Healthy Burgers

I’m starting my first post in a paleo-ish spirit! Healthy burgers are just so awesome I can’t even.. And they are exactly that healthy and wholesome everyday food that makes a difference in our lifestyle. Being healthy is often all about really small choices and using your imagination a bit.  For example leaving all the processed stuff at the store and replace them with better options. I myself am really lazy when it comes to cooking, I just can't be bothered to use hours for preparing things. So one absolute condition in my recipes is that they are fast to make! I hope that my culinary realizations give inspiration and ideas to other people with busy and hectic lives :) You want be able to live a healthy lifestyle without using hours for it every day ;)

So with these burgers I made everything from the sratch, including the bread rolls and guacamole. And for someone so impatient like me that’s very good. Partly I think it was because I wanted to impress my bf, who is pretty “basic” when it comes to food ;) All kinds of salads and “rabbit food” is just not interesting to him. So proving that you can have really tasty burgers that are even better than in Supermacs or Burger King, was a tall order! But here’s how:

BREAD ROLLS
2 cup Spelt Flour
1,5 cup Rye Flour
2 cup Water
1 bag dried yeast (if you want, not necessary). -> I don’t care for yeast myself. Baking powder works too!
Salt
Sugar (a little)

Mix everything together and mold the bread rolls to the baking sheet. Bake in the oven in 200c for about 20-30 min until they have a lovely golden color.

Meat, hmmmm!!

BURGERS
Extra lean beef steak mince (95%)
Onion, chopped and sweated
Seasoning (salt, pepper, white pepper, oregano, basil, garlic.. no limitations!)
1 Egg OR few Egg Whites

Mix ingredients together and mold the burgers. Fry them in a grill, oven or pan. I myself use the genius George Foreman grill that takes out all the extra fat from the meat. I’m madly in love with it. For frying on a pan I use the 1kcal spray.

George, you grill designing genius 

BREAD ROLLS (Gluten free)
1 Cauliflower Head
0,5 cup Almond Flour
1 Egg OR few egg whites
Seasoning

Cut out the cauliflower heads. Chop finely, and put in a microwave for a minute. That will make the cauliflower softer and easier to handle. Put all ingredients into a blender, and mix. Then mold the patties and bake in the oven or in the pan. Oven takes longer, about 20-30min in 200c, depending on the oven. 

The cauliflower burger in the pic was a little bit burnt, but the taste was good!

FILLINGS
Tomato (works grilled as well, yum)
Salad
Spinach
Cucumber
Red Onion
Pan fried onions (nom!)
Avocado (squashed, with lemon juice, salt, pepper, garlic)
Feta cheese (light)
Cottage cheese
Ricotta
Basil

.. And so on! Let me know if you think I forgot something on the list :)

*Few of these bad boys and omg you’re gonna feel so full!*

You can fry everything with these lads

Evidence: Even my bf liked them! He did add mayo, ketchup and normal cheese, but other than that he gave these healthy burgers an A+ :)) Mission accomplished!

Cauliflower version

More raw meat! Yum!

Burger Buffet. Ah I'm becoming so hungry looking at this picture!