Grilled Chicken, Bacon & Avocado Burger

Week day lunches, while the kids are at school, are usually a non-event. It’s either some kind of leftovers from the night before, a salad or crackers with cheese and tomato but if I’ve got all the makings for a burger, I’ll treat myself. On this particular day I had avocados, chicken breast, bacon plus the salad ingredients and hamburger rolls. Avocado on anything tastes good to me so a Grilled Chicken, Bacon & Avocado Burger it was.

Horizontally slice the chicken breast into thin slices and pop in a pan (or on the barbecue) with bacon and a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper.

Toast the bun halves and top with cheese and pop under the grill to melt.

Prepare your salad ingredients. I didn’t want to overload the salad ingredients or else I wouldn’t be able to get my mouth around the burger (I had enough trouble as it was) so I opted for just lettuce, tomato and avocado.

Top the burger bun half with the grilled chicken and bacon then top with the salad. I spread the top burger bun with a little mayo and smothered the chicken and bacon with barbecue sauce.

These were good and so, so filling. Dinner that night was only very light. It’s nice to be able to prepare something like this on the odd occasion, when you’ve got the time to enjoy it without interruption. It saves you running to the takeaway for a burger which I never do anyway. If I had to make these with the kids around one would have just cheese and the other would probably just have chicken, bacon and cheese. Sometimes I feel my kitchen is like a fast food joint and I’m a short order cook, taking everyone’s orders. That’s why I save meals like this when they’re not around.

Grilled Chicken, Bacon & Avocado Burger

• chicken breast, sliced thinly horizontally
• bacon
• olive oil for frying
• cheese
• burger buns
• lettuce
• tomato
• avocado
• mayo
• barbecue sauce (or sauce of your liking)

1. Fry chicken breast and bacon in a little olive oil with salt and pepper.
2. Split burger buns, toast and top one half with cheese and melt.
3. Assemble burger with bun half which was topped with cheese, then chicken, bacon, sauce, lettuce, tomato and avocado with the top half of the bun spread with mayo.

Grilled Spinach & Feta Flatbreads

I hope you’re not getting bored with  my feta infatuation but a little goes a long way in my house so I have to use it up as quick as I can in as many ways I can. Besides, this was one of the dishes on my menu plan from the Donna Hay magazine I planned from.

You could make a complete meal out of these by serving with a side salad but I couldn’t wait. They were absolutely gorgeous and ready in a flash. I made mine in my sandwich press but they could be made on a barbecue or on a pan on the stove top. They were very filling too and one of these http://creditcardnow.us/comment/181#comment-181 babies could quite easily serve 2, with the salad. I was starving so ate the lot. A good one for an easy weekend dinner, barbecue or cut into slivers for a cocktail party.

Grilled Spinach & Feta Flatbreads

• 2 Lebanese flatbreads (or tortillas, pita or even normal bread would work well)
• bunch baby spinach leaves
• small serve feta cheese, crumbled
• grated mozarella cheese (or cheddar)
• 1 clove garlic, crushed (or garlic spread)
• olive oil

1. Spread flatbread with crushed garlic (or spread).
2. Top with spinach leaves, crumbled feta and grated cheese.
3. Drizzle a little olive oil over the top and top with other flatbread which has also been spread with garlic.
4. Toast until crispy and brown.
5. Chop into four and serve with a simple garden salad.