Even though I'm not in London yet, I'm still pinching pennies and the hot summer days in Hastings, Nebraska make it difficult to find a meal that is healthy, light and delicious to share with friends.
So tonight, after we escape the heat I am making Salmon Burgers with a cool cucumber-avocado yogurt sauce and other fixings on a pita bread bun.
First, we need ingredients.
Fresh salmon filet, fine chopped
1 cup fat-free plain yogurt
fresh spinach
1 tomato
1 cup Italian bread crumbs
1 egg
1 tsp Oregano
1. Chop your salmon into fine pieces and mix in bowl with the bread crumbs, egg, lemon zest, and spices. Mold into patties and saute in saucepan with olive oil or fire up the grill and use aluminum foil pouches. The aluminum foil pouches will allow the salmon patties to stay together, on the grill they may fall apart with out it.
2. For the cucumber-avo sauce, peel the cucumber and wring out the moisture with your hands and chop into fine pieces. Then halve the avocado and smash one half like you are making guacamole. Mix the cucumber, avo and yogurt in the food processor until creamy and smooth. Add a little lemon juice to taste if you like. It would even be great with hot sauce mixed in.
3. Assemble your burger with your favorite fixings. My favorite is toasting the pita with a little olive oil on the grill and adorning the burger with the cucumber-avo sauce, a few thin slices of tomato and a crown of spinach on top.
So tonight, after we escape the heat I am making Salmon Burgers with a cool cucumber-avocado yogurt sauce and other fixings on a pita bread bun.
First, we need ingredients.
Fresh salmon filet, fine chopped
1 lemon (zest and juice)
1/4 cucumber chopped
1/2 avocado1/4 cucumber chopped
1 cup fat-free plain yogurt
fresh spinach
1 tomato
1 cup Italian bread crumbs
1 egg
1 tsp Oregano
1 tsp Cayenne Pepper
1. Chop your salmon into fine pieces and mix in bowl with the bread crumbs, egg, lemon zest, and spices. Mold into patties and saute in saucepan with olive oil or fire up the grill and use aluminum foil pouches. The aluminum foil pouches will allow the salmon patties to stay together, on the grill they may fall apart with out it.
2. For the cucumber-avo sauce, peel the cucumber and wring out the moisture with your hands and chop into fine pieces. Then halve the avocado and smash one half like you are making guacamole. Mix the cucumber, avo and yogurt in the food processor until creamy and smooth. Add a little lemon juice to taste if you like. It would even be great with hot sauce mixed in.3. Assemble your burger with your favorite fixings. My favorite is toasting the pita with a little olive oil on the grill and adorning the burger with the cucumber-avo sauce, a few thin slices of tomato and a crown of spinach on top.This great summer dinner is low calorie and full of flavor with plenty of good protein and healthy belly fat burning foods. Enjoy!
I cannot wait to pick up an avocado and try this; I'm really getting into salmon.
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