Looking for a healthy alternative for hamburgers? How about Black Bean Burgers
January 22, 2010, 9:00AM
When Rick Spaudling offered to make his famous hamburgers for my cooking segment on that show, my first thought was yum.
But then I started thinking that perhaps we should also offer a healthy alternative to that greasy burger. But to tell you the truth I hadn't a clue how to make a healthy burger.
I love a burger on the grill, a good bar burger and a stuffed cheese burger from Mussel Beach, with onion rings on the side, of course.
Scanning the Internet, I found this recipe for Black Bean Burgers. And with a little tweaking here and there, I came up with a pretty good substitution. It made a pretty tasty dip as well.
However, that doesn't mean I won't be doing more tinkering with this recipe in the future. For example, I will be adding at least two more cloves of garlic.
Black Bean Burger
1/2 cup onion, diced
1 can black beans, drained
1/4 cup (or less) flour
2 slices bread, crumbled
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon season salt
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil for frying
Saute onions until soft, 3-5 minutes.
In a large bowl mash beans until almost smooth. I used a pastry blender and it worked well. Add onions and remaining ingredients. Add flour a few tablespoons at a time, combining well after each addition. You may not need the entire 1/4 cup.
Form mixture into patties, about 1/2-inch thick. I used olive oil in a saute pan for the burgers. Cook about 5 minutes per side, until heated through. I will be trying these on the grill this summer.
Garnish as you would like. Serve on whole wheat hamburger buns.
Rick's burgers are pretty simple to make as well. He combined onion and green pepper with the ground beef, formed them into patties and fried until the meat was no longer pink. The burger was then topped with teriyaki sauce, followed by blue cheese and Swiss cheese and garnishes as needed.
He served his burger on an onion roll. And, it was delicious. I will definitely be making these again.
Catch the great burger challenge at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday on "That Show" on Charter MainStreet channel 5, or at On Demand any time.
Have a great pizza recipe you would like to share? Send it on in, and perhaps it will end up on TV
January 15, 2010, 9:00AM
I have a request for all you pizza makers out there.
I'm looking for your best pizza recipes - from scratch - not from a box. And I need it the week before the Super Bowl.
My new cohort in the kitchen, Rick Spaulding and I will be whipping up three of the best for "That Show," which will run the Saturday before the big game Feb, 7.
We're looking for healthy, piled high with meat, anything that strikes your fancy. Of course, the recipes will run in this blog the Friday before the game.
You can catch "That Show" at 8 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays, and 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays over Charter MainStreet channel 5, or at On Demand any time.
If it's your turn to host the football party serve up stromboli. It's quick, it's easy and it's cheap
January 11, 2010, 9:00AM
Way back when Rick Spaulding was 19 or 20, he came up with the perfect sandwich.
He happened to be working at Pizza Hut at the time. It became his signature dish and requests began coming in from customers.
"We had spec sheets for this sandwich," he said. "But I just made my own version. People loved it. So they (Pizza Hut) just started selling it."
Basically, Rick says, he used the ingredients suggested, but did it in his own amounts.
What I like about Rick's creation is how quick and easy this sandwich goes together. There is minimal clean up, and when all is said and done, it is delicious.
By the way, it tastes like pizza.
He likes to serve it up when the guys stop by to watch sports.
Plus, each sandwich will serve four hungry guys, or at least eight ladies at a cost of about $3 each, when you add in a 2-liter bottle of pop, chips and pickles.
Rick, by the way, is usually behind the camera filming segments of "That Show" through DDR Media services.
I talked him to making this sandwich he is always bragging about.
Stromboli
1 pound package pork sausage
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1 jar favorite spaghetti sauce
2 cups mozzarella cheese
Parmesan cheese
Loaf of French or Italian bread
Combine sausage, onion and green pepper in fry pan. Fry until meat is no longer pink and onion and pepper are tender.
Cut bread in half lengthwise. Coat with spaghetti sauce. Spoon meat mixture over top. Sprinkle with mozzarella followed by the Parmesan.
Bake at 400 degrees F., about 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted and sandwich is heated through.
Remove from oven, cut in 4-8 pieces. Serve with pop, chips and pickles on the side.
Rick notes turkey or venison sausage may be substituted for the pork. Do not use sweet sausages in this recipe.
Watch Rick put this dish together for a segment of "That Show" at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7 p.m. Jan. 18 and 20 over Charter MainStreet or on On Demand anytime
I'm feeling a little mixed up today. My horoscope conflicts with my fortune cookie.
My Grandfather always had humorous ways of saying things. He once referred to a very large (fat) man as "being big enough to hunt bears with a switch."
Cap'n Crunch has been around for 45 years, shouldn't he be an Admiral by now?
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
Most fathers try to bring up their sons to be as good a man as they meant to be.
The sign on the door of opportunity reads "Push."
"It's important to make time for your kids AND your parents."
I sure was lucky in Las Vegas. I forgot my wallet.
It's never right to do wrong, and it's never wrong to do right.
Don't worry about knowing people- just make yourself worth knowing.
