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10 Delicious & Healthy Burger Recipes for Memorial Day Weekend

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May 25, 2018 By Laura Ligos, MBA, RD, CSSD Leave a Comment

Burgers make the world go round. Okay, that’s not true but at least we can pretend. Since summer is kicking off this weekend with Memorial Day, let’s celebrate with some kick butt burger recipes! Enjoy. 

10 Healthy Burger Recipes

I love this time of year. The sun is shining, the grills are firing up and it’s time to spend A LOT of time outside and in bodies of water. This weekend I am celebrating my birthday, hanging out with friends, enjoying A LOT of delicious food and doing Murph (a CrossFit Hero Workout) at our gym.

Burgers happen to be one of my favorite foods this time of year (okay read: always). However, I think many people view burgers as boring and not exciting. I wanted to bring you some of the most delicious (and mostly healthy) burgers I have found on the interwebs and through my own trial and error. I’ve been known to house burgers post swim meets and post workouts. I love them on a bun, over a salad, with fries, with a side salad and with toppings galore. I just love burgers and hope you will enjoy some this weekend with me!

My Go-To Burger Toppings

A burger can be delicious on it’s own but how boring is that! One of my favorite places to get a burger is The Abbey Burger Bistro in Baltimore, MD. It is there that I started to get the idea that burgers were a tasty vehicle for as many toppings as you can fit on one plate! They even put peanut butter on some of their burgers, and it’s delicious. If you need some inspiration, here are some of my favorite toppings:

  • Caramelized Onions
  • Cheese (Cheddar, Mozzarella, Swiss, Provolone, Pepper Jack, I’m not picky, clearly, just not American)
  • Fried or Sunny side up egg
  • Portobello mushrooms
  • Avocado/Guacamole
  • Bacon
  • Traditional Lettuce, Tomato & Red Onion
  • Jalapenos
  • Pickles
  • Ketchup, Mustard, BBQ Sauce

What are your favorite toppings? I love trying new combinations to see what flavor combinations I can create. Sky’s the limit with burgers. I even like to change up the type of meat I use. I’m getting so hungry already just writing this!

Memorial Day Burger Recipe Round Up

Okay, here are some burgers for you to put on your menu this weekend. Stop letting burgers be boring, instead make them the star of the show. You’ll be coming back for more (if there are leftovers) and you will be firing up your grill all summer long.

Enjoy!

Half Baked Harvest’s Jalapeno Cheddar Guacamole Turkey Burgers with Crispy Onions

OMG, Half Baked Harvest is worth checking out just for her drool-worthy photos. These burgers sound like a dream. Anything spicy is right up my alley. She pairs it with some of my favorite toppings, so what could go wrong?

Half Baked Harvest’s Greek Roasted Cauliflower Burgers with Pan Fried Feta and Tomato Olive Salsa

I obviously could not just pick one HBH recipe, they all look so good. This one is so non-traditional that I wanted to give it a shout out. I mean, hello feta cheese, mic drop.

 

Budget Byte’s Green Chile Turkey Burgers

I used to hate turkey burgers, that was until I realized I was doing it wrong. Turkey burgers need some help in terms of moist-ness. These green chile burgers look perfect, sign me up.

PaleOMG’s Grilled Pineapple Stuffed Chorizo Burgers

Chorizo is such an underutilized meat. This unique burger flavor is one way to keep things fresh and interesting this summer. I cannot wait to try this and can’t believe I haven’t yet!

Pinch of Yum’s Southwest Chipotle Burgers with Guacamole

I guess I have a thing for Guacamole on burgers, sorry, not sorry. I love southwest flavor combos and feel like this could be used in place of taco Tuesday, and that’s saying a lot.

Damn Delicious’ Asian Burgers with Spicy Lime Mayo

This burger is another unique combo. I don’t often think to do an Asian inspired burger but think my next burger may be just that.

The Real Food RD’s Bison Burger with Pineapple Sriracha Aioli

These ladies make the most delicious food I’ve ever seen. Not to mention they are RDs so they are always looking at ways to make your old favorites healthier. I LOVE bison and wish it was more available (and cheaper). Next time I find it on sale I’m making these.

Real Food with Dana’s Whole 30 Brunch Burgers

Well it’s no secret that I love breakfast, eggs and all things brunch. I would eat these Brunch Burgers any time of day. Just put an egg on it!

Sassy’s Goat Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Turkey Burgers

These are my favorite burgers to make during the week. They aren’t greasy at all and are so rich in flavor. I put them on almost all of my clients’ meal plans, because they are so protein dense and delicious.

Sassy’s Caprese Burger with Garlic Basil Parmesan Fries

Just dropped these babies off this week and have been eating them all week. Caprese salad is one of my favorite appetizers so I figured why not combine it with dinner. This dish is a winner.

Okay, now I’m hungry. Time to get my grocery list in order for the weekend. Let me know which burger you plan on making this weekend and what your favorite burger toppings are!

Time to go relax and get ready to get my butt kicked, Murph style on Monday at CrossFit! Happy Memorial Day, enjoy the weekend in honor of all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

xoxo,

Sassy

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We’ve made it over a week together and it feels We’ve made it over a week together and it feels like it’s always been this way.

