Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Italian Cheeseburgers

This is another one that I made as I went. I did not measure, but I will give you some estimated measurements and the estimated WW Points Plus Value. Next time I make these, I will measure and update the recipe. When it comes to salt and pepper, season as you like. I prefer less salt and more pepper.

Ingredients:

Buger
1 Pound 96/4 lean beef
Dried onion flakes (I used 1 onion's worth...equivialencies are on label)
1/4 tsp Dried Oregano
1/4 tsp Dried Oregano
1/4 tsp Dried Minced Garlic (Use 1-2 cloves worth, depending on your taste)
1 Tbsp Parmesean Cheese (I may have used a bit more)
1 Egg
1/4 cup whole wheat breadcrumbs
Dash of Sea Salt, or Table Salt (I prefer the coarse sea salt, because less goes further)
Dash of Pepper

Zuchinni
1 Large Zuchinni
2 tsp Olive Oil
Dash of Pepper
Dash of salt
2 tsp Parmesean Cheese

Miscellaneous
Very thinly sliced provolone cheese (you can also use low fat mozerella)
Tomato Sauce (your choice...no fat, or very low fat thick sauce)
I use the Arnold's flatbread for 3 pts. You can use any bread you want, just adjust the points.

Recipe:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

In bowl, mix together everything under "burger" ingredients, except for the provolone cheese. Form five patties. Set aside.

Slice zuchinni into 1/4" slices. In bowl, toss with 2 tsp olive oil, salt, pepper. Cover baking sheet with foil. Lay zucchini on baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, tossing once. Zuchinni will get nice and soft and may brown a bit.

Heat up tomato sauce in saucepan.

Grill burgers. I made them on the George Foreman grill and they cooked in no time.

When burgers are down, put burger one slice of bread, or bun. Place a piece of provolone cheese on top of the burger. Top that with a few slices of zuchinni. Add a spoon full, or two of tomato sauce. Put other size of bread/bun on top and enjoy!

WW Points Plus Value with Flatbread: Around 8

1 comment:

  1. You could also add sweet peppers to this recipe. Saute them with a little red onion, garlic powder, oregano, and maybe a little red or white wine (or stock) and you've got another veggie touch to the burger.

    The ground beef recipe you used is VERY similar to my meatball recipes so throw it into the sauce (add the veggies, too!) and toss over some whole wheat pasta. Boom! Same recipe, another application :)

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