Portobello Avocado Burgers
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 8 large Portobello mushroom caps
- 2 cups spinach leaves
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/4 medium red onion sliced
- 1 large avocado peeled and sliced
Instructions
- Heat grill to medium heat.
- In a large bowl, mix the first 4 ingredients (beef through thyme). Form beef mixture into 4 patties.
- Brush mushroom caps with olive oil and season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
- Place burgers and mushrooms on the grill. Close lid and cook burgers for 5 to 10 minutes on each side, until beef reaches preferred doneness. Cook mushrooms for 2 to 5 minutes on each side, until tender. Layer, 1 mushroom cap, spinach, burger, onion, avocado and second mushroom cap. Serve warm.
Notes
SERVING SUGGESTION: A big spinach salad tossed with Leanne’s Basic Vinaigrette.
NUTRITION: 472 Calories; 35g Fat (63.8% calories from fat); 27g Protein; 17g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 85mg Cholesterol; 106mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 3 Lean Meat; 2 ½ Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 5 Fat.
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