For healthier hamburgers
Substitute: Beans, oats, and veggies for red meat.
Why: Use one ounce of ground beef per patty, and replace the rest with a mix of red beans, mushrooms, onions, oatmeal, and tomato paste—you’ll get the same meaty texture with healthy, nutrient-dense substitutes.
‘Take the bad stuff out, put the good stuff in, and use them in a way that makes the food more interesting and flavorful,’ says Joel Fuhrman, MD, author of The End of Dieting: How to Live for Life.