Burger Bites
I love serving these when kids are around. We make them the main meal, served with potato coins and fruit kabobs. Fun, fun, fun!
Dovetailing Tip: Use half of the cooked meatballs for today's meal. Save the remainder to use for Meal 5, Spaghetti and Meatballs.
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Ingredients:
| 2 pounds | ground beef |
| 1 teaspoon | salt |
| 1/2 teaspoon | pepper |
| 1/2 teaspoon | onion powder |
| 1 teaspoon | garlic powder |
| 6 ounces | uncured, nitrate free bacon |
| 24 | cherry tomatoes, halved |
| 2 cups | red leaf lettuce, chopped |
| 8 ounces | cheddar cheese, cut into 48 pieces |
| optional: pickles | |
| 1 clove | garlic, minced |
| 1 cup | plain greek yogurt |
| 1 tablespoon | extra virgin olive oil |
| 2 tablespoons | sugar free ketchup |
| 2 tablespoons | chopped dill pickles |
| 1 teaspoon | apple cider vinegar |
| 1/2 teaspoon | salt |
| 1/2 teaspoon | onion powder |
| 1/4 teaspoon | pepper |
| 1/2 teaspoon | tabasco sauce |
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine the first 5 ingredients together in a bowl. Using about 1 tablespoon of the meat mixture, make 48 mini patties or meatballs. Place them on a foil lined baking sheets and bake for 15 minutes. Cool slightly to handle.
While the mini burgers are baking, cook the bacon in a skillet but remove before crisp. Drain on paper towel and break into 48 pieces.
To assemble burgers on toothpick start with a tomato half, pickle, bacon, lettuce, cheese and burger.
Source: sugarfreemom.com
