Ingredients:
- 1/2 head Iceberg or romaine lettuce chopped into bite size pieces
- 1 lb extra lean ground beef
- 1 tbsp dehydrated onion
- 1tsp garlic powder (this is my addition)
- 3 tbsp Mona’s 1000 Island Dressing (see below)
- Shredded Allegro cheese
Directions:
- Fry beef with onion and garlic then drain. Mix lettuce and meat together in large bowl. Add dressing and mix well.
- Top with cheese and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Mona’s 1000 Island Dressing: (All products from the clinic store)
- 1 tbsp mayo (Hellmann’s olive oil 1/2 fat)
- 1 tbsp reduced sugar ketchup
- 1 tbsp Mt Olive relish
- Mix all together, adjust to your liking. Enjoy
Version #2 (per McD’s of Canada YouTube demo of how to make a Big Mac with regular store ingredients at home).
- Replaced ketchup in above recipe with prepared mustard and added paprika, garlic powder and onion powder to the dressing mix. ** note – start with the tbsp of mayo and add the mustard and relish to taste **
- Formed beef into thin (restaurant sized) patties and fried in a non stick pan. Once one side was cooked, flipped and sprinked cooked side with half salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Prepared bed of shredded iceberg lettuce, finely minced sweet onion (phase 2 addition). Cut up burgers into pieces and topped with shredded cheese and dressing
Credit: Deb Spence