Things that make me happy

February 11, 2010 at 4:00 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Tags: bacon, being a mom, cleaning, daughters, easy dinner, family, hamburger, hamburger buns, happiness, italian sausage burger, love, motherhood

There are so many things that make me happy.  My family, of course, is what brings the most happiness to my life.  I love them so much.  But, most of the things that make me happy are the little things.   Ever since becoming a mom my life has totally shifted.

I used to enjoy buying clothes, getting my hair done, going out for ridiculously priced coffee and what not.  Then I had my daughter. I started to do activities that didn’t involve spending.  I learned (or semi-learned?) to cook and bake and I started to become an adult.  For this, I am very thankful.

Having two little ones makes it tough to get stuff done and I will be the first to admit, though shamefully, that my house is usually a wreck.  It never seems to be in order but today, well, today I was able to clean!  That made me extremely happy.

Though cleaning may make me happy, burgers make me ecstatic.  I guess it was my lucky day today because I got to clean and we had burgers for dinner! What can I say, I am a girl who likes a good burger.

And, a good burger it was…

Italian Sausage Burger

Ingredients:

• One 16oz package of ground hot Italian sausage
• One 16oz package of mild Italian sausage
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup of quick-cooking oats
• 4 tbsp hickory bbq sauce
• 1/2 tbsp Montreal steak spice
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp dried parsley

Method:

In a larger bowl mix together all the ingredients. Then, form eight hamburger patties roughly around the size of your palm.

Cook burger till done. We used a skillet and it took about 12 minutes. First we seared the outsides of the burger on high heat and then turned down the heat to medium-low to cook the rest.

How easy is that?

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