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These paleo Grilled Pineapple BBQ Burgers are sweet, tangy and delicious! Great for a day of grilling, and made with whole-food ingredients!
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Hello, dear readers! I’m so sorry that I have taken so long to post another recipe, but there will be a few new and yummy recipes coming your way soon! How is the first month of the year going for everyone? I hope you are all doing fantastic and having a wonderful year so far.
This year is off to a good start, and I’m really getting a handle on my eating. Which is good, because I kid of have to. With a few doctor’s appointments, I have discovered a couple of things about my body that I didn’t know before. I learned that my body has trouble digesting protein (most likely a result of my past unhealthy choices), which is causing a high level of uric acid in my body, which is causing kidney stones. That’s fun. I also learned that I am allergic to soy. I try to stay away from soy anyway, but I haven’t really been reading labels like I should. You’d be surprised at how many things have soy in it. The protein bars I used to eat, the dairy-free coffee creamer I used, even chewing gum. When looking at the allergen menus of the restaurants we frequent, almost every dish has a dot under the “soy” column. Gah! So I really need to start paying attention to ingredients. It sucks a little because I really wanted to go to a Chinese restaurant the other night, but I realized that practically everything is cooked in soy.
I don’t mind too much since, like I said, I try to avoid it anyway, but every once in a while I like to indulge and eat Chinese, or indulge in some packaged gluten-free cookies, or pick up a protein bar, and a lot of those things I would get had soy in it. Which would probably explain why I always had acid re-flux and a runny nose.
But I digress. I mentioned we received a grill from my parents for Christmas, and I have been grilling almost every meal now, weather permitting. This is my first grilled recipe, and it was pretty tasty. Burgers just taste better grilled, don’t they? And I love grilled pineapples!
I have this handy-dandy burger press that David bought that makes it very easy to make burger patties, and I use it every time I make burgers. Otherwise, I have a hard time making even patties.
Easy-peasy!
If you don’t have a grill, this can also be made in the pan.
- I pineapple cored and sliced
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/2 small red onion diced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 Tbsp dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 Tbsp arrowroot starch
- 1 Tbsp water
- 1/2 cup dijon mustard
- 2 Tbsp coconut aminos
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
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For the sauce: Whisk the water and arrowroot powder together and place in a saucepan. Add the rest of the sauce ingredients and turn the heat to medium-low. Whisk the sauce until it has slightly thickened, then remove from heat.
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In a large mixing bowl, mix the ingredients for the burgers together until well-combined.
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Divide into four equal portions and form the meat into burger patties.
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Pre-heat a grill to medium-high heat.
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Place the burgers and pineapples on the grill when it becomes hot and close the lid. Do not place the pineapples over direct flame.
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Cook for 5 minutes on each side, or until burger is cooked to your liking.
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Top the burgers with some of the sauce and the grilled pineapples.
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Serve on lettuce buns, or eat with a fork and knife! Enjoy!
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