Sunday - August 8, 2010

Friday night I had dinner and drinks with a couple of friends from high school. It was GREAT to see them! I had a wonderful time and have to repeat the experience VERY soon. They both looked GREAT and have been living wonderful lives. Exceptional ladies with exceptional children...would we have anything less?!

We talked and talked and talked, I REALLY hope we can plan something again, soon!

One of the things we talked about was, of course, cooking. Another was the collection of family recipes, which I am glad to say, is still alive and well! We discussed canning, baking and everyday meals. And the obsession of recipe collection from the internet.

We even discussed our happy mistakes. You know the ones where you only partially read the instructions and the results are actually better than the "right" way?

So, today I will be sharing a hamburger recipe that I only half read. The original recipe was in the June 2010 issue of Southern Living.

Sweet & Savory Burgers

1/2 cup soy sauce
2 Tbsp. light corn syrup
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 green onions, thinly sliced
2 lb. ground beef

Mix well and divide and form 8 burgers. Place in a refridgerator container overnight (or at least for 4 hours).

Sauce

1/2 cup chili sauce
1/2 cup hot red pepper jelly

Mix well and serve on top of burger.

Toppings: grilled sweet onion and grilled pineapple slices.

So as it turns out...all of the ingredients listed before the ground beef were SUPPOSED to be a marinade. I mixed all of those ingredients with the ground beef. It turned out that they ARE the BEST burgers I've ever had. Mom & Dad love 'em, the kids love 'em. This recipe has become a stapel in less than a month. I have already made and frozen about 8 dozen. Mom only has four burgers left and I have 6 left in my freezer. And really, before this, I wasn't a big burger fan. But these sweet and savory burgers, are still juicy when you reheat them in the microwave for lunch the next day!

Share some of your happy mistakes with the rest of us!