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February 3rd, 2010

Wednesday Dinner: Onion Mushroom Burgers with Mashed Potatoes

I love coming up with new recipes and new ways to try some old-time favorites with a new twist. If you have been following my weight loss journey you know that I have a serious problem getting enough protein in my diet. So, I decided to add a little ground beef to my menu. The problem is that I really don’t like the taste of meat. It makes me gag to think that I have to eat beef.

So tonight I tried to create a burger that was more like a Salisbury steak and paired with some of my favorite veggies: mushrooms, onions, and green peppers.

Burger Recipe

Mushroom Sauce:

1 pint Baby Bella Mushrooms
1 large onion
1 large bell pepper

Saute this mixture starting with the onions and then adding the green peppers and then the mushrooms. Cook on medium until the green peppers and mushrooms have released all of their liquids. ( I learned this techniques from the Iron Chef competitions). Remove from pan.

Burger Seasonings (I cook by smell so the measurements are all palm -sized)

Black pepper
Ground Thyme
Paprika
Garlic Powder
Red Pepper
Cumin

In a bowl combine all of the dry ingredients and mix well. Mix half of the dry mixture into the ground beef. Form your burgers (4) and “flour” each burger patty with the remaining dry seasoning mix. Cook burgers in pan (8 minutes on each side if you like yours well done).

For Sauce

Mushroom, Onion, Pepper mixture
1 cups of hot water with a beef bouillon cube dissolved
.5 cup of Balsamic Vinegar

Remove the burgers from the pan and add vinegar and water/broth. With fire on medium scrap bottom of pan and mix well. Add MOP mixture and bring to a slight boil. Add burgers back to pan and cover. Turn fire to low and cook until the middles of the burgers are as pink as you want (I like them well-done so it took about 13 minutes to cook thoroughly. This will differ based on the thickness of your burger)

Serve with mashed potatoes (I used instant mashed potatoes and made them with Soy Milk) and a side salad (my salad had baby carrots, 2 kinds of lettuce, peppers, mushrooms, and onions). Cover mashed potatoes and burgers with sauce/MOP mixture.

The burger is about 215 calories alone.