Game Day Recipe: Mini Low-Carb Cheeseburger Bites with Dipping Sauce

/ / Blog, Food, Recipes / September 15, 2017

Mini Low-Carb Cheeseburger Bites with Dipping Sauce

 INGREDIENTS

  • 2 pounds ground turkey or chicken
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 24 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 2 cups red leaf lettuce, chopped
  • 8 ounces cheddar cheese, cut into 48 pieces
  • optional: pickles

Thousand Island Dip

  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons reduced sugar ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons chopped dill pickle
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Combine the first 5 ingredients together in a bowl.
  3. Using about 1 tablespoon of the meat mixture, make 48 mini patties or meatballs.
  4. Place them on a foil lined baking sheets and bake for 15 minutes.
  5. Cool slightly to handle.
  6. To assemble burgers on toothpick start with a tomato half, pickle, lettuce, cheese and burger.

 

NUTRITION FACTS PER SERVING

Serves 16, Serving Size 3.  (3 mini burgers on a stick with 1 tbsp of dipping sauce)

Calories:  236, Fat. 15g, Carbs 1.7 g, Protein 20.1g

Adapted from SugarFreeMom.com