So, I’ve made “black and bleu” burgers before. I’m still working on getting it juuuuuuuuust right. This time, it’s only a slight difference. I roasted some garlic over Thanksgiving and have been using it as a sandwich spread. I’ll be mixing that in to my sirloin this time, with some minced onion and butter. We’ll see how it goes!
With regards to burgers…how do you like them? What’s the best burger you’ve ever had?
For me…it makes me want to cry, actually. I fell in love with a burger I had at Ruby Tuesday called the Boston Blue burger. It had a barbeque sauce made with Sam Adams, fried onion strings and blue cheese on it. It was a little bit of heaven. That said, after I ate it, I did the one thing no one should ever do when they come home from a restaurant: check the nutrition info online.
That burger was 1400 calories. I kid you not. For that reason, I’ve never had it again. Sadness.
I welcome your stories of burger gluttony in the comments.
It all started as a New Year's resolution for 2009. I wanted to start trying menu planning, a concept that I had stumbled across while looking for dinner ideas online. I dove into it with energy and unlike most diets, saw success immediately. The success only made me more interested in how I could improve, what new recipes I could find, etc. I started using my family blog for menu planning posts and it kind of started to take over. So, I decided to give my culinary fumblings their own home- and mygrandcentralkitchen.com was born.
Why "my grand central kitchen?" Well, I have 2 kids that are about 20 months apart. I have a husband who works from home. Cooking is a hobby for me. So you could say that aside from the playroom, the kitchen is the busiest room in my house and usually looks it. ;) It feels a bit like Grand Central Station, especially between 4 and 7 pm.
I hope that this blog gives me even more inspiration for my own home and the ability to inspire others in the kitchen, as well. I'll be posting not just menu planning and recipe links, but also interesting things I find online, things on my wishlist and recommendations. And who knows where it might go from there. :)
I certainly hope you enjoy the ride.
Kristin
December 16th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Ruby Tuesdays decided to put their nutritional information ON their menus a few years ago (well, maybe more than a few – I remember it was in response to SuperSize Me). I wrote to the company and told them I would NEVER eat in the restaurant again until they removed that information from the menus. I understand that some people might want it. Others would rather be blissfully ignorant. 6 months later, they came to their senses and the old style menus returned.