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Calories in Homemade Hamburger

There are many health advantages to preparing your hamburger at home rather than purchasing it at the fastfood joint. You attain Diet Control over the quality of ingredients that go into your burger.

Without the meat, here's the general calorie content:

Large Bun - 150 calories
Lettuce Leaf - 10 calories
Onion slices - 10 calories
Tomato slices (3 thin or 2 thick) - about 15 calories
Cheese - 1 slice about 100 calories

Pickles - Allow 5 calories (Pickles are more of a health threat due to the sodium content than the calorie content.)

TOTAL WITHOUT MEAT: 290 calories with cheese and 190 calories without cheese

You may be able to subtract some of the cheese calories, depending on 1) if you want cheese on your burger and, 2) you choose a lighter calorie cheese.

Meat Calories:

Check your ground beef package which will contain the calorie content. Calorie content can differ up to 250 calories per serving, depending on the cut of the beef and how lean your purchase is. Use an inexpensive kitchen scale to weigh out your meat for total accuracy - or at least, as near to accuracy as possible.

Other options for meat that might be a healthier choice in your diet include: roasted chicken, vegetable burgers found in the frozen section of the market, or ground turkey.

With a little Diet Ingenuity, your large burger could weigh in at 350 calories or less!

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