Cheeseburger Salad

Cheeseburger salad – Everything you want in a burger but in a salad form. This cheeseburger salad is healthy, ketogenic and low carb approved! It’s so good you won’t miss the hamburger buns.

I love salad. I could eat good salads every day but under one condition, it has to be meaty.  Hearty meat filled salads are the only types of salads the fulfill me. Vegetable only salads are great and all, but I always find myself hungry an hour later.  The other day I was craving a burger. I went downstairs to get all my ingredients ready. After I was done cooking my burger, I looked for the hamburger rolls. I looked all over my kitchen and it was m.i.a. Guess what happened? I didn’t have any left because my teen son ate them all! So what’s a girl to do?  Make a cheeseburger salad of course!

 This cheeseburger salad tasted amazing and it was so fulfilling. I’ve made this recipe a couple times just to test out other seasonings but I think simple ingredients works best for a cheeseburger salad. I also added homemade croutons (not pictured). Leave out the croutons to make it ketogenic if you like.  If you don’t like raw onions you could cook them to soften them for a couple minutes over medium heat. This recipe is very forgiving. You can add whatever you like in your salad. I’m  not a fan of pickles in my salad but if are, feel free to add them too.

Beef Patty Ingredients:
10 oz ground beef (makes 3 1/4 inch patties)
salt for taste
pepper for taste
1 tsp cajun seasoning (optional)

Salad 
1 head of Romaine lettuce chopped
6 pearl tomatoes sliced thin
1/2 cup shredded cheese (add more if you like)
red onions sliced thin. (Add as much as like)

Burger Dressing (double if you like more sauce)
1/4 cup ketchup
1/8 cup mayonnaise
1/4 tsp lemon juice
1 tbs olive oil

Shape the beef into 1/4  inch patties; I like to make them pretty thin. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and Cajun seasoning. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the patties and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side or until done.

Add the ketchup, mayonnaise, lemon juice and olive oil to a small bowl, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Drizzle a bit of the dressing around the inside of the bowl you will be adding the salad to (adding this dressing in this fashion will help to coat the lettuce). You can add the dressing to individual personal bowls or a one big bowl.

Slice the burgers or cut them up into bite size pieces. Add the romaine lettuce and coat with the existing dressing in the bowl. Add the beef  patties, onion,tomato, and cheese into the bowl.  Drizzle more dressing on top of the salad. Top with croutons if you like!

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Cheeseburger Salad

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

6 mins

Total Time

16 mins

 

Juicy cheeseburger in a salad form. This cheeseburger salad is healthy, ketogenic and low carb approved! It's so good you will not miss the hamburger buns!

Course: Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: American

Keyword: diet food, keto food, skinny food

Calories: 430 kcal

Author: April

Ingredients

For the beef

• 12 oz ground beef
• salt for taste
• pepper for taste
• 1 1/2 tsp cajun seasoning optional

Salad

• 1 head of Romaine lettuce chopped
• 6 pearl tomatoes sliced thin
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese add more if you like
• red onions sliced thin. Add as much as like

Dressing (double if you like more sauce)

• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1/8 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tbs olive oil

Instructions

1. Shape the beef into 1/4 inch patties; I like to make them pretty thin. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and Cajun seasoning. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the patties and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side or until done.
2. Add the ketchup, mayonnaise, lemon juice and olive oil to a small bowl, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Drizzle a bit of the dressing around the inside of the bowl you will be adding the salad to (this will help to coat the lettuce). You can add the dressing to individual personal bowls or a one big bowl.
3. Slice the burgers or cut them up into bite size pieces. Add the romaine lettuce and coat with the existing dressing in the bowl. Add the beef patties, onion,tomato, and cheese into the bowl. Drizzle more dressing on top of the salad. Top with croutons if you like

If you make this cheeseburger salad, snap a photo and hashtag #whiskitrealgud on Instagram!! I would love to see it!

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