Itty Bitty Burgers

Ingredients

• •baby spinach
• •1 handful grape tomatoes
• •2 hamburger buns
• •1½ pounds ground beef
• •2 slices pepper jack cheese
• •1 pinch salt
• •2 tablespoons spicy mustard
• •32 toothpicks

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Method

From foodista.com — read the original

1. 1Preheat oven to 400°F. In a medium bowl add 2 tablespoons of mustard and a generous pinch of salt to the ground beef. Using your hands, mix gently until everything is thoroughly combined.
2. 2Roll meat into very small balls, roughly 1 1/2 inches across and set on a rimmed cookie sheet. (I got 16 out of my batch.) Press each ball down gently to slightly flatten .
3. 3Bake for 10 minutes, remove and lay a small piece of cheese over each burger. Return to oven for 1-2 more minutes until cheese is melted and burgers are cooked through.
4. 4While the burgers are cooking, spread mustard on buns (if you like), and cut into 1-inch pieces. Prepare remaining ingredients and have everything ready when the burgers come out of the oven.
5. 5Assemble burgers on toothpicks by stabbing some bread (mustard side down), then lettuce, then tomato, then a burger, then the other piece of bread (mustard side up).
6. 6When you put them on a serving dish, press everything down a bit -- that will help them stand up.