Joy Bauer Archives - Ducks 'n a Row

By Sinea Pies

Don’t you love a thick, juicy burger when it first comes off the grill? Can’t wait to get your hands on it! Whether you select a traditional burger with ketchup, mustard and pickles or something more exotic, burgers are the best way to make cooking on a Saturday SIMPLE.

This Simple Saturday post is for those whose Saturday is not going to be a staycation, but a working Saturday. You clean. You shop. You work outside. Maybe take in a ballgame…and you make dinner. Let’s make it fun for the whole family but not too much work for you!

So, let’s spotlight something exotic…

Teriyaki Burgers

Have you ever eaten at Red Robin? One of their most popular menu items is the Bonzai Burger. This is a Bonzai Burger “Knockoff” Recipe.

Teriyaki Burgers on the Grill

Ingredients

Precooked bacon

85 – 90% ground beef

Swiss cheese

Teriyaki sauce in a bottle

1 can pineapple slices

Soy sauce

Salt and Pepper

Hamburger rolls

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. This will be used to melt the cheese on the burgers at the end.

Warm up a skillet on the stove, medium heat, and spray with Pam. Place pineapple rings inside and sprinkle with soy sauce. Simmer till the juices run almost dry. Keep on low heat until time to serve the meal. Start up the grill.

Form hamburger patties by hand, making a ball from the ground beef about the size of a tennis or baseball. Squish each on a plate using a sheet of waxed paper, aluminum foil or even another plate, till they are flat. Lay the formed patties on a plate and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover them on top with Teriyaki sauce.

Take the patties to the grill and place them on the grid, sauce-side down. Now pour about 2T of Teriyaki sauce on the un-sauced side. (Is “unsauced” a word? It is now!) Leave them on for a while before the first turning. Now, turn them a couple of times, as they cook.

When the juices just start to run, remove the burgers to a foil-covered baking sheet and bring indoors. Top each with a pineapple ring, slices of bacon, slice of Swiss cheese and pop in the oven to melt the cheese. About 3 minutes should do it.

Place on hamburger rolls and garnish with the extras you like. You may want to use: Thousand Island Dressing, Ketchup, Mustard, Mayonnaise, Pickles and/or tomato slices or nothing extra at all.

Serve with chips or macaroni salad on the side. ENJOY!

Photo credit: Hamburgers on a Wooden Board by Grant Cochrane on freedigitalphotos

Weight Loss Wednesdays have arrived!

Actually, I have some nerve even talking about this…especially today.
I am at an all-time high for my 5’2″ frame. I confess that way too often in recent months I’ve been topping 150-ish pounds. Clothes too tight. Totally uncomfortable. “What do you mean I can’t eat desserts twice a day, get almost no exercise, and consume major fats like ice cream, pancakes, and go out to eat four times in less than 8 days, and lose weight?” Oh…so THAT’s the problem!

Well, today is the first day of the rest of our lives, people, and it’s time to get ORGANIZED and lose weight for good!

Yes, weight loss involves organization, just like anything else that we want to be good at. So, let’s start out with some questions and for the next few weeks we’ll share some answers, and success stories, for ENCOURAGEMENT.

Questions to Ask Ourselves:
Do I need to lose weight?
How much?
How long have I been fighting this battle–and am I tired of it yet?
Am I ready to get my mind set and do this?
Do I have a plan?

GREAT INSPIRATION: Here is a video clip of Joy Bauer, the Today Show diet expert, of her recent visit on CBN’s 700 Club where she gives some weight loss tips AND a wonderful testimony from a mother and daughter, Sherrie and Courtney, who have lost a ton of weight. Courtney, 60 pounds. Her mother, Sherrie, 156 pounds. Sherrie started out on Weight Watchers and then they added encouragement and direction from Joy Bauer’s book “Your Inner Skinny”….did you know we have an inner skinny us?
Apparently we do! I love it!

For “Your Inner Skinny” Click Here

Add your comments, share your links. Let’s team up and encourage each other!

Here’s the VIDEO:

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