I bought ground beef today and flipped through Everyday Paleo to figure out what to do with it. The fastest recipe with the fewest number of ingredients was for dry-rub burgers, which are just beef burgers coated in a rub made of chili powder, paprika, cumin, cayenne pepper and ground white pepper.

I paired my burger with a Romaine leaf (to replace the bun), tomato slices, a pickle spear and roasted eggplant. Oh, and a big squirt of mustard that I added after a few bites! The spice rub was good, but I wish I’d added something to the ground beef itself — diced onion and something else, maybe?

Edit: Still felt hungry as I was writing this, so I chopped and steamed a bunch of fresh green beans — yum.

Tomorrow is weigh-in Wednesday and the two-week mark of my paleo eating. I’m still feeling great, so I’m excited!!