Stuffed Burgers: Tomato, Basil & Mozzerella

Like all Cablevision users I am a big fan of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives! and my mouth always waters for those episodes when Guy Fieri hits the burger joints. Even though I'm quite the picky eater I have grown to crave the experience of tasting new foods through watching the Food Network for the past few years.

So last week I was watching an episode of DDD and I saw a place that had STUFFED HAMBURGERS! I knew I had to give it a shot and instantly thought up the perfect recipe in my head ground turkey burgers stuffed with tomato, basil and mozzerella with pesto and balsamic vinegar.

What You Will Need:

1 lb. ground turkey

1/4 cup chopped onion

2 petals chopped garlic

1 cup bread crumbs

1 egg

5 english muffins

1 small jar pesto sauce

Slice mozzerella

1 package cherry tomatos (sliced)

1 package basil

Pinch salt

Pink pepper

Balsamic Vinegar

1. Combine ground turkey, egg, bread crumbs, garlic, onion, salt, pepper. Mix with your HANDS.
2. Form small meat patties with your hand and put them on an aluminum foil covered cookie sheet.
3. Begin layering the tomato basil and mozzerella in any order you like. I did basil then tomato then mozzerella.
4. Make another round of meat patties and put them on top of the burger. Make sure you close up all gaps so you can't see what's in between the patties.
5. Bake for about 30 to 40 minutes, or until crispy at the top.
6. While the burgers are cooking peel the english muffins apart, lightly brush the pesto sauce on one piece and put some fresh garlic and mozzerella. Bake until a little crispy.
7. Once the muffins are toasted and the burgers are done drizzle a little bit of balsamic vinegar on the plain muffin.

*Bake at 350 degrees.

My next stuffed burger I want to try is inspired by the Melting Pot where I used to work and Yom Kippur (was my first Jewish holiday).

Ground turkey burgers again stuffed with swiss cheese and a thinly slice green apple with a honey glazed coating.

Naked Juice

This semester I have taken a position as a campus representative for Naked Juice.
If you have never heard of Naked Juice before you're probably just giggled a little when I told the name of the juice. Naked Juice is an all natural fruit drink that has no extra sugar added. Rally Marketing Group, based in Seattle, has been assigned the Naked Truth Campaign, a 150 college-wide promotion. The campaign issues two students to promote Naked Juice on their campus by sampling the juice, and giving away goodies like pens and chapstick to passerbys.
Our next sampling event will be taking place Wednesday, March 10th from 10 am to 2 pm outside The Hub. Last time we were between The Hub and The Olde staircase, location is subject to change though.



Things I love about Naked Juice:

1. That the label tells you the serving of each different fruit inside the juice
2. The cute juice names
   
3. The fact that I can bring it to class and not be hungry
   
4. The new renewabottle, completely recycled juice container.
   

The biggest perk about the job is the free Naked Juice supply....they cost almost $5 in The Hub.

Off to go pick up more Naked Juice goodies from the mailroom!
See you all on Wednesday

Here is a link to the Naked Juice website.