Sunday, February 20, 2011

Stuffed Burgers

Ok, I've been hearing about "Inside Out" Burgers.  I don't understand why they're called that, I think it'd be more appropriate to call them "Outside In", or just "Stuffed".  Anyhow, Baby Girl and I decided to make our own version tonight, they turned out really good, maybe even better than a "Five Guys" burger which for some reason I was craving.  Here's how we made them.

Ingredients:
1 lb of ground beef
1 small block of cheese, sliced thinly
4 slices of bacon cooked, drained and broken into pieces
Seasonings (to taste)


Put ground beef in a bowl, season to taste (I used pepper, garlic powder and onion powder), mix well.  Make 8 small patties of equal size.  Top 4 patties with 2 slices of the cheese (overlap them if you have to so they don't hang over the sides of the pattie), then top with broken bacon.  Top these patties with the 4 remaining, sealing edges well.  Cook to desired doneness.

Serves 4

I made some with extra sharp cheddar (DH loves this) and some with swiss (Bubba had requested that).  You can stuff with whatever your heart desires, I'm thinking maybe next time I do swiss adding some mushrooms, maybe just a tad bit of steak sauce in the meat mixture, the options are endless!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Sesame Orange Chicken

Being the Busy Mom that I am, I have come to rely on my slow cooker quite often.  I have actually fallen in love with it lately so you'll see alot of recipes for it.

This particular recipe I found on a fan book page that another member posted.  I really should have written her name down to give her credit ( I forgot to).  But, we tried it, and we LOVE it.  Well, my husband, my M-I-L, and myself do anyway.  My kids won't touch it. I still can't get them to eat things if they can SEE the veggies!

So any way, here's the (original) recipe:

Ingredients:

3 frozen boneless, skinless chicken breats
1/2 bottle Sesame salad / marinade dressing
2 Tbsp Frozen Orange Juice Concentrate
1 bag Frozen Stir Fry Veggies

Put Chicken in crockpot / slow cooker, add next marinade and OJ concentrate.  Cover and cook on low all day (6-8 hours).

30 minutes before serving add frozen veggies.
Serve over Rice or Pasta.

My only alterations:  I double the ingredients, this way I have left overs for lunches!  I add the veggies in 45-1 hour before serving, the first time I only did it 30 minutes and they were a bit cold (maybe because I had doubled them). I've only used Good Housekeeping Sesame Marinade for this recipe but I'm sure others are just as good.

I hope you enjoy!