A Jury consists of twelve people chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
If you always tell the truth you never have to remember what you said.
Americans used to say, "Give me liberty." Today they just say, "Give me."
If you have plans for tomorrow- drive safely today.
My school was so tough our school newspaper had an obituary column.
Every moment you are angry, you lose a minute of happiness.
If you settle for what you've got, you deserve what you get.
When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
A day without sunshine is like....night.
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
Don't you hate it when you commit to going through that yellow light but the person in front of you doesn't?
The numbers for Illinois states lottery daily 3 the day after Barack Obama was elected were 666.
They say Bounty is the Quicker Picker Upper but I found, that in a bar, cash works best
Nothing I hate more than seeing Off-Road-Vehicles in a traffic jam.
Did you ever wonder if Bill Clinton smoked that cigar?
I had a dream last night of John McCain in an adult diaper, he turned and said "Hey Obama, Change this!"
Yes, I'm a nail biter and I've found that the fatter I get the harder it is to reach my toes.
I was just wondering: Do brain farts cause bad breath?
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Sports
NASCAR
NASCAR is back!
At Atlanta it was a wild day of racing, mainly for Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski. Their feud goes back to last year when Keselowski sent Edwards soaring up into the fence and car parts flying into the stands. Sunday Edwards sent Keselowski flying upside down into the wall. Kurt Busch was the winner followed by Matt Kenseth and Juan Montoya.
In Las Vegas Jimmie Johnson continued to show us all that he is a threat again this year.
At Fontana Jimmie Johnson held off Kevin Harvick and the rain to get his first win of the year.
It took 7 hours to finish the Daytona 500 due to the track falling apart. Finally Jamie McMurray pulled off the victory.
To those that are new to my site, I have never liked NASCAR's point system. Points for leading a lap, points for the most laps lead, points for not swearing on live TV, etc..... I keep it simple. 43 points for winning, 42 for second, 41 for third, and so on to 43rd place gets 1 point.
Here is our top 12 drivers & points:
1. Kevin Harvick 156
2. Matt Kenseth 154
3. Greg Biffle 145
4. Clint Bowyer 133
5. Jeff Burton 131
6. Jimmie Johnson 127
7. Tony Stewart 125 *
8. Paul Menard 123
9. Mark Martin 123
10. Scott Speed 114
11. Kurt Busch 111
12. Brian Vickers 111
Last years co-champions: *
15. Jeff Gordon 109 *
NFL
In the Superbowl the New Orleans Saints defeated MY Indianapolis Colts 31-17. My son-in-law is a Saints fan and we were going to watch the game together, but my daughter had the nerve to give birth to my first grandchild just an hour into the game. Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints and to Meg & Alex Courtney. Caleb James Courtney is strong and healthy.
NCAA BASKETBALL
I am a huge college basketball fan. In 1976 Indiana University won the NCAA basketball tournament with a perfect 32-0 record. No team in division I has gone undefeated since. This section is reserved to watch those undefeated teams to see if anyone can do it this year.
Kentucky was the last team to get beat this year as they bowed to South Carolina. Indiana's record is safe for another year.
Best Teams In College Basketball Through The Years:
The winningest program of the 1940's was Kentucky with 239 wins, 42 loses, for a percentage of .851.
1948-49 #1 ranked Kentucky repeated as champion by defeating another repeat champion #2 Oklahoma A&M 46-36.
1947-48 #1 Kentucky (36-3) defeated #11 Baylor 58-42.
1946-47 #2 Holy Cross (27-3) beat #6 Oklahoma 58-47
1945-46 #1 ranked Oklahoma A&M repeated as national champs compiling a 31-2 record. They downed North Carolina 43-40. From this point on the NCAA was the dominate tournament and the tournament winners were the national champion.
1944-45 Red Cross Game result: Oklahoma A&M (NCAA) 52 Depaul (NIT) 44. Iowa's Dick Culberson became the first African American to play for a Big Ten Conference team. Iowa was ranked #1 with a 17-1 record but declined an invitation to the NCAA tournament.
1943-44 Red Cross game result: Utah 43 (NCAA) St. John's 36 (NIT). Army had a 15-0 record that year and was ranked #1. Could not find the reason why they didn't play in the NCAA or NIT. Army's team captain, first lieutenant Edward C. Christl, was killed the following year in Austria.
1942-43 NCAA again had the national champs, as was proven in the first of 3 annual Red Cross games pitting the NCAA champs against the NIT champs. Wyoming 52, St. John's 47.
1941-42 This time it was the NCAA with the national champs. Stanford 27-4 finished the season ranked #1. In the NIT #5 West Virginia 19-4 pulled off the win.
1940-41 The NIT had the top dog. #1 ranked Long Island was the champion. #2 Wisconsin won the NCAA.
1939-40 In this year the national champion was from the NCAA: Indiana 20-3 ranked #1. NIT: Colorado 17-4 ranked #3. Seton Hall was undefeated at 19-0 but coach Honey Russell chose not to participate in post season play.
