Deluxe Cheeseburger Salad

Tonight I made a recipe that is becoming one of my favorite go to meals for summer.  It's quick, easy, and isn't a heavy meal that will leave you feeling extremely full after eating it. I  also love it because it's made with lean ground beef!

Enjoy!


Recipe from: Pampered Chef 
The original recipe is from Pampered Chef, but I made a few modifications to fit the ingredients I had available.


Ingredients:

4 Sesame seed hamburger bun tops
1 small red onion, divided
1 tomato
1 lb 95% lean ground beef
1/2 cup sliced dill pickles
3/4 cup ketchup
1 Tbsp yellow mustard
8 cups (or one whole head of lettuce) thinly sliced romaine lettuce
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Slice bun tops into 1/4 inch strips.  Arrange in a single layer on baking pan.  Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly toasted.  Remove from the oven and cool completely. 

2. Cut onion in half crosswise. Slice half of the onion crosswise into thin rings using a mandolin or knife. Cut tomato into quarters and slice crosswise. Set onion and tomato aside. 

3. Cook ground beef over medium-high heat 5-7 minutes or until no longer pink, break the beef into crumbles. Meanwhile, chop remaining onion half using a food chopper.  Finely dice pickles using a knife.  In a medium bowl combine chopped onion, pickles, ketchup and mustard.  Add cooked beef; mix well using a spatula. 

4. To serve, arrange lettuce on a plate.  Spoon beef mixture over lettuce.  Top with cheese, tomatoes and sliced onion.  Arrange hamburger bun croutons around edge of platter and serve immediately.

Yield: 6 servings

Nutrients per serving: Calories 250, Total fat 10g, Saturated fat 5g, Cholesterol 55mg, Carbohydrate 20g, Protein 19g, Sodium 750mg, Fiber 2g.

All the ingredients except the bread. 

One pound of home-grown lean beef. 

I didn't have sesame seed buns so I used sliced bread. I cut it
into slices and baked it in the oven for 8 minutes.

The browned lean ground beef.  

This steer was apparently really lean, because there wasn't any
fat drippings when I drained the beef. 

Pickle, onion, ketchup, and mustard mixture. 

Mixing the ground beef with the above picture. 

The final product!  A deluxe cheeseburger salad!