40 Calorie Burger

By Kathryn Reap

What Burger recipe is only 40 Calories?

Using simple ingredients most people have on hand, you can grill these on the barbeque in only twenty minutes. Containing practically no cholesterol or fat, adding this tasty burger to your regular meal plan is a healthy addition to your diet.

These burgers are an excellent source of selenium. Selenium works as an antioxidant and helps protect against colon cancer. It also helps protect against heart disease. It's believed to help reduce symtoms of asthma and arthritis also. Five ounces of this burger will provide you with 52% of the daily value for selenium.

High in many traditional nutrients, this burger also contains powerful phytonutrients. Many studies have shown this food to provide anti-cancer properties It may help protect against breast cancer by keeping estrogen levels form getting too high. It's believed to protect by inhibiting the enzyme aromatase that is needed to make estrogen.

It is also a very good source of zinc riboflavin (B2), copper, niacin (B3), tryptophan, pantothenic acid (B5), potassium, phosphorus, manganese, thiamin, pyridoxine (B6), and protein.

Have you guessed what this marvelous burger recipe is yet? Not only is it healthy, but it tastes great. Nope, it's not tofu, or beans, or even a vegetable. This is meaty and juicy. Something you can sink your teeth into. Full of flavor. And even if you're afraid to try it, your vegetarian and vegan friends will love it. It's a portabella mushroom burger.

Portabella mushrooms belong to fungi kingdom though many of us think of them as vegetables. They are just a type of button mushroom. The three most common ones being the white, the brown or tan- colored crimini, and the portabella. The portabella sometimes being called an "overgrown" crimini.

This portabella burger recipe is quick an easy to prepare. Won't your friends be amazed that you didn't just pick up a pack of pre-packaged, frozen veggie burgers. You actually took the time and effort to make them feel just as important as us meat lovers.

If you're looking for a delicious, healthy alternative to meat, definitely try this burger recipe out. There are many more additional nutrients in this mushroom that make this food a healthy addition to our diet. As we all become more informed about our food, and make better choices, it makes a huge impact on our overall well-being and health. The old saying is true,"We are what we eat."

So the next time you have that family barbeque, put a few of these burgers on the grill along with the old classic beef burgers. Give your loved ones a chance to try something new. Something you now know is a healthy food choice.