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Smash Burger Meal Prep Bowls with Special Sauce

Name: Smash Burger Meal Prep Bowls with Special Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 bowls
Ingredients: 600g lean ground beef (5% fat); 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 600g baby potatoes, halved; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp sesame seeds; 60g light cheddar, shredded; 200g plain Greek yogurt (0% fat); 2 tbsp light mayonnaise; 3 tbsp sugar-free ketchup; 1 tbsp yellow mustard; 4, plus 1 tbsp of the brine dill pickles, finely chopped; 1/2 tsp onion powder; 300g romaine or iceberg lettuce, shredded; 2 tomatoes, diced

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Everything you want from a drive-through burger, minus the bun: crumbled seasoned beef with crispy edges, roasted sesame potatoes, melted cheddar, pickles and a Greek yogurt special sauce that tastes like the real thing. Four lunches at 44 grams of protein each, with the lettuce and sauce packed separately so nothing goes soggy.

Per serving (1 bowl)

44g

Protein

495

Calories

37g

Carbs

16g

Fat

4 bowls15 min30 min

Ingredients

1.3 lblean ground beef (5% fat)
1onion, finely chopped
1 tspgarlic powder
1 tspsmoked paprika
1.3 lbbaby potatoes, halved
1 tbspolive oil
1 tspsesame seeds
2 ozlight cheddar, shredded
7 ozplain Greek yogurt (0% fat)
2 tbsplight mayonnaise
3 tbspsugar-free ketchup
1 tbspyellow mustard
4, plus 1 tbsp of the brinedill pickles, finely chopped
1/2 tsponion powder
11 ozromaine or iceberg lettuce, shredded
2tomatoes, diced

Steps

1
Preheat the oven to 220°C (425°F). Toss the halved potatoes with the olive oil, ½ teaspoon of salt and the sesame seeds, spread them cut side down on a lined sheet pan and roast for 25 to 30 minutes until golden and crisp.
2
Meanwhile heat a large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add the beef and press it flat against the pan with a spatula so it browns hard, then break it up. Add the onion, garlic powder, smoked paprika, ½ teaspoon of salt and plenty of black pepper and cook until the onion is soft and the beef has crispy edges, 8 to 10 minutes.
3
Turn off the heat, scatter the cheddar over the beef and let it melt in the residual heat.
4
Stir the Greek yogurt with the mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, half the chopped pickles, the pickle brine, the onion powder and a pinch of salt for the special sauce.
5
Divide the beef and potatoes among 4 containers. Pack the lettuce, tomatoes and remaining pickles in a separate compartment or container, and the sauce in small tubs.
6
To eat, reheat the beef and potatoes, then top with the cold lettuce, tomato and pickles and a generous spoon of sauce. Keeps in the fridge for 4 days.