Wanna hear a cool story?
Maybe you’ve noticed that my Twitter handle is PaleOhMyGoodnes? Or you’ve searched for @paleomg on Twitter and been confused with what you found? No? You think Twitter is dumb? Cool. Me too. But stick with me here. Someone already had the paleomg handle when I signed up for Twitter so I just took a different name. Well the poor guy who had that Twitter handle began to get a bunch of requests from CrossFitters and food enthusiasts so he did some research and found out who people were trying to contact. Could you imagine if you were just minding your own business on Twitter and people were sending you pictures of barbacoa and thanking you for the paleo muffin recipe? I would be annoyed. WTF is paleo. And why is someone sending me this picture of shredded meat that looks like dog food? Poor guy. Anywho, he contacted me and gave me the @paleOMG Twitter handle. Holy balls, how nice is that?! So if you need me, I won’t be on Twitter, I hate it, but you can at least act like I am. @paleOMG. Or follow me on instagram @paleOMG. I like that thing more. Thank you random Justin of the Twitter world. Your kindness and coolness is appreciated!
That story sucked didn’t it? Here’s a better one.
After consuming multiple shots of vodka on Saturday night; some cold, some warm, some sweet, some jaw droppingly painful, Laura and I wobbled on home to consume an entire bag of sweet potato chips. When I woke up in the morning (no chips in my teeth, I brushed them while intoxicated, NBD) I giggled while I stumbled to the kitchen to grab a glass of ice water. I then made the conscious decision to lay back in bed, while still holding the full glass of water, and proceeded on to fall back asleep. Pretty much instantly, I poured the entire glass of water onto my chest, spring break style, then threw the glass across the room and onto the floor. A lot of things were wet after this disaster:
- my chest. stop thinking dirty things. perve.
- my bed. i’m just happy it wasn’t other childhood habits coming back to haunt me.
- the floor, including a pile of clothes I refused to fold over an entire week.
- and my wall. which seeped onto the floor. so really just the floor.
So you know what I did? I scooted over and went back to sleep until Laura came in to wake me up for breakfast at Wild Eggs with Sergio, Jon, and Tom. I like Sunday breakfast time, out on the patio, after a big night out. Reflecting is a healthy habit.
Grilled Pineapple Burgers with Avocado Cream
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 1lb Grass Fed Ground Beef
- 1 pineapple, cored and sliced (see my fantastic pics below)
- 1 yellow onion, sliced thin
- 1 tablespoon chipotle chili powder
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
For the cream
- 2 avocados
- juice of 1 lime
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce (your favorite will do)
- 1 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Light your grill! I love grilling season.
- Now you should first slice your pineapple. I have no idea how to cut a pineapple very well but I try, so you can look at my pictures if that actually helps.
- Use a big knife to cut off both ends of the pineapple, then stand the pineapple up and slice the sides off. Then cut the pineapple in hamburger slices (remember hamburger vs hotdog in elementary school? good). And finish the pineapple slices off by using a smaller knife to cut out the middle and press it out. Like a donut hole. Cute.
- Then slice your onions.
- Place meat in a bowl, add seasonings and mix thoroughly. Like hard core. Get in there.
- Make 4 burger patties and flatten them out a bit.
- Place onions, burgers, and pineapple on the grill at the same time. Try not to place pineapple over direct flame because it can burn pretty easily, being sugar and all.
- Flip when grill marks become present, after about 5 minutes and cook about the same amount of time on the other side of until burgers are cooked to preference and pineapple is a bit charred and soft.
While the ingredients are on the grill, make your avocado cream!
- Cut avocados in half, remove the seed, then scoop out the insides and place in your food processor.
- Turn food processor on and let the avocado begin to break down. After about a minute, while your food processor is still running, add the rest of the ingredients for the avocado cream and keep pureeing until smooth: about 1-2 minutes.
- Place a burger down, top it with pineapple, then a grilled onion, and then a dollop of avocado cream on top!
Buy this: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/pineapple-easy-slicer/
I swear, I resisted bc who needs a gadget that is so specific? I like my multi-purpose knife. But then I used my parents and promptly went out and bought one myself. Best.gadget.ever.
Making these this weekend!!
Michelle,
I have one of these gadgets, although mine is hard plastic. They are ok, if your pineapple is perfect and you like the size slices that it makes. It would be better if you could adjust the thickness of the slices.
I simply have the farm market where I buy my pineapples core them for me – they have a commercial pineapple corer and they do it free of charge. That way I can cut the slices as thickly as I choose.
I am running out of adjectives because all of your recipes are so damn delicious (used that already) amazing (used) yummy (used) outstanding (used) da bomb (used) good (used) fabulous. I feel like I repeat myself every time I make a comment. Woooo hoooo, hot damn, hot diggity-dog tasty. There. That’s a description I haven’t used yet. Seriously, the blend of these flavors is…splendid.
I made these again tonight…delicious, as always! I decided to make them small, like slider size, and THEN made some magic by using grilled 1/4 inch thick sweet potato slices as the “bun”. Freaking amazing!!!!
(bun idea from Paleo Pie Hole – http://www.paleopiehole.com/2013/02/18/jalapeno-burger-with-caramelized-onions/)
seriously tasty burger
This burger was a revelation. My new summer favorite! I shared on my blog because its only fair to let people know the awesomeness of your genius. Thank you.
These were good but way too spicy for me. I’m going to cut the chili in half the next time I try these. Tonight I separated them and mixed and matched how I ate them. Bite of pineapple and burger, bite of pineapple with avocado, you get the picture.
Change out the teaspoon of chipotle chilil powder in the burgers for a teaspoon of freshly-minced lemon mint and a tablespoon of ground coriander instead. Just do it. You’ll understand when you taste it.
Added an egg. Amazeballs
I was making a tuna steak and kale salad for lunch, and needed a sauce, and a way to use up a soft avocado. The avocado sauce for this burger recipe was perfect! I just stopped out a great big dollop on top of the grilled tuna steak. Pure heaven. I am not usually into hot sauce either, but this was delish!
Just a word of advice for anyone slicing pineapple… Grab by the leaves/stalk/stem, top, slice off bottom, stand up, hold top, slice sides off, turn back on side still holding the top, slice it up. THEN slice off the top (which you can actually plant and grow 1 pineapple after 2 years).
It’s much easier to use the top as a handle…
I HAD to comment on this meal as it was so delicious! The avocado cream really makes the entire meal come together and I could have eaten the cream with a spoon (which I did when cleaning up!: ) My husband even commented that it was really good and he is a tough critic. He said he would eat it again! I am excited to try your other meal ideas this week.