Big Mac Salad

I am a firm believer that you can have your cake and eat it too - with some slight tweaking ;) I started my journey at 215 pounds and the main reason I gained all the weight? I LOVE FOOD! One of the key ways I have been able to lose weight and keep it off is by finding foods I love! I don’t believe that you have to eat boring and bland foods to lose weight!

INGREDIENTS

1 lb lean ground beef (I used 96/4)
1 tbsp avocado oil
2 cups of sweet potatoes, chopped
½ onion, diced
1 garlic clove, minced
2 tbsp yellow mustard
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp nutritional yeast (optional, but adds great flavor!)
1 ½ tsp onion powder
1 ½ tsp garlic powder
1 tsp sea salt
Lettuce (I used a mix of romaine, cabbage and iceberg)
1 tomato, chopped
Bread and butter pickles, chopped
Animal Style Sauce:
- 1/2 cup mayo (I used vegan mayo to make it egg free!)
- 1/3 cup ketchup (I used no sugar added ketchup and added 1 packet of stevia!)
- 2 tbsp bread and butter pickles, finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- ½ tsp salt
- Optional: add water to make it less thick! Helps make the sauce go further without having to use a ton!

DIRECTIONS

Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat.
Add avocado oil and then add in the onions and garlic. Saute 2-3 minutes and then add in the ground beef, mustard, tomato paste, nutritional yeast, onion powder, garlic powder and salt. Break ground beef apart and cook until the ground beef is no longer pink.
Meanwhile, mix together chopped sweet potatoes with 1 tsp of avocado oil and sprinkle with salt. Cook in your airfryer at 400 degrees F for 5-6 minutes, flipping halfway through. If you don’t have an airfyer, you can cook in your oven as well. Remove from airfryer and set aside.
In a separate bowl, mix together all of the animal style sauce ingredients and set aside.
To assemble: add lettuce to your plate and top with ground beef mixture, sweet potatoes, diced tomatoes, chopped pickles and add animal style sauce.

2B MINDSET: Lunch Option!