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Stuffed Hatch Chile Cheeseburgers

August 16, 2012
Stuffed Hatch Chile Cheeseburger

What’s better than a cheeseburger and a cold beer after spending a long, hot summer day prepping the backyard for our fall vegetable garden? A stuffed cheeseburger on homemade buns, doused in queso and two beers. Last summer’s stuffed bacon cheeseburger has lent itself to several different creations and now we can add a Hatch [...]

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The Frito Pie Burger

August 7, 2012
Jalapeno Cheddar Hamburger Buns

Aside from the Alamo and the Lone Star, there might be nothing in this world that’s more Texas than a Frito Pie Hamburger on a Jalapeno Cheddar or a Shiner Bock bun. And being from Texas, I can make such a claim We spied the Frito Pie Burger on a “fancy” burger menu on a [...]

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The Southern Burger

June 13, 2012
Pimento Cheese Burger

Let’s save us all some time and back up a sec: Hi. I’m Shawnda. And I name my hamburgers. And this one I call The Southern. I could think of no name more perfect for a burger topped with melty pimento cheese and a fried green tomato. Except for maybe “Pimento Cheeseburger with Fried Green [...]

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The Texican Burger

April 23, 2012
The Texican Burger

Growing up in southeast Texas, when you asked someone if they wanted a carbonated beverage, the conversation went something like this: Me: Do you want a coke? Not me: Yes. Me: What kind? Not me: Dr. Pepper. Everything was a “coke.” But no one I knew actually drank Coke. I mostly now call that drink [...]

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Meatball Sub Pizza

April 12, 2012
Meatball Sub Pizza

I keep a gallon bag of meatballs in the freezer for a quick dinner. It’s one of my “emergency” meals. Don’t feel like cooking? Grab the bag of meatballs and a bag of marinara from the freezer in the garage. If the oven and stovetop could turn themselves on, dinner would cook itself. The preferred [...]

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Taco Pizza

March 21, 2012
Taco Pizza

“What else should I put on pizza?” A couple of weeks ago, a sleeping, pizza-making giant buried deep inside my husband suddenly woke up. He made homemade pizza every night for over a week. And now when it’s pizza night, he runs the kitchen. After he got his technique down, he turned his focus to [...]

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