Nothing Fancy

The weather has been so nice here lately! We have been spending alot of time outside which means having picnic dinners! The boys love this and Elijah asks to eat outside almost every night! Tyson's parents bought him a grill for his birthday this year since our old grill caught on fire at our Fourth of July party two years ago! We have missed having a grill and have been grilling out as much as possible! The other night we had burgers. Now of course, these weren't your ordinary cheese burgers with ketchup, mustard and tomatoes. Nope. We like to take things up a notch around here! These burgers had pepperjack cheese, jalapenos, onion and topped with cilantro. See what I mean about "taking it up a notch" ;) They were so good! We even had them again, a few days later! We served them with cantaloupe and tater tots. Yes, I said tater tots! We love us some tots around here!

Take It Up A Notch Burgers

• Ground Beef (we use 80/20 for burgers)
• 1 Jalapeno, sliced and seeds removed (or if you want it extra spicy leave some or all the seeds)
• Yellow Onion, sliced into half moons
• Cilantro Leaves
• Mayo
• Hamburger buns
  

The method that we like to use to form or burgers is to take a chunk of meat and squish it with the bottom of a plate onto some wax paper. Tyson finds that the less that you work the piece of meat, the more tender it will be. He is also an au-natural kind of guy when it comes to seasoning the burgers. Just sea salt and pepper. And be generous with the salt.

Grill the burgers to your desired temperature and top with cheese at the last minute and remove when it's just melted. Let the burgers rest for about 4 minutes. While the burgers are resting, pop the buns on the grill for a few seconds to lightly toast them.

Assembly time! Lightly coat the bottom bun with mayo. Next up is the burger. Then top with the sliced jalapenos, onions, and cilantro. Put the top bun on top and ENJOY!!

The cantaloupe went pretty well with this burger. It was nice and refreshing when the burger got too spicy.