The winningest program of the 1930's was Long Island U. 198 wins, 38 loses, that's a percentage of .839.
1938-39 This was the first year for the NCAA. Now there are 2 tournaments. We know now that the national champion comes from the NCAA, but for a while it came from the NIT. This year it came from the NIT: Long Island 23-0 ranked #1. NCAA champion was Oregon 29-5 ranked #5.
1937-38 The NCAA staged it's first tourney, the NIT. The national champion was Temple 23-2.
1936-37 Premo & Helms: Stanford 25-2
1935-36 Premo: Long Island U.-Brooklyn 25-0
Helms: Notre Dame 22-2-1
1934-35 Premo: Richmond 20-0
Helms: NYU 19-1
1933-34 Premo: South Carolina 18-1
Helms: Wyoming 26-3
1932-33 Premo: Texas 22-1
Helms: Kentucky 20-3
1931-32 Premo & Helms: Purdue 17-1
1930-31 Premo & Helms: Northwestern 16-1
1929-30 Premo: Alabama 20-0
Helms: Pittsburgh 23-2
1928-29 Premo & Helms: Montana St. 36-2
1927-28 Premo & Helms: Pittsburgh 21-0
1926-27 Premo & Helms: Notre Dame 19-1
1925-26 Premo & Helms: Syracuse 19-1
1924-25 Premo & Helms: Princeton 21-2
1923-24 Premo & Helms: North Carolina 26-0
1922-23 Premo: Army 17-0
Helms: Kansas 17-1 Paul Endacott was named Player Of The Year. He the heart of coach Phog Allen's team.
1921-22 Premo: Missouri 16-1
Helms: Kansas 16-2
1920-21 Premo: Missouri 17-1
Helms: Penn 21-2
1919-20 Premo & Helms: Penn 22-1
1918-19 Premo: Navy 16-0
Helms: Minnesota 13-0
1917-18 Premo & Helms: Syracuse 16-1
1916-17 Premo & Helms: Washington St. 25-1 Texas had its 44-game winning streak snapped by Rice, 24-18.
1915-16 Premo & Helms: Wisconsin 20-1
1914-15 Premo & Helms: Illinois 16-0 This team scored more than twice as many points as its opponents.
1913-14 Premo & Helms: Wisconsin 15-0
1912-13 Premo & Helms: Navy 9-0 Georgia smoked Auburn (92-12) twice by the same score that season.
1911-12 Premo &Helms: Wisconsin 15-0
1910-11 Premo & Helms: St. John's 14-0 In 1911 Purdue defeated Indiana St. 112-6
1909-10 Premo: Williams 11-0
Helms: Columbia 11-1
1908-09 Premo & Helms: Chicago 12-0 or 21-2 records are unclear.
1907-08 Premo: Wabash (IN.) 24-0
Helms: Chicago 21-2
1907 Yale was the first college to hire a professional coach.
1906-07 Premo & Helms: Chicago 20-2 or 22-2 records are unclear. On January 23, 1907 Dayton blanked Cedarville 80-0.
1905-06 Premo: Wabash (IN.) 17-1
Helms: Dartmouth 16-2
1904-05 Premo & Helms: Columbia 19-1 The first player to score over 1,000 points in a career was Christian Steinmetz from Wisconsin.
1903-04 Premo & Helms: Columbia 17-1
1902-03 Premo: Minnesota 13-0
Helms: Yale 15-1
1901-02 Premo & Helms: Minnesota 15-0
1901 The Helms Foundation of Los Angeles, under the guidance of founder Bill Schroeder, chose national college champions from 1942 to 1982 and researched retroactive No.1 selections from 1901 to 1941. From here on I will indicate Premo & Helms.
1900-01 Premo: Bucknell 12-1
Helms: Yale 10-6
1899-1900 Yale 9-6
1898-99 Yale 9-1
1897-98 Mount Union 8-1
1896-97 Yale 11-5-1
1895-96 Temple 15-7
1894-95 Temple 8-3
1893-94 Hiram (Ohio) 1-0
By 1893 teams were popping up in colleges all over the country. Patrick M. Premo, a professor of accounting at St. Bonaventure, analyzed every team, their opponents, and season since 1892-93 and chose the nations best team. According to Premo the best team in the nation in 1893 was the university of Iowa with just a 2-0 record.
In 1892 the first public viewings of basketball started on February 12, the central and Armory Hill branches of the Springfield, MA. YMCA staged a boys game that drew a crowd of 100 or so and resulted in a 2-2 tie. On March 12, the school's faculty took on the students in a game the drew 200 spectators. The students won 5-1. The faculties only goal was scored by Amos Alonzo Stagg who went on to fame as a football coach.
James Naismith was the Canadian physical education instructor who invented basketball in 1891. James Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario and educated at McGill University and Presbyterian Cllege in Montreal. He was the physical education teacher at McGill University (1887 to 1890) and at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts (1890 to 1895). At Springfield College (which was then the Y.M.C.A. training school), James Naismith, under the direction of American phys-ed specialist Luther Halsey Gulick, invented the indoor sport of basketball.
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