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Friday, August 1, 2025

Meg is Eating: Cheeseburger Salad

This weeks lunch obsession is the deconstructed cheeseburger salad. 



Prep: 
Meat:
Brown ground beef with a diced red onion  and season with garlic salt and seasoning salt. Layer cheese (we prefer a sharp cheddar, but you do you if you’re into American) over the meat in the pan, and put a lid on it so it melts. You can serve this hot on the salad or store the leftovers in the refrigerator for salads all week.

Fry sauce Dressing: 
1/2 c mayo 
1-2 TBS ketchup
1 TBS pickle juice 
A splash of Worcestershire 
Smoked paprika and black pepper 
Mix together and chill 

Now, if you REALLY want to
Kick this up a notch, add a little malt vinegar. I don’t have any, but that’s what we add to our mayo and ketchup dipping sauce at 5 Guys and it’s way delicious. Go and do. Measure with your heart. 

Toppings: 
We like a bed of romaine (I added some fresh spinach this time bc I had it) 

Fresh tomatoes

Chopped up dill pickles (chips will do but go for gold and chop up a whole pickle of an excellent brand. You know how I feel about my garlic dill fresh Doc Pickles. Crunchy pickle perfection.) 

A sprinkle of potato stix (these are like a hybrid between a dehydrated French fry and a potato chip and they’re essential element for giving this salad that “Wow! That’s a great salad!” factor

We also add chopped cucumber and celery when we’ve got it for extra crunch but they are not necessary  like the pickle, potato stix, tomato, and fry sauce dressing combo. 

Thats it. Trust me and make this. We serve it with watermelon and it just tastes like summertime. 

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