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Fancy Homemade Burgers

March 5, 2014March 5, 2014by Heather SchraderLeave a comment

Are you ready for fancy homemade burgers? We hope so! We love burgers, all kinds of burgers. Regular beef burgers. Salmon burgers. Bacon burgers. Matt and Stacy’s 50/50 burgers. Bison burgers. I could go on, but you might get bored. So, instead, I’m just going to tell you about our latest experiment so we can get down to business: sharing with you a recipe for fancy homemade burgers!

A couple weekends ago, I was hankering for burgers but Brent was simply not in the mood for more beef. (Admittedly, it had been a week of steak, chili and roast beef.) So, we were staring at the selections of meats available at our local Whole Foods, hungry and indecisive. Finally, he grabbed ground pork, ground veal, and ground lamb. My eyes lit up. I couldn’t wait to get home and put them together.

This recipe seems “fancy” because, growing up in my house, veal and lamb were special foods for special occasions. But these fancy homemade burgers are actually quite simple to make! We hope you’ll enjoy this casual and delicious new twist on an old favorite.

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Homemade Ketchup

January 30, 2014by Brent Schrader16 Comments

Lately we’ve been experimenting with making our own condiments at home and we’re happy to share with you our recipe for homemade ketchup. Whether you call it ketchup, catsup (South-Eastern US), tomato sauce (Australia/New Zealand), or red sauce (Whales/Scotland), we can agree that this condiment is fairly ubiquitous and a worthwhile thing to keep in the refrigerator.

This is a straight-forward recipe that takes about 30 minutes start to finish; the longest part of the recipe is waiting for it to cool in order to dip in your sweet potato fries or use it as the base for our amazing barbecue sauce. We know you’ll love it.

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21DSD in 2014: Week 3

January 20, 2014by Brent Schrader2 Comments

We’ve made it to the third and final week of our 21 Day Sugar Detox (21DSD). It’s been refreshing to return to real food, and I’m feeling better than I have in weeks. If you’re also on the detox with us this go around, we hope you’re having a similar experience. Here are some of the things we are cooking this week.

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Homemade Mayonnaise

January 18, 2014by Brent Schrader29 Comments

A big part of many recipes we come across or think up call for homemade mayonnaise. Once upon a time, I would buy it at the store and Heather actually thought it was gross—homemade or not. Now, we both shudder when reading the labels but Heather has come to enjoy our homemade stuff. This is definitely not the first recipe for homemade mayonnaise out there; but we’ve been playing with this for a few months, and are finally happy enough with the results to share with you.

The best part of this recipe is that it only takes about 10 minutes to make from start to finish. It will keep for a few weeks, and is a great condiment to have in the house for all kinds of fun recipes. It’s a perfect binder for crab cakes and a great base for creamy salad dressings, vegetable dips, and more.

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21DSD in 2014: Week 2

January 12, 2014by Brent SchraderLeave a comment

For everyone following along, congratulations on a week into better eating and better health through a 21 Day Sugar Detox. I for one, feel awesome. Days 2-3 I had a little bit of a fog from cutting out the excess sugar in my diet, but I quickly pulled through with some fantastic clarity and more balanced energy. Added bonus: lost a little weight and my pants fit better. If you didn’t catch my initial post about the 21DSD last week, you can see my post on week one here.

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