Yesterday we read about baking ‘healthy’. Today an article on ‘Building healthier burgers’ by Charles Stuart Platkin has caught my attention. As the article points out those calories in a burger sums upto 700 to 800, you can make them healthy by proper substitution of lean meats and other healthy ingredients. Charles gives tips on every stage from choosing the bun, meat and toppings to the assembling of the same. The tips are as follows:
Flavor Enhancers with lean meat:
1. Addition of Vegetables
2. Addition of herbs and Spices
3. Fat-free marinades
4. Texture of meat
5. Slow-cooking
Meat:
1. Turkey flesh sans fats
2. Lean pork loin
3. Omega3 rich salmon.
4. Going vegetative
Bun:
Whole-grain bread
Toppings and Condiments:
1. Salad plants or salsa
2. Herbal sauce
3. Ketchup
4. Vegetables
5. Turkey Bacon
You just have to assemble the above to make a burger with a healthier note.