Quick Bites: Unforgettable Burger

Keeping dinner "interesting" isn't easy.

Last summer, our friends Heather and John had us over for burgers. But not just any burgers.....super-amazing, uniquely interesting, fan-tab-ulous burgers!

Yesterday I was looking at my organic ground beef burgers defrosting and I thought, how boring. But then, images of those magnificent burgers they made for us last summer flashed into my head, and I immediately recalled the unforgettable, yet easy, ingredients for this decadent meal.

Here goes:
4 beef patties (you can use turkey or veggie burgers too)
4 kaiser rolls (nice, soft, squishy ones)
4 fried eggs
4 slices of Muenster cheese
4 slices of Canadian bacon (or you can go a little crazy and use pork roll or Taylor ham)
4 dollops of guacamole
salt and pepper as desired

Prepare the eggs and Canadian bacon (the slices shrink so feel free to use 2 or 3 per burger). Then cook your burgers well and melt a slice of cheese on top of each burger.

Arrange as follows:
On the bottom half of the roll start with your fried egg.

Next is the Canadian bacon, then burger with cheese.

 Then smear some guacamole on the top half of the roll.

Place it on top of your "tower of deliciousness", and you have now gone from "ordinary burger" to "gastronomic experience"!!!!!!!!!

I served it with Veggie Straws, deli pickles, and Birch Beer. How easy was that? (So whadda ya think?)  If you have a favorite burger with interesting toppings, please, share your secrets with Fifi.......

Hakuna Fritatta! What a Wonderful meal!

HAKUNA FRITATTA!
My daughter Jessica came up with the name for this delicious, one dish recipe. It can be served for breakfast lunch or dinner. Plus it can be served hot or cold (no worries!). I don't have a fritatta pan, so I used an oven safe skillet.



We chose to eat it warm for dinner, with some sour cream and Tabasco sauce on the side. Yum yum! It was perfect! I individually wrapped the leftover portions in tin foil and kept them in the fridge. They were easy to grab on the way out the door the next day. So give this "problem free philosophy" a try!

HAKUNA FRITATTA
1 small bag of your favorite type of potatoes
olive oil
salt and pepper, to taste
15 slices of bacon (plus more for garnish if you like)
1 dozen eggs
2.5 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup minced fresh chives (or 1/3 cup minced scallions, if you prefer)
sour cream

Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Wash and cut up potatoes into quarters, and toss with a generous sprinkle of olive oil, salt and pepper. Then place on large baking sheet and bake for about 30-40 minutes. Let cool.

 (This also works well if you have leftover potatoes from a previous meal. Then you can skip this part and "recycle" your already cooked potatoes!)


In the meantime, dice bacon into 1/2 inch slices and cook in fritatta pan or oven safe skillet (non stick if possible) until crisp, about 10 minutes. Separate some for garnish if you made extra.

In a large bowl, whisk eggs, salt and pepper, 1 cup of shredded cheese, and chives (or scallions).

Then back in your skillet, add 2 tbsp olive oil and the potatoes to the bacon, pour in egg mixture, and stir so everything is distributed fairly evenly.Cook on medium heat, using spatula to lift edges so that uncooked egg can flow underneath. Continue cooking for about 10 minutes.


Oven should be set on broil (HIGH) and then you can add the rest of the shredded cheese on top, as well as the bacon reserved for garnish. Then place your oven safe skillet in the oven, and watch closely, until nothing on the top is runny and the cheese is a nice golden brown color. (Be sure to sniff the sizzling bacon as you remove the skillet from the oven!)

Let it cool for a minute or two, and loosen it up so that it will easily slide onto your serving platter. Then cut into slices and you are ready to eat!

(Oh, and don't forget to say "Rub a dub dub, Thanks for the Grub" first! ) 

I would love to hear your comments on this recipe, as well as your own ideas for a yummy frittata! Do tell! :-)

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