trattoria burger

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i just don’t know what to say about this burger. This is the final countdown. After today, we have only 3 burgers to go and I am at a loss? I can honestly say that we were in the car on the way to the vegetable market yesterday when we paused to think what we were going to eat this week. I knew we needed to get a burger on the menu and I knew I could remember the fresh ingredients for this one. Not a very auspicious beginning.
Fresh basil (our package even included flowers), vine-ripened tomatoes and fresh mozzarella with spooned on balsamic and olive oil complete the flavor profile for this burger. The market had the cutest new slider buns and mentally I figured that everything would look sweet in a tiny pile. This is a take on the infamous, or is it famous(?), caprese salad and was a fresh and simple way to wrap up the weekend.

napa burger

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‘don’t doubt the flay,’ was Brian’s comment as I voiced my doubts about the potential nom factor of the Napa burger. A turkey burger on a buttered and toasted bun (definitely my favorite) topped with soft lettuces, goat cheese and a honey dijon lemony orange mustard concoction. It didn’t seem terribly promising. The burger delivered though and was really bright and fresh with the tart mustard and tangy cheese. I served them alongside olive oil roasted potatoes dusted with parmesan.

spicy sriracha tomato soup

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according to bon appetit, sriracha is the ingrediant of 2010. I purchased a copy of Michael Symon’s new cookbook, Live to Cook a month or two ago and was finally able to take time to pick out a couple of new recipes to cook. One of them is a recipe for Spicy Sriracha Tomato Soup, a reasonably healthy and fairly spicy soup fairly easily made on a weeknight and served with a cheddar panini.