Hey guys! Another snowy Monday on the homefront. 
It least nothing is sticking today since it’s actually semi tropical out there – 31 degrees – can you believe it! 
Bring on those bikinis!
Bring on the bikinis x2 because I ran through an awesome treadmill sesh after work! I completed the 41 Minute Interval Workout, upped the speed a little by turning all the 6′s to 6.5′s and ended up at a little over 4.5 miles. I’ll tell you what – everyone else must have seen the bathing suit display at Target this weekend, because around 4:30, the gym got packed! Luckily, I had staked my claim on a treadmill because it was slim pickins’ after everything started to fill up!
Finally, bring on the bikinis x3, because Ben and I totally channeled summer with our dinner tonight. It was insane: BBQ Bacon Cheeseburgers!
I seriously can’t even type straight right now because these were so good… juicy, cheesy and so reminiscent of summer!!
To some lean, 90/10 ground beef we added:
- BBQ sauce
- minced red onion
- chopped bacon
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- S&P
- dash of cumin
- dash of hotsauce
Cook the burgers on a flat top skillet (we would have used the grill if it wasn’t buried in 18 inches of snow!) melt a slice of gooey cheese down over top when they’re cooked through and top with rich and tangy BBQ sauce. We like our burgers medium-rare, so just a couple of minutes on each side did the trick!
Served with crunchy dill pickle slices for snackin’
And tender roasted asparagus.
We were seriously blown away by the flavors in this meal. Still MMMMM’ing!!!
Get those grills out and try this burger, people – you’ll be instantly transported to the long days and fun nights of sumah-sumah-summahtime!
I’ve got a very important agenda tonight… savoring a rich a creamy Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich, and watching The Bachelor. Does it get any better than this?! Clearly, not.
Good night!
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If you could grill up one thing right now, what would it be?
I love sandwich thins…and you can’t go wrong with asparagus!
I love grilled bananas!
Love your pictures…so beautiful.
Yum, I’ve been wanting to make bacon cheeseburgers lately! THis sounds perfect!
I bit the bullet and bought one of those Target bikinis for extra motivation!
That looks delicious, especially with the asparagus! I would probably grill up some salmon…SO good on the grill.
MM, I would probably grill up some burgers myself… your description made my mouth water!
Isn’t it crazy how we think the low 30′s is warm this time of the year? Why do we live in the North? Haha.
I would have to say either a burger or salmon. Both of which I have been craving lately!
Right now, I’d say marinated tempeh. If I were having a meat craving, totally grass fed beef
I love when I get the desire to work out harder than planned. I think it evens out the days when I just am not feeling it, ya know?
Burgers + BBQ = PERFECTION! I can’t tell you how much I love eating my veggie burgers with BBQ sauce. I don’t think I could imagine eating them any other way.
So glad you had a great day Kristin!
I havent had a good cheeseburger in FOR.EV.ER.
This meal seriously screams summer. I need it more than life right now. Um long walks at dusk? Green grass? days on the lake? oh.em.gee can’t come soon enough!
BBQ! Oh my, I can’t wait to get back outside again. I think, if it has stopped snowing I’ll head out and scrape the driveway so I don’t have to do it in the morning. However, that’s not the outside I was thinking about.
That plate looks so similar to tons of mine over the summer… it is amazing how suddenly 31* feels WARM!!
Eeee can’t wait for the Bachie!! And I would definitely grill up some chicken and corn. Mmmm
Oooh! We’ve been wanting to try those thin buns…tempted every time we see them in Hy-Vee! I’d love a grilled hamburger right now; it has been forever.
Pickles and a sandwich! So perfect.
And my white unshaven legs are dreading those bikinis haha!
It is so ironic that you had such fantastic summer food because today I was dreaming about beautiful summer days and yummy grilled food! Spring is just around the corner!! Can’t wait!!! By the way I have to tell you that I am an iowa girl eats ADDICT!!!! LOL!!! Love your blog so much!!! =)
your supper looks SO good!! can’t wait to get the grill out!!
I have been craving a really good, juicy, homemade burger for days!! Yours looks delicious!
I definately would grill up some burgers right now. I’m planning on making some sometime this week for dinner
I’m with you – a nice, juicy burger can’t be beat!
LOVE that dinner – great looking sides, and anything with BBQ sauce is good in my book
Ice cream + tv = weekday evening happiness! I would grill up some shish-ka-bobs…been craving them lately!
Oh gosh, wonderful topic right now. I want summer! I think I’d stick with you – cheeseburgers all the way. But maybe balance it out with some grilled veggies too. Kebabs! Have you ever had fruit kebabs? Delish!
Gotta love Skinny Cow
. I’d love to grill me some sweet potatoes!
I’m starving just looking at it all!
good thing you had pickles~ it happens to be national shape up with pickles week
the burger looks fab!!!
bikini season has snuck up on me! i’m still working on that extra holiday “love” but the thought of warmth and sun is excellent inspiration! my favorite grilled food is grilled corn on the cob! it has such intense flavor
I’ve never had red meat…but I went to a Moroccan restaurant and had AMAZING grilled chicken, so some of that fresh off a grill would be nice! Or a whole load of veggies – can’t go wrong with them!
The gym was crazy last night! I got there around 6:30 for a spin class. Since I was early I was going to run a bit, I got the last treadmill! I also had to wait 10 minutes for a towel!
Burgers look great. I’ve been outside grilling all winter here in Iowa. Iowa beef ribeye steaks or Iowa pork. Always the best.
I love grilled veggies but I love grilled fruit even more. It is so yummy!
Those burgers look amazing! Though I would probably rather have BISON than BEEF, but that’s just me (and I can’t do that anyway because my husband foolishly bought beef from a friend of his so our freezer is packed with the stuff. Yuck!).
If I could grill up one thing … it would have to be FRUIT! Grilled fruit in the summer, topped with a little agave or a little vanilla ice cream. Yum.
K
Mmm those BBQ burgers look sooo tasty!
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