In the haze after the holidays I resolved to really, I mean really, (just like I said last year) lose weight. After all, it's best for healthy living and general heart health. It sounds good to say it, and it's easy to think about doing it, until you actually have to do it. But the day of reckoning finally comes; you've run out of excuses and there are no more get-out-of-jail cards to play.
So, my day of reckoning came today and I have actually started my diet, looking for things I can eat that are healthy and even taste good. Now I love burgers and have run the gamut from bison burgers to turkey and chicken burgers to the dreadful veggie (read cardboard) burgers. Most of them are fine, but the eternal search goes on for that elusive best-of-class burger you didn't know about....and I found it!
There on the shelf coyly waving at me was a box of shrimp burgers. Could it be true, a burger that had eluded me in my lifelong quest for burger wonderfulness? I held my breath as I read the vital statistics....incredibly, it ticked all the right boxes....97% fat free, 180 calories, O% trans fats, and 0% saturated fats. Burger nirvana! But did it taste like real food?
With great suspicion I heated up my pan, added some olive oil and slowly and carefully sauted 2 shrimp burgers for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Then it was the moment of truth....would it actually taste good, opening up new burger vistas for the burger maven in me? Yes, the taste was really good and tasted like I thought a shrimp burger ought to taste. My search was successful.
You can find shrimp burger nirvana for yourself. Look for frozen shrimp burgers (CBS Foods, Inc.) at your favorite grocery store. You can prepare them to go with vegetables or, better yet, prepare them as true burgers. Here's a tip for a great burger. Cook the burger and put it between a toasted low calorie (lite, multi-grain) English muffin. You can dress it with lettuce and tomato and finish it off with fat-free tartar sauce. Mmmm good. I think I'll go and make one right now.
I'll continue the search for more great burger ideas to help in the search for healthy living and healthy eating. Who'd a thought that shrimps would come to the rescue? Stay hungry for healthy food my friends.
