'A Cracking Burger' and the 'Evolution Tomato Salad'

Hello everyone! Today I made burgers with a tomato salad and fries to accompany it. It showed me how homemade burgers are so delicious and simple to make!

A Cracking Burger: (serves six)
~Ingredients: 12 plain crackers, 8 sprigs of fresh Italian parsley, 2 teaspoons of Dijon mustard, 1 pound of ground beef, 1 large egg, salt and pepper, olive oil, 1 romaine lettuce, 3 tomatoes, 1 red onion, 3 or 4 pickles, 6 burger buns, 6 slices of cheddar
So to started off I wrapped the crackers in a tea towel and started to grind them until they were all tiny crumbs. I just bought the Safeway brand crackers, and since they are smaller than crackers in England, I used 14 instead of 12. I ground them and then threw them into a large bowl. In the large bowl I crushed them again until they were fully in crumb mode. Then I chopped the parsley up with a pair of scissors (scissors used for food) and mixed it in with the crumbs by stirring with a wooden spoon. After that I added the mustard and ground beef and then mixed it altogether with my hands. Continue to mush together until all the ingredients are one, and make sure to add some salt and pepper and to crack the egg into it. I then divided the burgers into six equal sections and made them flat. I then put them on a plate, drizzled some oil over them and then put them into the fridge until they were needed :) When we were ready to eat, I cooked them on the barbecue, 4 minutes on each side (8 minutes total).

Evolution Tomato Salad:
Okay, for this salad I switched it up a lot from the recipe. I just made a simple salad by chopping up tomatoes into wedges, and mixing it with mozzarella pieces, cherry tomatoes, and basil (left over from when I made the pasta). I then just sprinkled some olive oil and balsamic vinegar over the top of it, and it turned out really well. Jamie Oliver suggests maybe serving it with olives and tuna included, but I wanted to keep it simple.

I also had in mind to serve the burgers with some frozen fries that I bought, but I forgot about them, so we ended up having the fries as our dessert. And with the burgers I gave the option of having slices of tomato, slices of lettuce, slices of pickle, relish, ketchup and mustard as toppers. Overall, it was one of my favorite meals so far! I cooked them for 3 of my friends, and my parents.