Motherhood is a wild ride & it’s only getting started. I have never been so tired & simultaneously so fulfilled in my life. That’s not to say it’s not filled with tears, worries and doubts but what fun would it be if it were all sunshine and roses anyway?

Going into this all I have felt so supported by friends going through this with me BUT I felt so unsupported by the general public. It seems like we want to fear and shame moms because misery loves company, right?!

The focus quickly shifts from mom to baby (still shocked that I only have an appointment at 6 weeks even though my body went through the biggest event of its life) and there also seems to be this shift from joy to shame & guilt.

Here’s some of what I heard from people:

😕Sleep when baby sleeps. You’ll never sleep again.
😕Don’t let baby sleep in a car seat, or a bouncer, or anywhere but their crib EVER. 
😕You’ll never have time to shower again, enjoy it now. 
😕Cry it out is cruel and harmful to the baby. 
😕Get baby on a schedule/never put baby on a schedule.

These are all things I heard and that truly led me to believe I was going to lose all sense of who I was and my life as I knew it.

What I wish people had said instead were:

🥰Your heart will grow bigger than you could imagine.
🥰You’ll cry the happiest tears you’ve ever cried.
🥰You’ll feel like a giant hole was filled that you didn’t even know was there.
🥰You won’t feel guilty about cleaning your house, it just won’t matter anymore.
🥰Babies pooping will make you laugh so hard you will feel like a kid again.
🥰You will have time to eat and shower and you don’t have to neglect yourself.

We need to do a better job of building each other up, supporting one another and our decisions while refraining from offering unsolicited advice and opinions. 

So for all you future mamas and new mamas out there, I see you, I’m proud of you and I cannot wait to share our stories with one another and the world.

Let’s stop fear mongering (just like the diet world) and start building one another up.

Xoxo,
Sassy & lil sassy man
🌈Some things truly are worth the wait. It’s b 🌈Some things truly are worth the wait. It’s been a long year of loss, unknowns and worry but it’s all been worth it to get to meet my lil man🥰
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Now time to introduce this sassy human who is already so well loved to the world...
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Introducing 

💙 Connor James Ligos 💙
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After an almost 24 hour labor, Connor joined us over a week past his due date on 2/12/21 at a whopping 9lb2oz & 22.5 inches long with a full head of hair and lungs to scream hello to us with.
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We are so in love already and cannot wait to share him with the world. Thank you for all the love and support from friends and family and to all those that helped us in the hospital. Holy cow labor & delivery teams are truly magical and I cannot imagine doing it without all of their support.
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Now back to snuggling this human of mine and trying not to cry at every last thing he does 🥰 
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Mom, Dad & Bode are all doing well!
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I get it, we all eat so we all then want to talk t I get it, we all eat so we all then want to talk to others about what worked for us. That's great!
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What's not great is when we push our nutrition and eating behaviors onto others ESPECIALLY when we are not qualified to do so.
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So often when people meet me for the first time they are worried to eat around me and/or buy groceries around me. My friends can attest I am not judgemental around food and will gladly eat that cake, queso dip or sip on that glass of wine right alongside of you. I am not the food police and do not offer unsolicited nutrition advice unless it's a client who is paying for my help OR on Instagram and other social media platforms where my goal is to educate.
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Why do I share this? 
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Because I see far too many people diving down diet rabbit holes, finding success & then claiming to be nutrition experts purely because something worked for them. 
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I've also seen this alot being pregnant, everyone wants to tell you what worked for them. IF you use that stipulation of "this worked for me" then fine, share away but if you start doleing out advice please pause, take a breath and think about NOT doing it.
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People are OVERWHELMED by diet culture and some so badly want to change but YOUR way is not the only way and it most likely is not what will work for your friend/coworker/cousin/neighbor so please, stop trying to be an expert in something you aren't.
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Got it!?! 
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Ok, carry on.
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xoxo,
Sassy
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#nutrition #nutritiontips #nutritionist #dietitianapproved #rdapproved #rdchat #dietitiansofinstagram #dietitian #dietitiansofig #albanyny #albanynutrition #albanynutrition
Your nutrition does NOT need to be all or nothing. Your nutrition does NOT need to be all or nothing. I'm not saying you have to find perfect balance (does that even exist?) but I am saying that we shouldn't feel like either we have to eat perfectly or that we might as well give up.
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Instead we should look to the grey area in between for our nutrition guidance. 
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What do I mean?
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I mean that we need to realize that we can still eat cookies but we probably should throw some veggies in there. 
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We can have a glass or 2 of wine but we should probably also drink some water. 
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We can take rest days but we should also find ways to move our bodies regularly.
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And the list goes on.
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It's not about all or nothing it's about doing something daily to help your health and nutrition without it feeling like a set of rules or a free for all.
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How do we find that grey area in between?
👉🏻 stop hopping on and off fad diets
👉🏻listen and trust your self, not your coworkers and cousins 
👉🏻focus on the simple things (ie drinking water instead of worrying about supplements)
👉🏻work to remove guilt and shame around food & body
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Where do you currently fall Right now?!
🤪 all
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🙅🏻‍♀️ nothing 
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