Last month, I was contacted by Laughing Cow Cheese stating that they wanted to send me some products to experiment and create recipes with…
Being a HUGE fan of Laughing Cow Cheese, I instantly said yes and eagerly awaited the arrival of my “mystery box” of cheese! When it arrived, I couldn’t wait to break into it and see what flavor I would be working with.
They sent me French Onion flavor, which is one I haven’t cooked with as much as the others. I was excited to jump in and create a few fun recipes with this new flavor, the first of which I’ll share with you today. Laughing Cow Cheese wedges weigh in at just 35-calories per wedge, which makes it completely guilt-free!
I’ve wanted to experiment with caramelized onions for some time and felt like this recipe would be the first way to try out my first batch. And, without further ado, please find my first recipe using the French Onion Laughing Cow cheese. I hope you love it as much as I do!
French Onion Cheese-Stuffed Turkey Burgers
INGREDIENTS
1 onion, thinly sliced
¼ cup fat free beef broth
4 oz. lean ground turkey
1 wedge Laughing Cow Cheese French Onion flavor
cooking spray
salt
pepper
spinach leaves
80 calorie bun
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Slice your onions thinly.
2. Prepare a pan with cooking spray and add your onions at medium heat. Generously salt the onions immediately, as the salt will help them to sweat and caramelize.
3. Cook the onions until they start to brown, stirring frequently. If they start to stick to the pan, add the beef broth. Even if they don’t start to stick, add the beef broth. It will cook off quickly.
4. Once onions are beautifully caramelized, remove from the heat and set aside.
5. Place ground turkey in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper. Take half of the turkey and form it into a burger.
6. Slice the Laughing Cow cheese horizontally, and smash half of a wedge into the center of the burger you just made.
7. Add about 1 ½ Tbsp. caramelized onions on top of the cheese. Save the remaining onions to add to dishes you make later this week.
8. Take the remaining raw turkey and cover the cheese/onion mixture, sealing the burger on the edges.
9. Cook your burger on a grill pan, or on a George Foreman grill, seasoning with salt and pepper on both sides prior to cooking. Cook thoroughly until done all the way through.
10. While the burger is cooking, prepare your bun. Spread the remaining wedge of Laughing cow on the bun and add spinach leaves. Note: I would have added tomato slices, if I had them…
11. Remove burger from the stove when done, assemble your burger, and get ready to be amazed.
I paired my burger with oven baked fries and Heinz Balsamic Ketchup. REALLY delicious!
Per Serving:
CAL 285; CARB 21g; FAT 6g; PROT 37g; FIB 2g; SOD 410mg
If you love Laughing Cow Cheese like I do, here’s a few more NTTC recipes you should consider trying as well all made with Laughing Cow cheese wedges:
Laughing Cow Stuffed Turkey Burgers
Volumized Jenny Craig Rising Crust Pizza
Garlicky Spinach with Laughing Cow Cheese
Jenny Craig Chicken Tomatillo Stuffed Peppers
Jenny Craig Chicken Fajita Quesadilla
Note: The Laughing Cow® provided me with the cheese product for this review; however, the recipe and all the opinions expressed above are my own.
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A stuffed burger! How fun! These sound so delicious!
Will you please make them for me soon?
When you live here… you may become my guinea pig for all these recipes I make, especially if you’re just a few minutes away!
I will drive to be a guinea pig
Fascinating! We need to do that soon… are you off next weekend at all? Maybe I should cook for you. Let a girl know.
Looks tasty. I just found out Laughing Cow has blue cheese flavor, though I know that’s not at the top of your list.
Yes, yes… I’ve never tried the blue cheese, and that’s on purpose!
They sound lovely. The French onion cheese sounds delish.
It’s really good! I definitely recommend trying it!
That turkey burger looks good.
One of my favorite recipes is cooking cauliflower (fresh or frozen) in a little chicken broth, then drain it off and add one or two wedges of Laughing Cow (you can use any flavor, but the one with garlic and herbs is nice for this), and mash it up. It makes creamy, low fat, mashed cauliflower- really good and low in calories.
I can never find Laughing Cow at any stores! I hear about it all the time and have never eaten it.
I wanted to share a little trick with you and it’s the way I cut onions the thinnest possible. Put the half onion flat side down like normal. Start as near to the cutting board as you can get with your knife almost horizontal to the cutting board and slice inward and down toward the center of the onion. Continue cutting as if you were cutting in the shape of the rays of the sun. All pieces will be exactly the same size, which is great when you sprinkle them on pizza…or for anything actually. You can also do this, and then chop across as you normally would for much smaller minced onions. That’s it.
Trying to get back into the swing of Jenny after the holidays myself. Congrats on the weight loss this week!
That’s a GREAT idea! I’m going to have to try that! My knife skills are at most okay, so I’m always looking for new tricks! Seriously… why don’t they have Laughing Cow in Hawaii. That seems wrong!
This looks really good, I can’t wait to try it! One question – do the nutrition stats you posted include the bun or just the burger itself? Thanks!
Yes, it includes everything! I actually had to use a 110-calorie bun, because it’s all that I had on hand, but my preference is to use the 80-calorie kind for obvious reasons.
Oooh – this looks like a winner. Definitely am going to have to put this one into the rotation for a try.
Charlene – I hope you love it! I’ve made a few variations of stuffed burgers and the key really is the Laughing Cow Cheese. You can stuff it with spinach, onions, garlic, sun dried tomatoes… really anything you have in your fridge! If you make them, definitely let me know what you think!
Oh yes – your spinach, onion, sun dried tomato burger was a big hit. We even made them to take to a family BBQ and everyone loved them. Can’t wait to see what else you do with LC.
Families love stuffed burgers! I made them for Beth, Jason and the kids when I was home in September. HUGE hit! I have two more ideas for the french onion, and a major backlog of recipes I need to post. That being said, I’m hoping to post more LC this month, but it may be February!
Looks amazing! My hubs and I perfected our Juicy Lucy this summer…but it was not low fat at. all. Going to try this next week! Mind if I post a link to this on my blog when I try it?
I also LOVE the idea of using Laughing Cow as a spread. Never thought of that! We’re trying to lower our mayo intake, and this is a great way to get off the sauce!
I love the name Juicy Lucy!!! And, of course… Please feel free to post to your blog. I use a LOT of laughing cow as a spread. It’s a generous 35 calorie alternative!
Just bought all the ingredients to give this a try. It looks amazing. Thanks for always posting pictures of the entire process of making a recipe. I find it extremely helpful. Wish more folks would follow your lead.
I’m glad it helps! I don’t make anything that is difficult to prepare… and I think the pics demystify the process! Stop back and let me know how it went. Hoping you loved it! xoxo
Finally made these tonight. Juicy and delicious!
So glad you enjoyed them! It’s fun to play with the recipe too… I’ve made a LOT of different variations on this one! Yum!