The Manly Salad

The Healthy Manly Salad Meal

Not to sound too stereotypical, but when I think of the men in my life and their diets, I think…

... burgers, steaks, starches, grilling out, fish fry, hotdogs. All of those things that are often indicative of the true All-American Man. Predictably, “healthy” isn’t exactly the first word that pops into my head, much less a healthy salad! So what I am about to say may come as bit of a shock, but I want to throw a salad entree in this “All-American Man” meal mix. I know, I know, I'm walking a fine line taking on this task, but rest assured this delicious yet healthy meal option will have a manly twist that requires the men in your life to grill out and enjoy!

Ingredients:

1lb organic lean beef or ground turkey
1 cup local tomatoes sliced
1 sweet vidalia onion sliced, grilled
4 cups raw mixed greens
4 dill pickles for side garnish
4 slices American cheese
4 slices of bread for toast
4 ears of organic yellow corn, shucked
8 ounces condiment of choice (mustard, ketchup, dijon mustard…)
1 table spoon olive oil
**Spices optional for meat

Step 1

Begin by preparing your tossed salad.
Slice your tomatoes and throw it into a big mixing with your greens.
Cover and leave.

Step 2

Get ready and prepare the food you need to cook on the grill.

Lay out your four slices of bread on an easy to carry platter.
Slice your onion into ½-1 inch width whole ring and place on an easy-to-carry platter.
Sprinkle each onion slice lightly with olive oil.
Wrap each shucked ear of corn in aluminum foil. Place on easy-to-carry platter.
Pat out 4 lean ground beef or ground turkey patties.
Add any desired spices into meat now.
Place on platter you will carry out to the grill.
Take it all out to the grill.

Step 3

Time to grill.

Turn on the grill to medium to high heat.
Carefully place your wrapped ears of corn on the top rack or perimeter of the grill and each burger/patty in the center of the grill.
Close the lid and let cook.
Check often for doneness of both the meat and corn to likeness.
Flip the burger and rotate corn to cook evenly.
Remove burgers and corn when done. Let cool.
Turn down heat to medium to low heat.
Place sliced onions on the grill with slices of bread on the perimeter of the grill.
Flip and let cook until bread is crispy and onions are done to likeness. Watch closely as this can be a quick cooking process.
Turn off the grill.

Step 4

Plate it and enjoy.

Place your tossed salad down first in the center of your plate.
Put your cooked ear of corn, toast and dill pickle around the perimeter.
Place your burger right on the center of your salad.
Top with a slice of traditional american cheese and grilled onions.
Garnish with desired condiment.

Enjoy!

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