Chicken Burgers + My First Lettuce Harvest!

Don’t you love it when you make something that tastes so incredibly good and you don’t feel bad about it because its healthy?!  I love when that happens.  No doubt this would be “cleaner” if I had omitted the cheese, but….who the heck wants to omit cheese.

First, throw this into a food processor:

• 4 oz. wilted spinach
• 1/2 small onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• 2 green onions, roughly chopped

Try not to drool into the food processor when your kitchen becomes overwhelmed with the smell of fresh garlic and onion.  Then, stir this mixture into 1 lb. ground chicken  and add:

• 2 T. balsamic vinegar
• 2 t. soy sauce
• 1 t. lemon juice
• 1/2 t. chili powder
• 1/4 c. shredded cheddar cheese

Then, I added about 1/2 c. of Panko (NO EGG!), mixed it all together, and formed them into patties:

I refrigerated these for about 2 hours prior to dinner.  It allowed all the garlic and onion to release into the meat.  Also, the soy sauce and balsamic are super flavorful – more so after a few hours in the box.  You could grill or broil these, but I chose to cook them in my 10″ skillet.  Then, I WALKED OUT INTO MY FRONT YARD AND HARVESTED LETTUCE, Y’ALL.  No, really.  How cool is that?

Recipe inspired by Super Pickle