I don’t know why, but I’ve wanted red meat the last couple days. Hmm… this seems to be a monthly pattern…
I decided last night after talking to Adam that tonight would be burger night. I make a mean burger (mean in the best possible sense), but I wanted something a little different. (Isn’t that how some of the best cooking adventures start?) I’ll stop using parenthesis now. Adam told me on Sunday that he worked tonight until 9:30, which meant that I was on my own for dinner, only having to cook for myself. I, of course, cooked enough for him, but I did add some things to dinner that I knew only I would like. My brain started spinning on the way to Jazzercise, trying to figure out what I could do with burgers that would be “different” but not so different that it was no longer burgers. Man, I really talk a lot about my dinners. After burning 720 calories at Jazzercise, I headed to the grocery store for a couple things, and came home to cook. The ultimate result?
PATTY MELT WRAPS!
I made my summer burger recipe, but made them thin and an oblong type shape to fit better in a wrap. I also made some caramelized onions that literally cooked on low heat for about 25 minutes (this was thing #1 Adam wouldn’t want to eat.) Then, I placed my oblong burger in the middle of a La Tortilla Factory whole wheat wrap, topped it with the hot caramelized onions, and some reduced fat shredded cheddar. I did my best to wrap the burger in the wrap, and came out with this gorgeousness:
I had to put the wrap seam-side down on my plate for the picture
Thing #2 that Adam wouldn’t touch so I made because he was working late was SAUTEED MUSHROOMS!!! I ate a bunch of them on my small garden salad.
Mushroomy goodness
I decided that today was a good day for a treat, too. I walked up and down the ice cream aisle at my grocery store looking for coconut milk ice cream like Brandi and Heather rave about, but they didn’t have any. Then I found the Easter candy. I perused and I thought, and carried a bunch of things around trying to decide what to get. Then I happened on the CUTEST THINGS EVER! MINI Cadbury Creme Eggs!
They're just like the big ones, but LITTLE!
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It’s Biggest Loser time, then shower time, then bed time! Have a wonderful night, and a FANTASTIC APRIL FOOL’S DAY! OH and make sure you DON’T download any mysterious email attachments. There’s a real computer virus going around.
Fun wrap recipe!!
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Ooh and if you ever do find that coconut milk ice cream, be sure to get the mini ice cream sandwiches. Even my vegan-food-hating mom LOVES those things!
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Wow, what a great wrap! I need to try that one in my rotation of wraps
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I have totally been craving a Creme Egg and can’t find them! How crazy is that? Mitch got me the caramel kind, which don’t get me wrong I ate, but it’s not the same! I’ll have to go on a hunt (haha like Easter egg hunt…I’m funny) for them before the season’s over. I got the mini ones before, but I really want one of the big boys!
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Before I had scrolled down, I was thinking “Oh, she totally should have sauteed some ‘shrooms to go with that!”. Great minds! I would have shoved them into the wrap as well, because I love the ‘shrooms mixed with the gooey cheese
Great idea. I never make my own burgers, but I totally should.
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720 calories?!?! That is some SERIOUS exercising going on!!
Love the burger creation!!
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Mmmm…. Love patty melts. Actually, just about anything with onion, mushrooms and cheese sits well with me!
I’m sure I’d like the Cadbury Eggs but, alas, my sweet tooth has forsaken me in my old age…
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WOO for eating delish food that your hubby won’t!
I personally LOVE caramelized onions and sauteed onions so bravo!! That burger wrap is a great idea- i may rethink my turkey burger for tomorrow!
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the wrap looks fabulous! the easter eggs are cute
the supermarkets here are flooding with them!
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yeah~~~ monthly red meat craving is more than normal~~~
it makes me crave some too!
love the idea of wrapping the burger!
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what a great idea! it’s like better-for-you diner food, which i love
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That meal looks fabulous!
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April 1st, 2009 at 7:39 am
The more I watch BL, the more I think its rigged. I wasn’t a fan of what happened yesterday at all!
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ohhh I love caramelized onions that sounds like an amazing dinner! I love cooking just for me sometimes, my boyfriend HATES onions and I love them.
I’m definitely going to give this a try soon.
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Looks good! I don’t really eat beef, but I still crave it once a month or so too. Guess it’s the iron. Those little eggs are too cute.
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mini cadbury eggs?!?!?! holy cow! i want them RIGHT NOW! cadbery eggs are my weakness!
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wow! this is timely…I’ve just discovered my love for wraps!
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Nice calories burned!
I like your idea of the wrap! I LOVE La Tortilla factory tortillas! I would definitely try this one for sure! It’s kind of nice sometimes to make things other people hate in your house! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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O that sure looks like one burger I would love to try! Great idea too to put it in a wrap instead of a regular bun. Yumm!
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So nice to find your site because that wrap is what we’d like for lunch. Seriously. Right now.
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What a great idea Mara! Except I am with Adam – sans mushrooms! I love the smell of them, just not the taste!
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That looks really really good. I’m going to have to break out the panini press tonight and do a variation of this.
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I am totally drooling over you post. And love the cute little eggs!!!
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The more mushrooms for you, the merrier it is for you – I say. I’m actually blogging about eating mushrooms all this week. My hubby didn’t know what he was getting into when we loaded up on the little buttons at the store this weekend. Like Adam, he’s not a big fan.
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That looks SO good! I haven’t had a patty melt in ages!!
I love the little eggs. So cute!
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Soooo I have been MIA working on horrid amounts projects and having the weirdest craving for red meat. Seriously! I’ve been reading blogs as I need a break but I had to comment on yours because wow, Yum!!!
This red meat craving is so strange considering I hardly ever eat meat! But now you’ve put a big hunk of delicious looking meat in front of me and I’m salivating in this freezing computer lab. Really you can’t post such lusious looking food !
(In case this scares you, this is all complimentary and I’m just going booooonkers right now)
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Perfect time for burgers. I gotta make myself a patty melt, that sounds so good right now.
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ok, i know i’m behind the ball here, but i had to chime in about those eggs. cadbury eggs are my FAVORITE candy in the whole world, but those baby eggs get a definitive thumbs-down from me. the ratio of chocolate to filling is just TOO high. the filling is the best part, and the chocolate totally overpowers it when the eggs get shrunk
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