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#15: Give your fast-food favorites a healthy makeover
Have a fast-food burger that you can't resist? One that keeps you coming back for more, even though you know you shouldn't? I feel your pain. So find what it is about that burger that drives you wild, and then recreate it at home. For example, look at what happened when we re-imagined the Carl's Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburger for Grill This, Not That! First, Carl's version:
Carl’s Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburger
740 calories
34 g fat (14 g saturated)
1,500 mg sodium
And now, our version:
Grill This, Not That! Cowboy Burger
460 calories
22 g fat (11 g saturated)
850 mg sodium
This burger saves calories right off the bat by switching from traditional fast-food beef to lean ground sirloin or bison, and to kick up the flavor, we rub it down with coffee and chili powder. Instead of onion rings we used fried onions, and that allows us to keep the cheese and bacon while still cutting nearly 300 calories. Trust me, it's way better than anything that comes from a drive-thru window.
Carl’s Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburger
740 calories
34 g fat (14 g saturated)
1,500 mg sodium
And now, our version:
Grill This, Not That! Cowboy Burger
460 calories
22 g fat (11 g saturated)
850 mg sodium
This burger saves calories right off the bat by switching from traditional fast-food beef to lean ground sirloin or bison, and to kick up the flavor, we rub it down with coffee and chili powder. Instead of onion rings we used fried onions, and that allows us to keep the cheese and bacon while still cutting nearly 300 calories. Trust me, it's way better than anything that comes from a drive-thru window.
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