{"id":4091,"date":"2013-10-12T11:26:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T15:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2016-04-21T18:25:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T22:25:29","slug":"low-calorie-fast-food-burger-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/low-calorie-fast-food-burger-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Calorie Fast Food Burger Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trick to reducing high fat – high calorie burger is by…<\/p>\n

Switching out high calorie beef for\u00a0lean ground turkey. This can reduce meat calories by 58% and to add taste\u00a0enhance turkey with Mediterranean\u00a0Flavors by adding Feta Cheese, Mint, Garlic and Oregano.\u00a0They are packed with nutrition and full of juicy flavor!<\/span><\/p>\n

Serves 6<\/em>
\nPrep Time: 10 mins
\nCook time: 10 mins<\/p>\n

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Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burger:
\n1 1\/4 pounds JENNIE-O extra lean ground turkey
\n1\/3 cup whole-wheat breadcrumbs
\n1\/3 cup crumbled low fat feta cheese
\n1 egg white
\n\u00bd tablespoon chopped mint
\n1 \u00bd teaspoon dried oregano
\n1 teaspoon of minced garlic
\n1\/2 teaspoon black pepper
\nOlive oil cooking spray
\n6 halves of whole-wheat pita buns or pockets
\n2 cups shredded romaine lettuce
\n2 tomatoes cut in slices<\/p>\n

Topping:
\n\u00bc cup non-fat Greek yogurt
\n2 teaspoon chopped fresh dill<\/p>\n

Add Jennie-O lean ground turkey, whole-wheat breadcrumbs, feta cheese, 1 egg white, fresh mint, oregano, garlic and pepper to a medium sized mixing bowl. Mix until just combined. Do not over mix the ground turkey or it will be too tough when cooked.<\/p>\n

Divide the mixture equally in to 6 thin patties. Set off to the side until ready to cook.<\/p>\n

For the topping, whisk non-fat Greek yogurt with chopped fresh dill into a small bowl. Mix until well combined.<\/p>\n

To cook the burgers, spray a nonstick skillet with olive oil, and cook the burgers for about 5 minutes on each side until the burgers are cooked through. Cook turkey as specified on the package. Always cook to well-done, 165\u00b0F. as measured by a meat thermometer.<\/p>\n

To assemble the burgers, add the burger, a teaspoon of the yogurt topping, 2 slices of tomato, and shredded romaine into the pita pocket.<\/p>\n

Nutritional information (per serving):<\/strong> Calories: 260, Fat calories: 70, Total fat: 8 g, Sat. fat: 2 g, Cholesterol: 55 mg, Sodium: 210 mg, Total carbohydrates: 22 g, Fiber: 3 g, Sugars: 3 g, Protein: 23 g<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The trick to reducing high fat – high calorie burger is by… Switching out high calorie beef for\u00a0lean ground turkey. This can reduce meat calories by 58% and to add taste\u00a0enhance turkey with Mediterranean\u00a0Flavors by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,240,49,610,67],"tags":[1124,275,478,29,39,22,118,1123,18],"class_list":["post-4091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet-foods-tips","category-diet-menu-tips","category-low-calorie-dinner-recipes","category-healthy-foods-2","category-low-calorie-lunch-recipes","tag-burgers-low-fat","tag-diet-foods","tag-diet-meals","tag-eat-healthy-recipes","tag-eating-healthy","tag-healthy-eating-recipes","tag-healthy-recipes-2","tag-low-calorie-burger-recipes","tag-low-fat-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}