I really love to eat fast food sometimes and I was really getting a craving for hamburgers. So I tried to figure out how to make low-carb burgers. Well, it's as easy as not having a bun - just have all rest of the ingredients. I made the patties with ground beef only (nothing added to it), cooked in butter, with salt and pepper added. On top, I put mayonnaise (not the low fat kind, I used Hellman's regular mayo, which only has 2g of carbs per 100 g), mustard (try to find the kind that has no sugar - I didn't but I just used very little of it), and ketchup. Strictly speaking, ketchup is not allowed because it's got lots of sugar and tons of carbs. But I have used it a couple of times anyway. I do also have a recipe for home made ketchup, which I'll look into. I could perhaps make a sugar-free ketchup myself.
Then put some cheese on the burger if you wish, a slice of tomato, some pickle (the sugar free kind), and some lettuce and onion. If you want, you can even wrap the whole thing in a big leaf of lettuce. Yummy - and it almost tastes like the real thing! I had it with Coke zero. If you can find decaf Coke, it's even better. Caffeine elevates your insulin levels, so it's fattening. So try to keep your caffeine intake to a minimum (also tea and chocolate have some caffeine).
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