Cheeseburgers in Paradise

Over the weekend before we went shopping at the grocery store I took out my favorite cookbook, The Little Black Apron. Since almost all of the recipes in there sound appealing to me, I told him to go through and pick out something and I'd make it for dinner. Well, being the male that he is, he decided on their recipe "Classic American Burger." Every time we've had hamburgers in the past he's made them, but I made a promise, so that meant I was making burgers for dinner.

Overall the recipe was pretty easy to follow and the burger's turned out pretty tasty. Although, one of my favorite things about the cookbook lead to a little confusion. See the cookbook is geared to the single girl living on her own, which means most of the recipes are for a single serving. Which I think is great since so often when you're cooking for just yourself it hard to make the recipe suit just one. Except in this case the boy decided we needed to buy over 2 lbs of meat, that way he could eat leftover for the next few days. Which mean I needed to eight-tuple most of the ingredients. Not that hard in theory, and overall it wasn't a problem, but in general the burgers did taste a little salty.

The boy had wanted a cheeseburger from himself, but I was planning on just having a hamburger. I don't really like cheeseburger since people normally make then using cheeses I don't like, things like American or Provolone cheese. But the boy had bought Gouda cheese for the burgers, and Gouda is a cheese I really do like, so I figured I'd give it a try.
And really wound up liking it! I won't go so far as to say I love cheeseburgers now. And I'm not planning on ordering a cheeseburger the next time I'm at a restaurant. But at least I do know, if made with the right type of cheese, I can enjoy a cheeseburger.

And for dessert? Well I needed something to go with my Classic American Burger, and what's more American than apple pie?
So, I had an apple pie larabar. I don't buy these very often, which means every time I have one I forget how amazing they taste. There are a little hard for me to find, and when I do find them they tend to always have the same flavors. But I am definitely thankful I can find they few that I do.

Overall, I would say it turned out to be quite the successful meal! Good thing because there's still a good amount of food leftover! Do you normally make a point to cook just enough to eat that night? Or would you rather cook a lot more to make sure you have food left over for the next night?

~Shoshanah