#kaleburger

A delicious and nutritious burger featuring a flavorful butternut and kale patty, topped with Swiss cheese, lettuce, and tomato, served on whole wheat English muffins. Perfect for a wholesome meal!

Ingredients: 1 butternut squash, peeled and diced. 1 cup kale, finely chopped. 1/2 cup breadcrumbs. 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese. 1 egg. 1/2 tsp salt. 1/4 tsp black pepper. 4 whole wheat English muffins. 4 lettuce leaves. 4 tomato slices. 4 slices of Swiss cheese. 4 tbsp mayonnaise. 1 tbsp olive oil.

Instructions: Start by heating the oven to 400F 200C. Pour olive oil over the diced butternut squash on a baking sheet and season with salt and pepper. Place in the oven and roast for 20 to 25 minutes, or until soft. Put the roasted butternut squash, chopped kale, breadcrumbs, grated Parmesan cheese, egg, salt, and black pepper in a large bowl. Mix everything together well. Split the mixture in half and shape each half into a burger patty. Get a grill or grill pan hot, but not too hot. The burger patties made with butternut squash and kale should be grilled for four to five minutes on each side, or until they are fully cooked and have grill marks. Put a slice of Swiss cheese on top of each patty in the last minute of cooking and let it melt. Toast the English muffins made with whole wheat until they get a little brown on the edges. Spread mayonnaise on the English muffin's bottom half. Put a lettuce leaf on the bottom of each muffin, then a burger patty made of butternut squash, kale, and melted Swiss cheese. Put a tomato slice and the other half of the English muffin on top of each burger. Make sure your Butternut McMuffins and Kale Burgers are hot before you serve them.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

If Looks Could Kale - Burger

  Last year, we were trying all the popular kale recipes.  Smoothies, chips, steamed, you name it, we tried it!  After burning through all the raving recipes, we ventured into creating our very own.  We were already decided on having burgers for dinner one evening, and the idea just dawned on us.  Why not fluff the burger a bit, and add some healthy goodness directly to it?  So we mixed our burger with kale, onion, garlic scapes, egg and sprinkled it with salt & pepper.  The burgers were truly delicious!  It's still our favorite.  We loved that the burger didn't give us that "heavy" feeling that we normally experience after eating an all beef patty.  And, BONUS, it's a GREAT way to trick those reluctant to eat their healthy greens, without ever sacrificing flavor!   We originally called this burger the "Kale-Scape Burger", but the show "Bob's Burgers" changed all that.  Bob's Burgers is about a cartoon family that owns and operates their own burger joint.  The show is full of comical circumstances, witty remarks, strangely realistic conversations, restaurant rivalry, & sweetheart family moments.   Perhaps comparable to a new age Simpsons, or a wittier, less "all over the place"  Family Guy.  Anyway, we enjoy the shenanigans that the Belcher family finds themselves in.   But, the real reason I mentioned Bob's Burgers is because in nearly every episode you catch a glimpse of the chalkboard in the background, with the "Burger of the Day"  written upon it.  We happened to spy the "If Looks Could Kale" Burger, and instantly decided that was the PERFECT name for our burger creation. 

The Recipe

1 to 1 1/4lb Ground Chuck 4-6 Kale Leaves 4 Young Yellow Onions (or 1 Med. Storage Onion) 1-3 Garlic Scapes 1 Egg

Salt & Pepper to taste                                                                                          

                                                                                                                         SIMPLE. FLUFFY. DELICIOUS.

I've held onto the dress I wore to my high shook graduation, a beautiful red strapless thing with black and gold roses. I can zip it up now, but it looks a little silly in the hips! I'm hoping to maybe wear it to a wedding this August.

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My weight gain was quite rapid when it happened, so I have bags upon bags of goal clothing in my closet. Literally an entire wardrobe. My penultimate goal clothing is a super sexy dress, however, which I never had the heart to confine to a bag. :-)

kaleburger, I hope to see a picture of you in this beautiful dress pretty soon.