Dinner For Four: Bunless Burger with Sweet Potato and Yam Fries and Arugala Avocado Salad
All ingredients should be organic:
Preheat oven 400-420 degrees for fries
Prepare fries first, as they take about 25 minutes to bake. Begin preparing burgers while fries are in the oven
Sweet potato and Yam fries:
I medium sweet potato
1 medium yam
olive oil
sea salt, paprika, parsley or sage, or any desired herbs
Wash sweet potato and yam well- keep skin on
Slice each into ½” thick by 1.5” wide strips. Toss in bowl with olive oil and sea salt. Can add paprika, garlic, parsley, herbs or any other seasoning desired. To make a sweet batch, toss in a bowl with coconut oil (may need to preheat the oil as it is solid at room temp), cinnamon, nutmeg and stevia, xylitol or agave nectar.
Place strips on a greased baking sheet and bake for about 20-28 minutes, depending on consistency desired. Check on the fries about every 5-6 minutes to flip/toss to cook evenly.
You can also use this recipe/technique with carrots, parsnip and turnip and can add a chopped white onion to the mix.
Enjoy!
Burger patties:
16-20 ounces of fresh free range, hormone-free grass-fed ground beef, buffalo, turkey or chicken
1/3 C chopped fresh parsley
2 cloves minced garlic or 4 shakes (2tsps) organic garlic powder
Sea salt, coarse pepper and any other desired spices to taste
4-5 handfuls fresh spinach
1 C fresh mushrooms
1 small onion of choice- white, yellow, brown or red
Hand form 4-5 patties: mix meat parsley, garlic, sea salt, and pepper in a bowl and mold. Coat with coconut oil and place on bbq, or for a healthier cooking method:
Melt coconut oil in saucepan over medium heat and cook patties until medium rare- do not overcook meat. While meat is cooking, in separate pan, sautee onions in coconut oil over medium heat until translucent. Add mushrooms to pan and sautee. When mushrooms are almost at desired consistency, place 4 handfuls of fresh spinach in pan and cover to steam for 4-5 minutes. Remove meat from pan and set on dining plate, top patty with mushroom/onion/spinach mixture.
Arugala Salad:
10 Cups of fresh organic arugala
1 large avocado chopped
¼ C pinenuts or slivered almonds
1 thinly sliced red bell pepper, or roasted jarred red bell peppers
Place all of the above in a large salad bowl and dress with:
1 lemon
sea salt/coarse pepper to taste
extra virgin olive oil (3 T)
apple cider or balsamic vinegar (2 T)
Can add dijon mustard to this dressing if desired
Plate all three meal constituents and enjoy a rainbow of wonderful tastes, vitamins and nutrients that work in synergy to give your mouth a treat and your body some love!!
Jen’s Power-packed Granola
Makes 6 or more, 1 C servings
Use all organic products if possible
2 C Ancient Harvest quinoa flakes- instant
2 C steel cut, rolled or Irish instant oats – omit and use double portion of quinoa if on strict gluten-free diet
1 C chopped walnuts
1/2 C chopped almonds
½ C pumpkin or sunflower seeds
1 C dried coconut flakes/shreds- use Bob’s Redmill
¼ C raw wheat germ
4 Tbsp coconut oil
2 Tbsp agave nectar (amber or light) or stevia powder/liquid
Cinnamon
Melt coconut oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add agave syrup and stir to blend. Add cinnamon, coconut flakes, oats and quinoa and cook for 5 minutes stirring frequently occasionally. Add nuts and seeds and more coconut oil if mixture seems too dry. Cook and stir for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat and either let cool to serve, or for extra crunchiness place in 400-425 degree oven for 7 minutes. Cool and store in refrigerator to solidify.
Variations on “cereal and milk”- some outside the box ways of serving this:
Make ½ of your favorite shake recipe using frozen or fresh berries and pour over granola instead of using milk or yogurt. For elimination diet maintenance, use almond milk or hemp milk for a nice bowl of cereal.
1C of granola (plus some berries or “milk” of choice) is a meal in itself and does not need to be consumed with a protein as the nuts and seeds included in the recipe are sufficient!
Can top granola with 2 Tbsp ground flax meal or sprouted flax seeds.
This information is for educational purposes only, and is not intended to treat or diagnose any health condition.