New House...New Kitchen! New way to make burgers?

 We just moved into a new house...

with a much nicer and larger kitchen ...

 I'm almost afraid we'll have to change the title of this blog! Well...maybe not...
Anyway, today I'm going to share my first cooking experience in our new kitchen.  It was not our first meal here, just the first I cooked.  So without further ado...

Homemade burgers!!!
But wait, Dave, you are thinking.  You've already done an entry about homemade burgers...
True, but that was a Wordless Wednesday...I'm gonna talk about these ones.
As we have just moved in, I did not have my usual seasonings at my disposal...okay, so I once again started prepping the meat before CHECKING that I had everything I needed.  So I got creative....

The ingredients from left are nutritional yeast, red pepper flakes, Panko breadcrumbs, sesame seeds, "woostah", black pepper, Newman's Own Mango Tango salsa, also added, but not pictured: one egg and crushed up blue corn tortilla chips.  Yeah, I know, ghetto, right?

They tasted AWESOME!  Despite their Frankensteined creation, they turned out juicy and delicious, especially when topped with Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue sauce.

Join me next time when I talk about some of the foods I enjoyed on my recent trip to Brazil!

Fri Fam Faves: Nutty Noodles!

I'm about a month overdue for one of these features.  Today I'm sharing a recipe that is Audrey approved. 

If you haven't seen my previous posts mentioning this, my 5-year old daughter, Audrey, is a bit picky and often fickle about her culinary preferences.  

However, she loves peanut butter, cucumbers, noodles, and green peppers.  So a dish that combines them is right up her alley. 

So, I present to you...NUTTY NOODLES!  A delectable dish that is similar to Thai Peanut Noodles without the heat. 

Meatless Shepherd's Pie

That's right. Meatless Shepherd's Pie. And it's damn good, too. I'm by no means a vegetarian and really desire and almost require some dead animal served to me on a daily basis, but Amy has been trying to break me of this. I resisted at first, but over the past seven months since returning from deployment, my dear wife has convinced me to tolerate meals containing little to no meat or meat substitutes.
Audrey is another story...and yes that IS a Misfits shirt she's wearing.