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'Bello Burgers on Sautéed Vegetables
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
1 1/4 pounds Laura's 92% Lean Ground Beef or 96% Lean Ground Round
1 teaspoon salt, divided
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
6 Portobello mushroom caps
2 small zucchini, cut lengthwise into thin slices
2 small yellow squash, cut lengthwise into slices
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
Lemon wedges (optional)
Directions
1. Combine beef, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning in a bowl until blended. Shape into 6 patties.
2. Cook patties in batches in a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat 7 minutes on each side or until beef is no longer pink. Cover and set aside.
3. Sauté Portobello mushrooms, zucchini, squash, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning in hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat 10 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add balsamic vinegar.
4. Place mushroom caps on a serving plate and top with burgers. Serve over zucchini medley. Drizzle vegetables with lemon juice, if desired. Serve immediately.
Grilling Directions
1. Coat grill rack with cooking spray. Grill burgers over medium-high heat (350° to 400°) 7 to 10 minutes on each side or until beef is no longer pink.
2. Brush vegetables evenly with oil; sprinkle evenly with salt and Italian seasoning. Arrange vegetables on grill rack coated generously with cooking spray. Grill 3 to 5 minutes on each side or until golden.
3. Serve burgers on mushroom caps on a bed of sautéed or grilled zucchini-yellow squash medley. Serve with lemon wedges.
Makes servings.
Cooking Tips:Some recipes that use Portobello mushroom caps call for scooping out the gills from the underside. This is to avoid staining other foods in the dish or to create a cavity to stuff the mushroom. In this recipe, you do not need to remove the gills or stem, although you may wish to trim the stem with a small sharp knive so the burger lies flat on the mushroom.
Nutritional Analysis Based on 6 Servings
Using Laura's 92% Lean Ground Beef
CALORIES 181 (47% from fat); FAT 10.1g (sat 2.5g); PROTEIN 19.5g; CARB 5.6g; FIBER 1.9g; CHOL 50mg; IRON 3.7mg; SODIUM 450mg
Diabetic Exchanges: 1 vegetable; 2 1/2 lean meat; 1/2 fat
Using Laura's 96% Lean Ground Round
CALORIES 164 (34% from fat); FAT 6.3g (sat 1.7g); PROTEIN 22.0g; CARB 5.6g; FIBER 1.9g; CHOL 50mg; IRON 2.2mg; SODIUM 463mg
Diabetic Exchanges: 1 vegetable; 2 1/2 very lean meat; 1/2 fat