homemade burgers and a veggie pack on the bbq

these veggies are my 'holy shit it's after 5 and i have no idea what i'm doing for supper! dish. they take about 20 minutes on the bbq and you can use whatever you have. since i always, always, always have these veggies, it's always the same for us. we love it so much, we'll eat it sometimes as often as once a week.

i know pretty much everyone does a variation of this dish, but i like to think i've perfected it.

• four small potatoes, sliced thin
• a handful of baby carrots, quartered the long way
  
• a handful of green or yellow beans, or both
• a few rings of white onion
• 2 tbsp of clubhouse vegetable spice
• 1 tsp of seasoning salt
• 2 tbsp of butter

take 2 large sections of tin foil and fold them together so they make one larger sheet. spray with cooking spray. lay out potato slices, sprinkle evenly with vegetable spice. add carrots, and beans. top with onions then sprinkle the onions with seasoning salt. top with butter. fold up and put on top rack of bbq.

what's great about the veggie pack is that they are delicious even when they are slightly undercooked as well as a little crispy. and you can make this even when the beans aren't in season, now that i keep a bag of them frozen in the freezer i'm adding them to so many more dishes. and to make this dish absolutely amazing, add fresh dill. that's a tip from my favourite friend to cook with, lou-anne. (hi lou!)

homemade hamburgers

a few years ago when we had to budget our grocery bill fairly tightly, i started making my own burgers and have never looked back. store bought patties are quite expensive and never as good as homemade ones. mike always harrasses me about not writing down my recipes. he's right, i should. but i just get going in the kitchen and i never even measure let alone write stuff down, so all the measurements here are an educated guess. my burgers taste a little different every time, but pretty much the same since it's a fairly basic recipe.

• 1 pound of lean hamburger
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 2 eggs
• 3 tbsp montreal steak spice
• 3/4 cup bbq sauce

mix well then form into patties.

i usually mix these up after a trip to the city when i load up on hamburger for the freezer. i'll make a couple dozen then freeze them myself. so when i only feel like doing the minimal amount of work for supper, the meal can still be homemade and fairly inexpensive.