Whether you’re a vegetarian on the Medifast diet or just looking for some variety in your meal planning, some of your options for your green and lean Medifast meal include meatless burgers made by Morningstar Farms. But you might be wondering how many Morningstar Farms burgers are in Medifast, right? So let’s take a look at the guidelines.
First of all, you should know that there are three different vegetarian brands of patties that you can eat on the Medifast diet. They are Morningstar Farms, Boca Burger and GardenBurger.
For each of these brands, you want to check the nutrition information, as you need to select burgers that each have less than six grams of carbs. If none of these brands are available to you or there are other meatless empanadas you’d like to try, I think it would be fine to follow the same guidelines, but I would also try to match the nutritional stats of the approved products when looking at another brand.
Your serving size for Morningstar Farms (or other brands) is two burgers as part of your lean and green meal. As you can see, the portion is quite generous and that should keep your appetite in check while you take care of your hunger and nutritional needs for the day.
While you won’t be able to enjoy your veggie burgers with a bun since bun isn’t on the plan due to the high carbs, you might want to try some lettuce wraps as a nice alternative. Romaine lettuce makes a great wrap, but for a little more crunch try some iceberg lettuce. Other popular lettuces for making sandwich wraps are red lettuce, butter lettuce, raddicchio, and large leaf spinach.
To make your lettuce wraps, you can simply slice up Morningstar Farms Veggie Patties, add some chopped onions, some cabbage, and heat it all up to put in your lettuce wraps. If you eat dairy, consider adding two tablespoons of low carb ranch dressing for a delicious option. And if you don’t eat dairy, you can cook your vegetable patties in two teaspoons of canola oil instead of using nonstick cooking spray. Or, stick to nonstick spray and slice 5 to 10 black olives and add them to your lettuces for a great-tasting Medifast lean green meal.