Grillin' Greek

A few weeks ago we bought some ground lamb at the Lakeshore Farmers' Market. We decided to make a lamb burger for Adam and a grilled portabella burger for me, paired with a Greek salad to make the ultimate grilled Greek dinner. On a freshly baked bun and topped with red onion, tomato chutney, and feta cheese, this was a perfectly flavorful weeknight meal. For the bun, we used a Par Baked Artisan roll from Trader Joe's that you heat through and crisp up right before serving. They are wonderful because you can always have freshly baked bread on your table in 10 minutes. The perfectly spicy tomato chutney is also from Trader Joe's. I'm sure you could find some tomato chutney in any well-stocked grocery store. I must admit that this meal doesn't have a strict recipe; it's pretty much making a simple salad and grilling up meat/mushrooms. I just wanted to show how easy putting together a delicious, unique meal can actually be.

Lamb Burger

1 lbs. ground lamb
1 tsp. rosemary
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
salt, to taste

1. Mix the ingredients together and place on a hot grill. Grill until thoroughly cooked.


Portabella Burger

This isn't so much of a recipe as just placing the mushroom on the grill and letting it heat through. I would suggest two mushrooms stacked on top of each other to help the mushroom stand up to the tomato chutney.


Greek Salad

I'm not going to write the portions for any of the salad ingredients because everyone likes their salads with different ratios of greens to other veggies and toppings. Feel free to elaborate and add your own favorite salad toppers.

spinach or mixed greens
cucumber, thinly sliced
red onion, thinly sliced
tomato, sliced
red pepper, diced
pecans
feta cheese
vinaigrette (a lemon-based or more acidic vinaigrette would work well)

1. Toss all of the ingredients together and top with dressing.