Vietnamese food is one of my favourites. It’s a healthy balance between herbs, meats, spices and flavours that kick my tastes buds into over drive. The family loves it as much as I do and since it’s affordable, we eat Vietnamese almost as often as we do pizza. With several Vietnamese restaurants in Calgary, it’s […]
Carrying on with our blueberry theme for National Blueberry Month (July), I had planned to whip up some blueberry turkey burgers for dinner since I had lots of BC Blueberries in my fridge. It’s not a new to me idea as I’ve tried turkey/chicken sausage with blueberries before, and last year at the BC Blueberry […]
Since we are shying away from beef more and more lately due to the more than 18% price increase, we are buying more pork. And chicken. But those items are getting more expensive to. And the cashiers in the stores are noticing less people buying meat. Guess we will all become vegetarians. But before then […]
Like it or not, Fall is around the corner. It’s the perfect time for pickling or canning extra vegetables from the garden. In fact I am wanting to make another batch of these tasty Quick Pickle Cucumbers since there are so many of the smaller cucumbers in the stores and markets. Everyone in our family […]
Who doesn’t love a stuffed burger? This simple Cheese Stuffed Burger is a great way to change up burger night with the family. Or friends. Tried making a version of a stuffed burger last year, following a luscious and tasty outing to Naina’s Kitchen here in Calgary. My burger was nothing to write home about […]
A hint of dill in our Pork Koftas not only flavours the meat but provides a delicious taste experience. So much so I decided to scale the recipe down a bit and turn it into a regular burger. How about that, a food blogger changing up one of her own recipes to create something new! […]
We are definitely not fair weather BBQ people. How can you be living in Canada where winter comes 6 months a year! Hubs and I both grew up in small Northern Canadian Towns, and as such you learn early that most winter weather is acceptable to BBQ, unless it’s blizzarding and/or below -10. At this […]
I was recently at a private event here in Calgary for Jelly Modern Doughnuts. It was an interactive evening where we got to decorate doughnuts and as an ice breaker we were asked to create a new doughnut. Sounds easy enough right? Well then we were told to go around and ask other attendees what […]
3 out of 4 of us really enjoy a good burger and I am proud my kids are not uber fussy about all the things we put in the burgers. They save the fussiness for the burger preparation “ketchup, cheese and some mayo please” is all they like on their burgers although they boy is […]
When you hear double bacon burger, what comes to mind?! Double patties, double the bacon? For me it’s usually double the bacon. That’s exactly what we did with this burger. We’ve doubled the bacon by adding cooked bacon on the burger and mincing some bacon while still raw and adding it to the burger before […]
When I was going to College in Vancouver I had a class mate who worked out daily and was very health conscious with her food choices. She was always bringing interesting food with her for lunch (grains I’d never heard of like quinoa & millet). My mom started cooking with grains in the late 80’s […]
We love burgers and these Tex Mex Burgers are yummy. Having smaller hands I like to be able to hold onto my burger, easily, and it not be so big that it’s all meat. It’s all about the fixin’s for me. A couple years back (wow 5 already!) we started a quest to try & test as […]
We love burgers and so we continue to experiment with new burger flavour combinations in our ongoing Bakers Burger Blast. Today’s experiment: Beer & Pretzel Burgers. This is a very interesting flavour combination which is dictated by the type/flavour of beer you use. The first time we made it we used a wheat ale beer […]
Yet another installment from our Summer Bakers Burger Blast is our Cheddar & Apple Burger. The combination of the apple and cheddar makes it moist, juice and very flavourful. A hint of sweet from the apple cuts the richness of the old cheddar. Cheese and apple is a marriage made in heaven. Next time I […]
This is one of those great ways to get your family eating their veggies. My family is pretty good with veggies but anytime I can get more into them it’s a good thing. You can also add in chopped roasted red peppers or kalamata olives. You could also substitute lamb for beef. Print Greek Feta […]
This is a delicious Asian inspired Turkey Burger. It’s lean but packs a unique flavour combination. My kids love it. The ingredients are simple but distinct. While any topping works, shredded lettuce, cucumbers & carrots are extra delicious on this burger. Print Asian Turkey Burgers Recipe type: Main, Entree, Burgers, Serves: 5 Ingredients 1 lb ground turkey ¼ […]
In a city known for it’s quality Canadian and Alberta beef, there’s no shortage of amazing burgers to be found here in Calgary. And with tasty burgers in every quadrant, inspiration comes from everywhere. One of our family favourite burgers just so happens to be our Pizza Burger. Every time we say we are having […]
Pork Koftas with Tomato Dill Salsa is of Middle Eastern/South Asian decent. Simplified a Kofta is a very flavourful burger or meatball infused with all kinds of spices and enjoyed on a stick. My family loves this style of eating! We’ve made Koftas (beef) before and never had this kind of flavour burst. Use any […]
Recreated Chicken Burgers with Mango Mayo again. Interesting flavour combination that surprisingly turned out quite tasty. Hubs adored it with the Mango Mayo on the burger and the kids loved it as well. The raisins add a sweetness to counter the wake up call of the cumin, garlic & cinnamon. I can’t believe it took […]
When it comes to burgers we’ve tried homemade beef, turkey, chicken and vegetarian burgers. Oddly enough we’ve never tried pork burgers, which brought us to Pork Burgers with Peanut Sauce. When you first read the ingredients list you might go hmmmm…this should be interesting – or at least we did. In the end it’s a […]
The year was 2007 when we went on a mission to try and make as many variations of burgers as we could handle without getting “burgered” out. Some got documented, some photographed and some didn’t made the cut. This pizza burger was one from that summer and quickly became a family favourite. Kids love pizza […]
In honour of Hamburger Day…here is our favourite chicken pesto burger recipe as first posted on January 6, 2007. This recipe has been modified since then. If you love pesto you will love this burger. It’s not overpowering but adds such a flavour boost. My kids add additional pesto to their buns. And ketchup! Print […]
