Hamburger with Vegetables Inside
By Denise
@petatonicsca (7070)
Japan
October 8, 2016 1:26am CST
I am skipping all over the place today with subjects! I just ate the last of the batch of hamburgers that I made last Tuesday to take in my lunch (bento) and thought of this. I often get leafy green vegetables (mizuna, mitsuba, chingensai-- they are the cheap leafy vegetables in Japan) and chop up leaves and stems and mix some in my ground meat before I make the hamburgers. I don't put a lot in but it is a bit more vegetable nutrition without my having to think about it.
By the way, I make my hamburgers small, about an inch and a half round, and then I can pack two or three in my lunch box. Or I can use them like meatballs!
Do you have ways to encourage yourself to eat healthy meals?
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@cherigucchi (15934)
• Philippines
8 Oct 16
As much as possible I like to eat healthy food so my kids follow.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
9 Oct 16
That is very true! My daughter loves loves vegetables. She married a man who loves loves meat so that is a constant laughing point for them.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Oct 16
Oishisou (sounds delicious)! I've been wanting to make "meatballs" to freeze away, but never get around to doing it. And with gohan (rice) - it's perfect in a bento!
I love to make spaghetti sauce from scratch for the kids because they will gobble it up. We put in the usual meat/sausage in tomato sauce but I put in a lot of vegetables with it . . . carrot, onion, celery, mushroom, zuchinni - and spinach if we have it. I just like to toss in extra vegetables with everything whenever I can!
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
9 Oct 16
Doushite nihongo ga dekimasu ka? How come you can speak Japanese?
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
8 Oct 16
Always , i encourage myself to eat healthily. But sometimes i crave for those fast foods , i can't coñtrol myself. But anyway , just once in a while .
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
9 Oct 16
I think I am really fortunate to have discovered I am very very gluten intolerant, so I can't eat fast foods any more. So I don't. I would have a big stomachache if I gave in to temptation.
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@rebelann (117220)
• El Paso, Texas
8 Oct 16
I don't need encouragement as I usually eat healthy now that I am retired, my favorite health foods are salmon, sardines, eggs and vegetables of course.
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
9 Oct 16
I like all those except sardines. I love eggs no matter what you do to them!
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@LadyDuck (502391)
• Italy
9 Oct 16
@petatonicsca I have problem digesting raw vegetables, I can eat only a few, like tomatoes and carrots.
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
9 Oct 16
@LadyDuck That's interesting, because I can't eat cooked tomatoes. I understand the not being able to digest raw-- if I eat too much salad I think I have the same problem.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
9 Oct 16
I prefer cooked vegetables in the winter, and even in the summer, but I eat raw vegetables in the summer too.
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@luisadannointed (11842)
• Philippines
8 Oct 16
I love it too but except for healthy foods the are bald and not tasty at all.
@OreoBrownie (3755)
• Commerce, Georgia
8 Oct 16
I just put salad on top wyh olive oil and vinegar, yum.
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
9 Oct 16
That is a good idea too! I don't like to carry salad in my lunch, though, because it gets all wilted and blah before noon.
