Bacon Burger Dogs

Sticking with my "BBQ everything this Summer" theme I decided to try to create bacon burger dogs to put a brand new twist on the ever so boring hamburger/hot dog.

Let me tell you this... These were amazing!

 I started off with lean ground burger then added about 4 slices of bacon cut up.

 Seasoning's!  I added Garlic Powder, Onion Powder and Black Pepper

 Squeeze some mustard in there...

 Shake some Worcestershire sauce and Soy sauce in there for even more flavour.

 Finally! Form burger into "dogs" then wrap them in bacon!

 Mmm! Bacon!

 I slow cooked them on the BBQ on the top rack at about 350

 Keep a close eye on them while on the BBQ. Due to the fat dripping off the bacon you are more than likely going to have a few grease fires spitting up and toasting your burger dogs, which could get pretty messy and result in black/burnt burger dogs haha

 Served with old fashioned potato salad and rice & veggie salad.

I plan to enjoy the summer months and BBQ season for as long as possible!  :)

With a smile on your face, good food to eat and a nice cold beverage you can't go wrong.

Bacon Burger Dogs

1 lb of ground burger (you can also use ground chicken, pork, turkey)

1 pkg of bacon (you can also opt for the lower fat recipe and use Turkey or Chicken Bacon)

1 tsp Garlic powder

1 tsp Onion powder

1 tbs Mustard

1 tbs Soy sauce

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Dash of Pepper (opt)

(opt) 1 small onion chopped (I was missing this)

Directions

Mix all ingredients in bowl and be sure to really get in there and mix it up and make sure your sauces and seasoning's get distributed throughout.

Form into "dogs" roughly the same length as the buns you decide to serve them in. In this case I used street dog buns with poppy seeds which are larger than a regular hot dog bun but yet smaller than a sub bun :)

Gently yet tightly wrap your "burger dogs" in bacon. I found 3 pieces of bacon per dog covered it well from end to end but again it depends on the size of your dogs. You do however want to make sure that you don't have it too thick to prevent under cooking the burger inside and burning your bacon off. It can be tricky  haha

Once your burger dogs are formed, wrapped and ready, preheat your BBQ on low until the temp reaches roughly 400 then you can brush BBQ sauce over your burger dogs or chuck them on plain Jane. Either way they will be amazing!  Set them on the top rack and put out any grease fires that may come up and attack your burger dogs turning them into burnt black logs.

Serve on your bun of choice with whichever toppings and/or condiments you wish and pair with your favorite side and enjoy!  :)

Icecap's Anyone (stay tuned)

Ok I am going to try something new and exciting. Homemade icecap's just like "Tim Hortons" haha  We shall see about that!

I just made a fresh brew of coffee and letting it cool now so I can transfer it over to the ice-cube trays and start this adventure!

Stay tuned for all the steps and mishaps :)

Too hot to turn on the oven? Try BBQ'ing everything! :)

We have been blessed with some wonderful sunny and hot weather but unfortunately when those hot days bless us it also makes me curse and swear just thinking about the thought of turning the oven on to make something.

This is where the good ole BBQ is my best friend :)
I make anything and everything on there and it leaves me with a cool house to enjoy eating in haha

Making homemade burgers for supper?  Why not chuck some fries on the BBQ too! Depending on how you fancy your fries you can cook accordingly from a cookie sheet to a perforated pan for a more crispy outcome. Either way it's a great alternative to making the house hotter than it already is on those gorgeous hot Summer days.

***Everyone asks how I make my homemade burgers and quite frankly it's a "secret" hahaha If you stay tuned  I may just give in and share my "Secret Sassy Burger" recipe with you all to try and add a new twist of your own ;-)

Bacon Wrapped Haddock with Pasta Salad

 This is a super quick and easy meal that is bound to please.

I simply seasoned my haddock with whichever seasonings I could get my hands on. In this case I took it fairly easy and used a mixed pepper mill full of fish seasonings and added some red pepper flakes and garlic then wrapped them in bacon! With the amount of garlic I use in EVERYTHING we don't have to worry about Vampires any time soon hahaha 

I used the Kraft Pasta Salad and made according to the package even adding the relish and boiled eggs. I then added a few more extras  such as green pepper and fresh sliced mushrooms along with some mozzarella cheese.

Homemade Cheeseburger BBQ'd Pizza's

I have been hearing it from every direction I turn "When are you going to update your blog?" so I figured it's about time to crawl out of my lawn chair and do just that!

The weather has been amazing lately here in Nova Scotia so that means more BBQ meals and less turning that dreaded hot oven on.

If you know me then you know that the easier the better ;) So again I found some ingredients and thought about what I could come up with. I had a few things to make some pizza's but no tomatoes to make sauce so I dug around and saw the Heinz Ketchup in the fridge and the wheels started turning. Voila! Cheeseburger pizzas!

 Started with the prepackaged pizza crust that you just have to add water to... unfortunately I can't seem to figure out how to just add water and it work hahaha so I bat my eyelashes and get my husband to do that part for me. Who would have known such an easy task such as adding 1/2 cup of water would be so hard, but I always manage to mess up the easiest of things. I like to think of it as a talent haha

 Note the pizza pans in the background. Not quite sure why we choose not to use them :)

 Mmm Cheeseburger sauce fresh from my head. I just picked things out and chucked them together (what I do best) This consisted of Ketchup, brown sugar, a touch of Worcestershire sauce, a dab of Soy sauce along with a shake or two of onion powder and garlic powder. It turned out very well! I do not measure things but if I were to guess it would have been about 1 1/2 cups of ketchup, 1/3 - 1/2 cup of brown sugar, and about 4 dabs of each the Worcestershire and Soy sauce.

 Browned ground beef with onions and mushrooms. You can top it with toppings of your choice. I added more onion and green onions along with topping mine off with thinly sliced tomatoes.

I decided at last minute that I was going to "cheat" and leave the pizza's in the pans the whole time instead of putting them directly on the grill. We lost our grill marks in doing so but we ended with a nice golden crispy crust so it worked out well.

We personally thought they resembled the flavors of Burger Kings Whopper (especially mine with the tomatoes on top)

So why not dig through the cupboards and shelves and see what kind of new food adventure you can get yourself into :)