#17: Portobello Halloumi Burger
Fancy a burger but want to keep it vegetarian? Try this high-protein whopper.
Estimated meal price: €5.16
Below find instructions and ingredients for a recipe that falls part of a three meal a day plan for a person consuming 2,000 calories per day (that means each meal is roughly 650 calories).
Instructions
Set grill to medium-high heat (about 450 degrees), wash two mushroom caps (two caps of 80g each; €1.32), then, in a shallow bowl, combine the balsamic vinegar 2 tsp vinegar (€0.10) and olive oil 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (€0.10), and place mushrooms gill-side down in the mixture
When the grill is hot, grill the portobello mushrooms on the gill side first for about five minutes, or until they start to sweat, then flip and grill two to three minutes more
Add halloumi (125g; €2.70) to the grill, then grill two minutes on each side over relatively high heat until grill marks form on the cheese and it becomes soft and pliable, then sprinkle salt and pepper onto the tomato to taste
Assemble the “burger” with the mushroom as the bun, the halloumi cheese as the burger, the lightly salted tomato (30g; €0.14) and cucumber (30g; €0.60) and fresh salad leaves (30g; €0.20), then wrap, and serve hot.
Nutritional Information
553 calories:
33g protein
6g carbohydrates
44g fat
