Healthified Juicy Lucy Burgers

August 2, 2016 Amanda Plott

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so... I'll just leave this right here for a moment and let you take all of this glorious golden cheese amazingness in.

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Good? Good.

When I decided to try my hand at making a Juicy Lucy burger this week, I've got to admit, I was a little nervous! The last time that I attempted making a Juicy Lucy was with my dad grilling them up, and let's just say they didn't turn out as planned. Not at all.

The cheese completely disappeared out into the burger meat and/or oozed out in a sad waste. Leaving us with just plain old burger patties. How boring! It was cheese abuse at it's finest. So much cheese was lost that day... may it rest in peace. Today though, that wasn't the case. I was determined to have my Juicy Lucy, and eat it too with all of it's amazing cheese goodness tucked away inside where it's supposed to be...

Southwest Grilled Pork Tenderloin Salad

July 13, 2016 Amanda Plott

I've been challenged again this year! They say that the best cooks know how to utilize any ingredients placed in front of them. I'd like to think that my handy skills with creating 'pantry' meals from my kitchen aids me in this.

Today I put my chops to the test in this Chopped At Home Challenge with Sargento®! My goal was to create a recipe within the theme of 'grilling' using all of the secret “basket” ingredients; pork tenderloin, cherry/grape tomatoes, broccoli, and Sargento Chef Blends 4 State Cheddar. Of course, looking at the last three ingredients my mind instantly went to a chef or cobb salad. But, what to do with the pork? Being from Texas, my first thought was grilled pork with a spicy seasoned kick. The spice is what kicked this off into a twist on a southwest salad...

Naked Sriracha Turkey Burger

June 17, 2016 Amanda Plott

For a while now, I've been wanting to create a 'naked' burger. What's a naked burger? Basically it's a burger that is so good you don't need a bun. That's right. This is a bun-less burger! It sits here completely bare (except for a little drizzle of sauce) and couldn't be more proud of it.

Turkey burgers tend to get knocked on a lot with people making claims like they are dry or boring and bland. Honestly, I've not ever found that to be the case. I've always infused my turkey burgers with plenty of moisture and flavor. Today, I wanted that flavor to come with a little big of a spicy Sriracha kick!...

Grilled Strawberry Shortcake Kabobs with Skinny Cheesecake Dip

April 21, 2016 Amanda Plott

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sara Lee Desserts and Cool Whip. All opinions are my own. Be sure to check out SaraLeeDesserts.com/recipes and KraftRecipes.com/CoolWhip for more delicously easy recipe ideas!

Well, I hope that everyone else is dry and enjoying the warmer spring weather! Here in Texas, we're getting nothing but rain. Not that I'm complaining, I mean... let's face it, we need it desperately still just as most of the rest of the country does.

Despite the weather, I'm still dead-set on getting my grill on this week (even with it raining me out of my own backyard.) Thank goodness for indoor grills though! It has been my best friend for a few days now since I had something planned nearly every day this week that was intended to be grilled. Thank you, mother nature...

Grilled Feta Skewers

April 19, 2016 Amanda Plott

The rain here in Texas has been crazy these last few days, and we still have more to come. Houston, you're in my thoughts! Despite the turn of weather (April showers bring May flowers...), I'm still getting my grill on this week. One way or another.

To add a little color and brightness to my life during this rather gloomy day, I decided to grill up these veggie-full skewers that couldn't be any more easy to make, or any more delicious. Let's face it, I'm a sucker for cheese is just about any form or fashion...

Healthified B.B.Q. Pulled Pork Grilled Cheese

July 8, 2015 Amanda Plott

Here in Texas, we are all about our BBQ. I think that we will just about put BBQ meat in anything, sandwich, taco, casserole, you name it - we put BBQ in it. A few weeks ago I was at a local movie theater here in Austin which was running a special in July for a pulled pork grille cheese. They were all out of one, so I didn't get to order it, but they did have a pre-show commercial that came on the screen showing what all went into the sandwich.

I was entranced. Inspired. De{light}ed.

As soon as I got home I started to come up with my own ways to make the sandwich healthier and lighter...