Let’s ease into this whole New Years Resolution diet thing slowly. No need to jump mouth first into the lettuce just to relapse back to burgers two days later. Successful diets usually have a slow transition and consistency. Which is why the Big Mac Salad is the perfect transition from junk food to healthy foods!
This is a Big Mac without the calorie-packed bun, preservatives, chemicals, and fillers. It’s just lean beef, cheese, lettuce, toppings, and the SECRET SAUCE that pulls it all together and acts as a dressing. Use lean beef if you want to be more conservative on calorie counts. Since we ditched the bun for a salad base this is also naturally gluten free with no substitutions.
Big Mac Salad
Ingredients
- Lettuce to taste
- 2 Pickles sliced or chopped depending on your preferences
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 clove garlic
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- ¼ cup cheese preferable cheddar
- Red onion to taste
- Secret Sauce
- ½ cup Mayo
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 TBSP mustard
- 1 tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ seasalt
- 1 tsp pickle juice
Instructions
- In a medium sized pan, heat the olive oil then add in the garlic and ground beef and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook until the beef is slightly browned. Then set aside to cool.
- Prepare your salad portion by cutting the romaine and the onions and placing them into a bowl. Set aside
- In a separate bowl combine the ingredients for the secret sauce together.
- Then combine the romaine lettuce, cheese, beef and secret sauce together in a large salad bowl along with your favorite toppings .
