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Originally Posted by Jyqm
If I buy some lean red meat and make my own hamburger on my grill, and put some argula and fresh tomato and maybe just a little bleu cheese on there and a little ketchup or mustard, the nutritional content is going to be very different from a Big Mac at McDonald's, made with fattier, saltier meat that's fried in its own grease and loaded with "special sauce" (which is what, a slight variation on thousand island dressing, which has lots of mayonnaise in it?), and served with greasy salty French fries and a Coke.
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So true. I have not eaten fast food in over 8 years. It's absolute garbage.
You nailed it with your burger. I do the same, I buy the leanest (Top Sirloin) red meat and cook it up gourmet...add some Feta Cheese, and occasionally grilled onions (using olive oil)...add fresh Roma tomatoes and baby greens...it tastes so good that I actually do not even add any mustard, ketchup, or mayo. The taste of the food itself is quite good. I make burgers frequently for friends and neighbors. They love them. For carb trackers, I'll lose the bun and place there burger on top of red leaf lettuce, but still add the feta, tomatoes, onions. Yum.
I'm hungry now.