
100gcherry tomatoes(halved)
80ggherkins/pickles(sliced)
30gcheddar cheese (grated)
For the Burger Sauce Dressing
4tablespoonmayonnaise
1tablespoonmustardAmerican
1teaspoonketchup
1tablespoonwhite wine vinegar
Instructions
To a frying pan, add the sunflower oil and place the frying pan on a medium to high heat. Once heated, add the beef mince, onions and garlic. Break up the mince and stir until there is no pink left on the meat.
Add and mix in the salt, black pepper, onion granules, garlic powder and paprika. Add the water to the pan, mix and reduce to a low heat. Allow to simmer for 25 minutes or until the water has dried out then turn of the heat and set aside.
Place all the salad ingredients together in the serving bowls then spoon the minced beef onto the salad.
Mix all the burger sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and drizzle it onto the salad then serve.
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