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"Healthified" Blue Cheese Burgers

What is "Healthified"?

We've replaced ingredients with great-tasting alternatives to create better-for-you recipes that are just as yummy as the original.

Substitution

You can use lean ground turkey instead of extra-lean ground beef. Be sure to cook until thermometer inserted in center of turkey patties reads 165°F.

Purchasing

Look for the blue cheese in small plastic containers in the refrigerated cheese area of the grocery store or with the deli cheeses.

Make It Special

Make these burgers "saucy" by serving with reduced-fat or fat-free blue cheese dressing.

1 review

8 ratings

75% more fiber • 41% less fat • 35% less sat fat than the original recipe—see the comparison. No dinnertime blues with burgers that deliver all the flavor you’d anticipate, as well as the fiber you might not expect. From eatbetteramerica.

Prep Time:30 min

Start to Finish:30 min

makes:12 burgers

1/2	cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats
1/4	cup water
3	lb extra-lean (at least 93%) ground beef
1	cup crumbled reduced-fat blue cheese (4 oz)
1/2	cup finely chopped fresh chives
1	teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4	teaspoon red pepper sauce
1	teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
1	teaspoon ground mustard
1/2	teaspoon salt
12	whole wheat burger buns
12	leaf lettuce leaves
12	tomato slices

1.	Heat gas or charcoal grill. In large bowl, mix oats and water. Stir in beef, blue cheese, chives, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper sauce, pepper, mustard and salt until well mixed. Shape mixture into 12 patties, about 3/4 inch thick.
2.	Place patties on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill over medium coals. Cover grill; cook 11 to 13 minutes, turning once, until thermometer inserted in center of patties reads 160°F.
3.	For each burger, layer lettuce, tomato and patty in bun.
Contact Grill Directions: Heat closed contact grill 5 minutes. Place patties on bottom grill surface. Close grill; cook 6 to 7 minutes or until thermometer inserted in center of patties reads 160°F.

Nutritional Information

1 Burger: Calories 300 (Calories from Fat 90); Total Fat 10g (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g, Trans Fat 1/2g); Cholesterol 70mg; Sodium 490mg; Total Carbohydrate 22g (Dietary Fiber 4g, Sugars 5g); Protein 30g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 8%; Vitamin C 6%; Calcium 10%; Iron 20% Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Lean Meat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Very good, definitely will make again
Posted at 4:12 PM on August 25 2009 by icantbeyourhero