5 Star Burger Diaries, Part 6: Egg Burger

My new creation in 5 Star Burger series is an egg burger. The idea came from leftover ingredients, speck and wild ramps, which I used to make this delicious and simple spring pasta dish.



The egg burger is basically an omelet with speck, wild ramps, and shredded cheese, cut out in round shape to match the slider bun. It is terrific with crunchy baby romaine lettuce, a thin slice of tomato, and spicy sriracha mayonnaise. These little sliders can be served at any time of the day but are absolutely perfect for a Sunday brunch.

5 Star Foodie Junior: Burger Diaries, Part 5: A Birthday Donut Burger

Welcome to the May edition of 5 Star Foodie Junior, a series of monthly posts that feature my daughter learning how to cook in the kitchen. Featured this month is Junior's contribution to 5 Star Burger Diaries, a donut burger.

5 Star Foodie Junior:

This coming weekend will be my birthday and today we had a celebration at my school. We brought donuts from Wegmans, and there were three kinds: chocolate with sprinkles, maple glazed which was my favorite, and plain glazed. My classmates really enjoyed the donuts!

We had gotten a lot of donuts so we had a few leftover. So we decided to make a donut burger.

First, we fried the bits of Mantalitsa bacon in a pan.



Then we seasoned the ground beef with salt and pepper. We formed a flat patty and placed the bacon and Muenster cheese in a middle and wrapped the ground beef around it.



Then we fried our burger.



We sliced our plain glazed donut in half and placed the ground beef patty on top. We also added the laughing cow cheese and the apple jelly.



This was a totally awesome burger! The sweet and the savory flavors went well together. The apple jelly was a last minute addition and it was definitely a good idea.



I really liked the surprise of the melted cheese and the crispy bacon inside the burger. This was a fun day celebrating my birthday!



My birthday is actually on Mother's Day this year and I want to wish my mom and all the other moms that will read this post a Happy Mother's Day!!!

5 Star Burger Diaries, Part 4: Burger Bagel Melt

This weekend I decided to make a classic Tuna Melt Bagel sandwich into a Burger Bagel Melt, using a juicy burger patty made with organic free-range ground beef.



I spread a layer of mayo on onion bailys bagel, place a burger patty (cooked rare as it also cooks further in the oven) on top, sprinkle cheese all over. Then I placed it in the oven on 375 degrees just until the cheese melts. Finally, I topped it with a refreshing tomato and black olive relish.

This burger bagel melt made a really awesome lunch!