A HUGE thank you to everyone who suggested burger recipes – but MaggieApril’s really caught my eye!  I ended up putting it in my MasterCook to save for future use and to double check the points.  Each burger, without bun, comes in at:

• 204 calories
• 12 fat
• 1.75
• .5 fiber
• 21.5 protein

Here’s the recipe:

Feta-Stuffed Chicken Burgers
From the Weight Watchers website, 5 points

• 1 pound(s) uncooked ground chicken breast
• 1 tbsp fresh oregano (I used Italian seasoning)
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder (I used garlic salt)
• 7 tbsp feta cheese, crumbled (I used reduced fat feta)
• 4 item(s) reduced-calorie hamburger roll(s) (mine come in at 80 calories each, with 5 grams of fiber!)
•  1 cup(s) lettuce, romaine, cut into thick strips
•  2/3 cup(s) roasted red peppers, sliced (without oil) (mine had oil, but I soaked most of it up)
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• cracked pepper to taste
• 5 small olive(s), black, sliced (about 4 tsp)  (I don’t like olives, so I left this off)

1. Preheat grill or broiler.
2. In a medium bowl, combine chicken, oregano, garlic powder and feta; divide mixture into four balls and then press them gently into patties.
3. Grill or broil patties until internal temperature of burgers reaches 165°F, about 7 to 8 minutes per side.
4. Serve each burger on a bun with 1/4 of lettuce, 1/4 of peppers and 1 teaspoon of olives. Yields 1 burger per serving.

Here’s how it looks right before the patties were made:

After the first flip:

On my plate!

With my one serving of potato coins, my dinner comes in at:

• 454 calories
• 22.5 fat
• 38.5 carbs
• 7.5 fiber (thanks to the bun!)
• 27.5 protein

Thanks Maggie!

When I got home, I saw that I had a new magazine!  My godmother and great aunt gave it to me for Christmas.  It’s called Cook’s Country, and looks like another Cook’s Illustrated magazine – can’t wait to check it out!

So I’ve already spent $40 on groceries tonight (besides my dinner ingredients I got American cheese, deli meat, two reusable bags (I am up to four!) a package of Kaiser rolls, smoked salmon, and a tomato).   With lunch from Panera at $13.00, I am up to $53 of my $100 weekly budget!  Hopefully I’ll make that goal though!

Although my last $100 challenge was close, although I neglected to add that I bought the fish separately, so that weeks total was really $111.00.  Still not bad though!

See you tomorrow – hopefully we won’t get too much snow tonight!