Saturday, June 9, 2007

Recipe of the day

Grilled Asian Burgers with Onion and Pineapple

Servings: 4
Grilled pineapple adds a wonderful sweet balance to these slightly salty burgers.

Ingredients

1 pound uncooked ground beef

1/4 cup scallion(s), sliced

3 Tbsp teriyaki sauce

1 Tbsp ginger root, freshly grated

2 tsp minced garlic

4 slice pineapple, four 1/2-inch-thick rings

1/2 medium Vidalia onion(s), or other sweet onion, cut into four 1/4-inch-thick rounds

4 sprays cooking spray

1/4 cup cilantro, fresh, chopped


Preheat grill or grill pan to medium-high.

In a medium bowl, combine beef, scallions, teriyaki sauce, ginger and garlic until thoroughly mixed; form into four 3/4-inch-thick patties.
Lightly coat burgers, pineapple and onion with cooking spray; place on grill. (Make sure to spray them away from heat.)

Grill pineapple, turning once until lightly charred, about 4 minutes; remove from grill. Grill burgers and onions, turning once, until burgers are desired degree of doneness and onions are lightly charred and tender, about 7 to 9 minutes.

To serve, place 1 burger on each of 4 plates. Top each with 1 slice of onion (separated into rings) and 1 slice of pineapple; sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon of cilantro. Yields 1 burger per serving.



Chips Ahoy Dessert

1/2 cup f/f milk
18 reduced fat Chips Ahoy Cookies
2 cups f/f milk
1 8 oz. f/f Cool Whip
1 sm. box choc. inst. pudding mix

Pour 1/2 c. of the milk in a shallow bowl. Dip a cookie in the milk very briefly and line an 8 x 8 dish with them. Take 1/2 the Cool Whip and spread over cookies. Mix the choc. pudding with 2 c. milk. Layer over top of C. W. Dip next 9 cookies in the milk and lay on top of pudding. Top with remaining C.W. Refrig 2 hours (best - 8 hrs)

9 servings 3 pts each

1 comment:

Miles' parents said...

OMG, I made these burgers w/turkey last night and they were amazing! I was wondering what kind of condiment to put it on it, and it didn't even need any. You have GOT to post this on ranting.