Urban Burger- the healthy burger option

Hey guys,



healthy indulgence



 I am in Australia right now and played a nice match of tennis with my boyfriend yesterday. We are living in a a beach house in Mount Martha, a beautiful little place about one hour away from Melbourne city by car. The tennis club is located in Mornington, a small village next to Mt. Martha and guess what I actually found there? Well, after we played tennis we decided to get something to eat and the first place that popped up was "Urban Burger"-a healthy burger store! Does that sound weird to you? It kind of did to me, but that just made me wanna try it out even more :) My boyfriend ordered a burger called "the legend" and mine was called "the lot". So the secret to the healthy burger was this (and I am keeping this in mind the next time I will make some burgers myself!!!):

• The beef was organic
• There was the option (which would make it even more fitness-friendly) to replace the beef pattie by a  chicken pattie
• They served the pattie with 2 wholewheat rolls
• To make the burger more juicy they put on sliced beet roots and a real slice of tomato instead of fatty mayo
•  They replaced the cheese by a sunny side up egg
• The store didn't even HAVE mayo as a dip for the chips, so they served us a yummy yoghurt-garlic dressing 
•  The place also offered chicken wraps! But be careful- often times when a wrap sounds and looks healthier, it actually isn't; especially in real fast food restaurants!

There was also a burger with avocado. The avocado contains what everybody knows as the "healthy fats". They are hearth-healthy and can lower cholesterol but too much again will give your body excessive calories.



For the extra-cautious some other do-it-yourself burger tipps:

• Only eat one roll instead of both. You can easily take the top one off - and the other profit: actually have less trouble eating the giant burger :P
• Forget about the chips. Most of the time the burger will fill you up anyways. As a replacement, ask  for coleslaw with french dressing or a salad; most stores offer that too

• Replace the sugar-filled soda with water or a less-caloric drink such as vitamin water (which we had)

• Even though juice as the same amount of sugar (= same calories) as soda, it is still filled with more vitamins.

So surprisingly, you CAN make a burger somewhat healthy!!! Enjoy