Turkey Burgers

Alright so for dinner tonight I made turkey burgers with baked potato chips and corn on the cob

The turkey burgers I made tonight were actually a meatloaf recipe but I figured...

what is a burger but a small meatloaf?

So any way I made the turkey burgers by combining

1/4 cup of chicken broth

1 tbs soy sauce

1 tbs Worcestershire sauce

1 tbs hoisin sauce

3/4 cup of panko

and of course some salt and pepper

I then sauteed and onion with 8oz of chopped mushroom and 3 cloves of garlic

Finally I combined both the mixtures with 1 lb of ground turkey and divided it into 5 equal burgers

Trust me these burgers were huge!

you could probably make up to 6 burgers with this recipe

I also made a simple sauce for the burgers of

1/2 cup ketchup

1/4 tsp ground mustard

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 tbs brown sugar

And I assembled the burgers on these delicious onion buns that I found at the grocery today

So as you can see I baked up some potato chips and I also cooked some corn on the cob

It was all very good and I think my dad enjoyed the turkey burgers even though he isn't a big fan of turkey

I think though I have proven him wrong on most of the reasons he doesn't like turkey
I think he is finally excepting my healthy cooking style lol

Blackened Chicken Breasts

Tonight for dinner I made blackened chicken breasts with some grilled vegetable couscous and a simple salsa type sauce

For the chicken I made a simple rub of chili powder, cumin, and some garlic powder

I patted the rub onto the chicken breasts then I cooked them in a nonstick pan on pretty high heat to sear both sides and give them that blackened color

I then covered the pan lowered the heat to let the chicken cook through

While I did that I got some diced bell peppers and onions cooking in another pan

once they were cooked I added some of the rub that I used for the chicken as well as some corn

I then allowed that to cool while I started the couscous

couscous is very simple all you need to do it bring the water or chicken stock to a boil then pour it on to the couscous, cover, and let stand for 5 minutes

When the chicken was done I pulled it out of the pan and let it rest while I finished the couscous

All I did to finish the couscous was fluff it with a fork and then added the veggies

I also deglazed my pan with some salsa to make a quick sauce

And there you have it blackened chicken breast with some grilled veggie couscous

Chicken BLT Wrap

Tonight I had planned to cook dinner but as I was just about to get started my dad just said he wanted to go out because there wasn't anything good in the house to cook

So after much debate over where to go out to eat I finally suggested that we go to Peach's Grill in yellow springs

I wanted to go there because the other day I put in a job application there and they sounded very optimistic about giving me a job in the kitchen!

so I figured I should at least be acquainted with the food they make lol

So for dinner I got the Chicken BLT Wrap with a side salad

It was really good and huge so I could only eat half of it, and that means leftovers for lunch tomorrow!

Well I guess that's all not to special but it was good I'm really hoping that this job comes through for me

Extraordinary Burgers

Today was a really busy day for me, it started around 8 a.m. when my mom and I went to Yellow Springs to help out with the flower power (ladies have been making felt flowers for weeks now and they are now starting to sew them to polls and trees all over the town, its really neat)

Well anyway we helped out with that for a while then around 11 we got our coffees from brother bears and headed out to Dayton

I had to take this accuplacer test today so I would be eligible to do PSEO next year at Sinclair

So we got done with that around 12:30 then we headed to Beavercreek

btw I passed my test so it looks like PSEO is a GO!

So we did a little shopping in Beavercreek then we had to go to Bellbrook for another chiropractic visit.

Finally we went to the Greene to do just a little bit more summer clothes shopping

So after all of that, instead of have to go home and cook dinner my mom and I just had my dad meet us at the Greene so we could get some dinner there

We decided to go to the new burger place called Extraordinary Burgers (EO Burgers)

And we finally get to the food part

So my dad got their "Classic" Bacon Burger
I'm not sure how it can be a classic yet since it has only been around for a few months?

My mom got the Veggie Burger or Potobello Burger
Which in this picture looks like a big pile of onions and peppers
I promise though there was a big portobello mushroom under there...somewhere

And finally I got the Gobble Burger
It was as you can probably guess a turkey burger
And it was REALLY good!
It was really tender and juicy (which is a big concern with turkey, but I thought it was great) and it had this cranberry mayonnaise that just put it over the top
We also got some onion rings and fries as you can see, and those were really awesome as well
I decided that the onion rings had to have some corn meal in the batter because they had an awesome crispy texture that we all really liked
They also have some really great sauces and of course I had to try them all and I don't think I could pick my favorite because they were all so good
Well I think I have talked this place up enough to make you want to go try it, maybe
And I would totally encourage you to
I really enjoyed it and and I think my parents really did too
I have been inspired, there will be more burgers to come very soon!

Porterhouse Stakes

So like I said today my dad grilled some stakes for dinner

but these were not just regular old stakes these stakes were HUGE!

I mean this one was the smallest of the three so I think you can imagine

Alright so these stakes were porterhouse stakes so that means it basically a T-bone with the fillet still attached

I think my dad has a thing for these stakes because every time he sees them in the store its like he has to buy them, also i think his eyes are WAY bigger than his stomach or at least ours because he always gets 3 huge stakes and then me and my mom always end up sharing because it is to much

Not that I'm complaining

So to go with the stakes my dad also sliced up some squash, zucchini, peppers, onions, and potatoes and he put them all in a big foil pouch and he cooked it on the grill with the stakes

this is something he use to always do in the summer and it just makes me so excited because summer is finally here and I am done with school!

well I guess I do have one more year...

but we won't think about that for at least another 3 months

So tonight was just a leftovers night because frankly we really needed to clean out the frig and my mom wasn't going to be home for dinner

So I decided to have my moms leftover general tso

From Flying Tiger

the best Chinese restaurant around!

So that's about it for dinner tomorrow my dad is grilling some stakes so I'm pretty excited about that, ill probably cook up some veggies or something with potatoes

It should be good, a perfect dinner for my last day of school!

Alright so this is like the best dessert ever!
I recently discovered these Jell-O mousse temptations and I love them
I always get the dark chocolate because its the perfect amount of richness and its just enough so you don't feel bad about it but you are left satisfied
Oh and I like to have mine with some nice ripe strawberries
because who doesn't like a nice chocolate covered strawberry

Tonight I made dinner for my parents best friends/cousins

They have heard a lot about my cooking and they have been wanting me to cook for them for awhile and we finally got our schedules worked out to do it

So tonight I decided to make them pasta

Sandy wanted me to make my cream sauce with the chicken and broccoli because she doesn't like red sauce, but Randy wanted me to spice it up for him so i just decided to make him some of my marinara sauce because its always too spicy for my mom but my dad loves it and he and randy have very similar tastes so I figured he would like it

And I guess I was right about them liking it because while we were on our way home from the chiropractor we got a call to come back to their house because they wanted to give me a tip

Randy loved the marinara and sandy even liked it too

And they both loved the Alfredo

And of course the garlic bread

I did however forget to make them their bread pudding so I guess ill just have to make it sometime soon because I would really like some too!