I remember having a lettuce-wrapped burger at a restaurant years ago, and I always go back to it when I need to step away from the buns. Yum!

Make the sauce: Mix together mayonnaise, Dijon, and Worcestershire. Set aside. In a bowl, combine ground chuck, salt, black pepper, and 5 dashes Worcestershire sauce. Form four patties and set aside. Heat butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Fry patties until done in the middle. Top patties with tomato slices, avocado slices, and red onion slices. Drizzle with the sauce to taste. Cut the base of each lettuce leaf on the head and carefully peel it away so that it stays as intact as possible. Use 2 or 3 leaves per burger patty and wrap them around the patty as tightly as you can. Slice in half and serve immediately!

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A few years ago, I went on a low-carb kick in an attempt to shed some baby weight, some back fat, some jiggle, and some rotundity. Is rotundity a word? If so, that’s part of what I was trying to shed. I wound up being successful in my attempt because guess what? When you don’t eat bread all the time, you tend to be less round!

I’m sorry to be such a buzz kill on a Monday morning. I’m just sharing my journey.

In the big city one day, I was ravenous. So I stopped at Carl’s Jr. to get a cup of ice to munch on when lo and behold, I saw something called a “low carb burger” on their menu. I was intrigued.

The low-carb burger, it turned out, was a regular hamburger. Except instead of being sandwiched between two halves of a bun, it was expertly wrapped inside a bunch of lettuce.

I ordered it.

I ate it.

Then I lost ten pounds. Well, it happened gradually. Took me about six weeks or so. But that low-carb burger is what started it all.

Oh, and I’ve since gained it back.

Wasn’t that a beautiful story?

Here’s my own version of the low-carb burger that helped me lose ten pounds several years ago that I’ve since gained back and then some.

Sorry I talk so much.

The Cast of Characters: Ground beef, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, tomatoes, avocados, red onion, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, and (optional) pickles!





Throw the ground beef in a bowl and sprinkle in some salt…





And pepper…





Then add several dashes of Worcestershire sauce.





Knead it all together with your hands…





Form the beef into patties…





And cook them in a skillet over medium-high heat…





Until they’re totally done in the middle.





Make the sauce by throwing the mayo into a bowl.





Add the Dijon…





And a few dashes of Worcestershire, then stir it together to combine.





Cut an avocado in half…





And scoop out the good stuff.





Then slice the halves.





Very thinly slice some red onion…





And slice up a tomato.





Now for the fun part! Peel off the outer couple of leaves of lettuce if they’re bruised or unsightly, then use a knife to cut each leaf loose at the base.





Very carefully peel off individual leaves of lettuce, leaving them as intact as you can.





Place a patty on top of a leaf…





Then throw on some tomatoes, avocado, and onions.





Drizzle on some of the sauce…





Oh, yum!





Then tuck in the sides and wrap a second leaf around the burger.

You can even wrap a third lettuce leaf around the burger if you’re feeling decadent and naughty!

Just kidding. It’s lettuce. I’m glad we had this talk.





Then just pick it up and dig in as you would any ol’ burger! It’s best if the lettuce is super cold and crisp when you begin. And if you want even more cool-crispness, pile on some lettuce before you wrap it with more lettuce! Or you can pile on cilantro leaves, pico de gallo—anything that floats your boat.

Either way, enjoy. You can’t go wrong with this one.

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