Extra-lean burger and salad

Prep time less than 30 mins

Cook time less than 30 mins

Serves 2

Forget fat-packed takeaway burgers. Tuck into our homemade 'fakeaway' treat. As part of an <a href=_http_/www.bbc.co.uk/food/collections/intermittent_dieting_recipes__Intermittent.html diet</a> plan, 1 serving provides 2 of your 6 daily vegetable portions. This meal provides 255 kcal per portion.

Method

Spray a small frying pan with oil and cook the onion and mushrooms over a medium heat for five minutes, or until well softened, stirring regularly. Tip into a heatproof bowl and leave to cool for five minutes.
Add the beef, thyme and lots of ground black pepper. Mix well and form into two balls. Flatten into burger shapes, each around 2cm/Â¾in thick.
Clean the pan and return to the hob. Spray with a little more oil and cook the burgers over a medium-low heat for 10 minutes, turning occasionally, until browned on the outside and cooked through inside.
Serve the burgers with lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber.

Ingredients

low-calorie cooking spray
Â½ small onion, finely chopped
100g/3Â½oz Portobello mushrooms, finely chopped
250g/9oz extra-lean minced beef (under 5% fat)
2 tsp finely chopped fresh thyme (or Â½ tsp dried thyme)
freshly ground black pepper

For the salad

1 Little Gem lettuce, leaves separated
120g/4Â½oz cherry tomatoes, sliced
1/3 cucumber, sliced

Shopping List

Extra-lean burger and salad

Fruit and vegetables

1 Little Gem lettuce, leaves separated

100g/3Â½oz Portobello mushrooms, finely chopped

1/3 cucumber, sliced

Â½ small onion, finely chopped

2 tsp finely chopped fresh thyme (or Â½ tsp dried thyme)

120g/4Â½oz cherry tomatoes, sliced

Meat, fish and poultry

250g/9oz extra-lean minced beef (under 5% fat)

Other

freshly ground black pepper

low-calorie cooking spray

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