Marie Cookpad

  Over here for the last few weeks a certain fast food place has been having their annual Tastes of America promotion. We popped in last week and ordered the Alabama Chicken sandwich with a smoky white BBQ sauce, bacon, cheese and onion crisps.  There was also lettuce and the bun was supposed to be a cornbread style bun.   To say I was slightly disappointed is to say the least.  I will say no more.  I came away thinking I could make a far better chicken burger at home and today (Saturday as I write this) I did just that.     It wasn't quite a copycat.  I infused ours with Tex Mex Flavours  . . .  but it was still a chicken burger and it was mighty tasty if I don't say so myself.   I don't think a chicken burger is all that hard to get wrong . . .  but so often it is done so very poorly . . .  I hate that when I eat out, more often than not, I am disappointed by food which fails to deliver what it promises.   I am...

  Every now and again, I like to enjoy a good burger.  I have to confess however, I am not totally fond of Beef Burgers. In truth I would rather have a Turkey Burger.    Its a texture thing really  . . .  as soon as I get a bit of gristle or something even closely resembling it in between my teeth, my gag reflex kicks in.  It is a problem I have mostly with beef or pork.  I haven't experienced it with turkey yet.   Its awfully hard to enjoy eating something once the gag reflex kicks in.  My mother used to try feeding me hamburger (s) when I was a child and it was a no go. I used to hide it under my plate, (only got away with that one once), under the carpet (that worked until my mother hoovered), and in the cold air vents. (Worked until Spring Cleaning kicked in.)   I would be told that I had to sit there until I ate it, and I would sit there all afternoon if need be, and on into the evening, patiently awaiting my opportunity to dit...

  When it comes to burgers we are more fond of turkey burgers in this house than we are of beef burgers.  I am not sure why that is.  I think we just prefer the taste of turkey more and I know (Speaking for myself) I prefer the texture of ground turkey to beef.  Turkey is also one of those things that you can really adapt well with other flavours such as the additions I have made here today.   Today's recipe is one which I adapted from one I found in the cookery book "The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet Recipe Book." The original sounded really delicious.   The original recipe called for chopped dried apricots and Haloumi cheese.  I had neither one of those in my larder, so I decided to go with dried cranberries and goat's cheese which I do have.    Because I had changed out the fruit and cheese in the recipe, I decided to use different herbs also. In the original they had used coriander flakes (cilantro) and red chillies.    I didn't think...

  We are huge fans of Turkey Burgers in our home.  In fact I would go so far as to say that we actually like them far more than we like regular burgers. We especially enjoyed this version that I cooked recently on our Space Grill . We sure are enjoying the beautiful weather and are taking advantage of this grill whenever we can.  It will be winter soon enough!    Another reason we have been using it a lot (aside from the weather) is that is it just so darned easy to sue and to clean.  I could never get Todd to start up our old BBQ. He did not enjoy all the faff involved. This one, I just flip it out and turn it on.The patented automatic fold-down drip-tray means NO MESS, Perfect for all home types from small units to luxury homes, 3 separate individual ignition burners means fast starting.  It has multiple cooking plates with reversible flat / grill designs. Open flame grill plate option included for healthy cooking. The sleek modern design that adds v...