Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Today the Sunday Funday group is sharing burger recipes. Thanks to Stacy of  Food Lust People Love , Sue of  Palatable Pastime , Rebekah of  Making Miracles , and Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  for coordinating this low-stress group.  And, for this event, Mayuri is hosting. She invited us to celebrate National Hamburger Month with her. Here's the line-up of our burgers from the #SundayFunday bloggers... A Day in the Life on the Farm: Hawaiian Burgers   Palatable Pastime: Queen City Burgers   Our Good Life: Mushroom Burgers with Chipotle Mayo   Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Truffled Beef Sliders  Food Lust People Love: Lamb Feta Mint Patties   Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Smash Burgers   Sneha’s Recipe : Keto Coconut Flour Pancake & A Sandwich Burger  Dana’s Table: The Apple Pan’s Hickory Burger Sauce Copycat Recipe   Making Miracles: Mushroom Swiss Bacon Burgers   Mayuri’s Jikoni: Chickpea ...

This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with Texas Fine Wine and Bending Branch Winery. Wine samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. Back for the November Wine Pairing Weekend event focused on wines from Texas, I received a bottle of Petite Sirah from Bending Branch Winery.* You can read my post for that: Texas Connections, Beef Flautas, and Bending Branch's Tannat . I am finally getting around to creating a pairing for the Petite Sirah. Forgive my tardiness. In the Glass The 2016 Petite Sirah from Bending Branch Winery retails for $35 and comes from the Newsom Vineyards, one of the oldest vineyards in the Texas High Plains AVA. In the glass, the wine pours a deep, brilliant purple with flecks of a lighter purple. On the nose, we got lots of ripe fruits. Think blueberries and plum. But it was the palate that was so intriguing. It was heavy on the stone fruit with the meatiness of a ripe summer plum but with a...

Smoky and charred. This cocktail somehow reminded me of Smoke, a poem by Henry David Thoreau. Melted wings and light-choking smoke. I don't know...my mind works in mysterious ways sometimes. Light-winged smoke, Icarian bird, Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight, Lark without song, and messenger of dawn, Circling above the hamlets as thy nest; Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts; By night star-veiling, and by day Darkening the light blotting out the sun; Go thou my incense upward from this hearth, And ask the Gods to pardon this clear flame. When I received Not Ketchup 's Smoky Date*, I knew that I wanted to incorporate it into a cocktail for #10DaysofTailgate. I've long been intrigued by charred cocktails; I opted to go that route. Then, I garnished it with a slider. I used the Smoky Date in both. Yum. And cheers! This isn't really a complicated recipe. It's a cocktail + a slide...

This month the  Pass the Cookbook  crew - under the leadership of Kita, the culinary force behind  Pass the Sushi  - is cooking from Julie's pick. Julie blogs at White Lights on Wednesday  and chose a cookbook I've never heard of. So, I was excited to get cooking from it. Julie picked Michael Symon's 5 in 5 cookbook . 5 fresh ingredients + 5 minutes = 120 fantastic dinners. Okay. We had the option to cook his Angel Hair with Corn, Feta & Tomato, Grilled Salmon & Avocado Salad, or Spicy 50/50 Burger. The 5 in 5 is an interesting concept albeit a little deceptive...in my opinion. Maybe it took me 5 minutes to blend the meat mixutre. It definitely took longer than 5 minutes to cook the patties; I don't like to undercook meat. So, while I like the 5 minute idea. It wasn't a reality. Still, the flavors were delicious and dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes is great! I made a few changes: I used a lower fat percentage beef, swapped out fo...