Major presentation in which I worked 40 hours over the course of 3 1/2 days - whew! and wahoo! at the same time
Went out of town
Got a sunburn
Ate 6 cookies on Memorial Day
Baby E got a tummy bug
I got a tummy bug
Fever
Lost 3 pounds - hooray!
Got better
Taught classes
Endured 2 major temper trantrums (Baby E, not me), 1 cranky Ad Man as a result
2 Birthday parties for 2 year olds
And that brings us to the Blue Cheese Burger
So, Ad Man and I usually cook a fun dinner on Saturday or Sunday each weekend. It is sort of our thing. We used to cook like crazy before Baby E was born. We'd go to Central Market and spend way too much money buying ingredients for an elaborate dinner for two. Then we'd drink too much and leave a messy kitchen to clean up the next morning.
Well, we still mostly do the same thing, but only once per week.
This Sunday, we cooked up Blue Cheese Burgers and wowza were they amazing. I took a very scary, unhealthy recipe and gave it a quick makeover. It still tasted divine, but without all the guilt!
Better Blue Burger
Ingredients
4 ounces of low-fat or fat free blue cheese (crumbled)
4 ounces of light or fat free cream cheese
sliced tomatoes
Sweet vidalia onion sliced
ground lean (or extra lean) turkey
Wheat sandwich thins
Combine blue cheese and cream cheese. Beat with hand mixer until combined. Set aside to let the flavors marry. Form your turkey burger and season with salt and pepper to taste. Grill until juices no longer run pink. While the burger is grilling, saute the onion with a splash of olive oil and some salt and pepper.
To assemble your burger, put the cooked burger on one half of the sandwich thin, then scoop a dollop of the blue cheese mixture and then top with onions and a tomato. And serve with fruit. Who needs fries or a creamy salad.
This recipe was inspired by Food.com's 10 Killer Burgers Article: http://www.food.com/slideshow/
The makeover burger is roughly 300 calories, while the original packs over 800 calories. Whew!
And I wish I had taken a pic of the finished burger. It was to die for. It might not have been super pretty, but man was it out of this world. So rich I couldn't even finish it!
Oh and Ad Man opted for angus beef vs. the turkey burger. And he used a regular bun. Hey you can't win 'em all!
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