Portobello Mushroom Burger with 'Grass Fed' Cheese

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Looks good huh?? 

Portobello Mushrooms are a great vegan/ vegetarian substitute for a regular meat patty. Sure they lack in protein but they are a great source of B vitamins and selenium! 

A couple of ways to make your sandwich healthier is to use sandwich thins rather than thick hamburger buns or use lettuce leaves to hold it all together, this way you are cutting back on the carbs. 

But what I really want you to pay attention to is the use of Corn- Fed cow milk which is used in majority of the cheese and dairy products here in the USA. (For my Aussie readers, all cows are grass fed so this is not a problem! )

Feeding corn to cows has got to be the worst idea since Monsanto patented the GM Soybean. 

Here's the story- 

Corn is fed to cows in the USA because its cheap. Cows cannot digest corn properly so what happens is that it ferments in their gut and causes the cow to become sick. To counteract the sickness the cows are fed hormones, antibiotics and a host of other chemical compounds. Then, you guessed it, the cow is milked and all the hormones and antibiotics are leached into the cow milk  and into the dairy by-products like cheese. Yuk!

Grass fed, organic dairy is the best way to go to avoid consuming chemical, hormonal by products in your food. This applies to meat, dairy and milk! 

Ingredients:

1 serve

1 portobello Mushroom

1 Sandwich thin pulled in half (or two lettuce cups)

1 tbs. your favourite organic pasta/ marinara sauce 

2 tbs. grass fed cow cheese

1/2 cup of baby spinach leaves

balsamic vinegar

rice bran oil spray 

Directions:

1.) Spray your pan with rice bran oil spray (or you can use any other high smoke point oil) and place the portobello in the pan and cook on each side for 3-5 min. Once cooked drizzle with balsamic vinegar. Leave to cool.

2.) If you are using sandwich thins, toast them lightly in the broiler/ griller 

3.) To assemble the burger place the spinach on the bread, top with the mushroom, the pasta/marinara sauce, cheese and finish off with the other bread half!

This recipe is SO simple, feel free to adjust and add whatever you want! 

Enjoy!

And remember- GO GRASS FED!