Balsamic and garlic hamburgers with Jalapeno and grilled mushrooms/onions.

Everyone who knows me knows that I LOVE a good burger. Lately though I’ve been bored with the same old toppings I always use. Luckily, I didn’t have all my normal veggies and cheeses to put on a burger, so I improvised, and it was PERFECT!

You’ll need:

Hamburger meat

Garlic salt

Balsamic vinegar

Jalapeno

Red onion

Mushrooms

Hamburger buns

Crushed red pepper (if you like, if not it’s not essential)

1 egg

Okay, there are no measurements on here because I didn’t measure, you can add as much or as little of the ingredients as you want to.

First, mix hamburger meat, egg and garlic salt/red pepper as well as balsamic vinegar into a bowl. The egg will help the hamburger stick together to prevent it breaking apart.

Place patties in pan on med/high heat until cooked through.

Place mushrooms/red onion into a greased pan on medium heat, with butter and some parsley. Cook until soft.

Diced up jalapeno J My favorite ingredient.

Place cooked patties on bun, then layer jalapeno, mushrooms and onions. Mmm Delicious! 

Banana Coconut Muffins

 I am so proud of these muffins!

I am not a baker by any means, I don't do too well with baking it never seems to turn out right. I got this recipe off a friend of a friends blog, and it was simple, quick ( LESS THAN AN HOUR FROM BEGINNING TO EATING!)  and YUMMY! Everyone in my house ate them as soon as they came out, guess I should have doubled the recipe ;) 

What you'll need: 

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 very ripe bananas, mashed (should be right about 3/4 cup)

1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted

2/3 cup sugar

1 large egg

1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut plus more for tops of muffins

*I added milk to the batter, so that it would be smooth. I don't have a measurement for it I just used my eye. 

Preheat your oven to 375. 

You'll place all ingredients into a mixing bowl, and blend until you have a nice batter, you don't want it to be too thick or too watery so BE CAREFUL when adding the milk. Place into muffin tin, and put coconut shreds on top of batter. Cook for 25-30 minutes until cooked through and coconut is nice and toasty! 

Enjoy!

Original recipe: agirlandhermixerjune.wordpress.com 

Adjustments by me. 

Practically perfect hard boiled eggs

 I love hard boiled eggs, but they can be a little tricky to make. For this post I will show you my fool proof recipe that will leave you with beautiful, sunny hard boiled eggs EVERY TIME. 

What you'll need: 

Eggs

Baking soda

Water

The first step is to start boiling the water, with a tbsp of baking soda, this will help with peeling the eggs!

Once the water is boiling, put your eggs in, keeping the flame on for 8 minutes...

After 8 minutes, turn the heat off, and let stand for another 8 minutes.

Then drain eggs, and place in ice water for 8 minutes. 

Viola! You're hard boiled eggs are complete. 

Sunny, easy to peel and most importantly, DELICIOUS!