Healthy Burgers for Meat & Potato Guys

Ingredients: 1 lb Lean ground beef

2 tbsp Finely chopped parsley

½ tbsp Finely chopped cilantro

½ Medium onion, chopped

½ tsp Ground cumin

Cooking spray

4 Whole-wheat burger buns

2 Sliced sun tomatoes

5-8 Baby spinach leaves (per burger)

1 Slice cheddar cheese (optional)

Kandice: So the other day I got the urge to cook something for my family. Since both my mother and sister were gone, I was just cooking for my father. My dad is a big meat and potatoes kind of guy. He loves his ground beef and steak. So I thought, “What’s better than a classic hamburger.” But of course I couldn’t just cook a plain hamburger; it would need to be healthy too. Luckily I found a recipe within one of the cookbooks that I have that gave me a little bit of inspiration.

The recipe that I found incorporated chopped parsley, so I decided to experiment with the idea. First, I knew that parsley wasn’t the only fresh herb that I wanted to include in the burgers. At first I wanted to use some chives, but when I looked in the refrigerator I found that I had none. It was then when I spotted some fresh cilantro. With the fresh parsley and cilantro I knew that I was creating a better base for my hamburgers.

To make the burgers was fairly simple. I combined the lean ground beef, parsley, cilantro, onion, and cumin in a bowl. I divided the meat into 4 patties. Next I cooked the burgers on a grilling pan; making sure to spray the pan with cooking spray first. I like my burgers to be medium-well so I cooked them for approximately 3 minutes on each side. Once done I laid the patty on a layer of tomatoes, spinach, and the bun. A good recommendation that I can give would be to first pat your burgers with a folded paper towel before you place them on the bun. By doing this you will remove a lot of the extra grease and fat from the hamburger. I’d like to say that my burgers turned out pretty good. My father included a few condiments on his burger including cheese. This, of course, is always optional. But I sure hope that you do give my recipe a try.