Week of the burger…

Twice this week I’ve eaten burgers for dinner, once pork burgers and then all beef burgers. I made the pork burgers from scratch and they were better than beef burgers; I was very surprised.

I sautéed  some onions, cut up some dill and threw it all into the meat. Salt and pepper to taste; heat up some olive oil and grill. They taste amazing.

Below are the pictures of beef burgers, which we bought from Jewel.   

In the tin-foil are the best tasting onions in the world. I sautéed them for a couple minutes on the pan with olive oil/salt/pepper; then, I made a foil sleeve, and cooked them for about thirty minutes. These were the softest, sweetest, most delicious onions I have ever have.

Delicious

Comfort Food…

I was bored and hungry at the same time, and as many people know this is a lethal combination. The hunger gets stronger and stronger with each bull second, and you begin to reach for junky-unhealthy items. But don’t fret bloggers I have just found an amazing sandwich. A concept that has been around for centuries has finally crossed my threshold: a fried egg and ham sandwich… (drools.) Add tomato, lettuce, mayo, and your favorite ham; place it all on toasted bread and dig in…

 

Tomato, garlic, onions, and pasta, from scratch…

So today I decided to stay home from school on the account of my back… yes, you heard it right. I feel sixty-five at the moment; when I was picking up my backpack something must have moved or I might have pulled a muscle because it hurts when I move my head up or down. Yes, sixty-five would be a great way to describe this feeling. (No offense to those sixty-five year old bloggers.)

Well as I was staying home school, bored out of my mind and watching reruns on TBS, I decided to pull together what I had at home:

• half an onion, sliced
• 2-3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 can of your favorite tomatoes. (Fresh wood work much better I think) 

• A fist full of pecans… just enough to taste them later…
• Two leaves of basil
• Two or three table spoons of olive oil
• Half a cup of green onions.
• Pepper/salt to taste
• Half a pound of your favorite pasta

All these ingredients come out to this wonderfully light and quite tasty dish: 

The procedure for this recipe (which I made on the spoof) is of the utmost simplicity. Heat up some oil, throw in the garlic, then the onions. Cook them till they’re soft. Then come come the green onions, basil, cook for about ten minutes. Throw in your tomatoes, pecans and cook them until they’re warm. Add the cooked pasta, and stir until it’s all cooked through. (You might want to keep a cup or so of the pasta water to add to the sauce incase there’s not enough to go around.)

And that’s it. Twenty to thirty minutes and you have a wonderful pasta dish. Keep it vegetarian or serve it with your favorite meat on the side.

Leftover Pork with Fried Rice

Today I came back from school at about 2:30; we had early dismissal, washed, and began preparing my delicious meal: Leftover Pork with Fried Rice!! It was amazing, at least to me. Here’s how I went about producing this recipe.

Ingredients:

1. About half an onion, peeled and chopped length wise. (No cubes)

2. A can of green peas. (Though, I think a half a can would have worked much better)

3. One cup (uncooked) of long grained rice, washed with cold water.

4. Sesame oil (table spoon), low sodium soy cause (enough to cover rice, maybe, 3-4 table spoons), olive oil (table spoon).

5. Three eggs or more depending on how much you like eggs.

6. Leftover meat. (I had “gulasz**” from the night before)

Alright, this is a pretty simple recipe to follow and make this:

First boil water and salt, and cook the rice. Second the heat up the pan with some olive oil (or butter), place the onions in the pan and sauté until the onions are sauce and a translucent (=tasty). When the onions are the right texture and taste (depends on how you like it), throw them in a bowl, keep the oil that gives flavor later. Next put your eggs in a cup or dish and mix them with a fork (like for scrambled eggs). Scramble the eggs (I made them dryer then usual just so they stay together in the rice.) Take the eggs out and toss them in the same container as the onions. When the rice is done strain it (unless you know how to make it, haha), throw it in the pan add the sesame oil and soy sauce. Fry for maybe five minutes; at the same time strain the green beans, unless they’re frozen then you can just them right in. Next add the onions, eggs, and peas and warm it up a couple minutes.

You can toss in your meat or serve it on top of the rice like I did. Either way… it’s incredible.

*This entire I used only one pan!! I was watching PBS the other day, and decided to try this out.

**”gulasz” is a Polish dish; it’s basically meat with sauce, haha.