Elegant Low-Carb Burgers

M-J’s Bacon Cheeseburgers are Made with Dak Bacon and Kerrygold Dubliner Cheese from Ireland

I mixed ground beef with a raw egg, dried parsley, crumbled (streaky) bacon, Lawry’s Seasoning Salt, and freshly-ground black pepper, then shaped it into patties which I cooked on both sides (we like well-done meats in our house, so I cooked the burgers until crispy). I then drained the excess grease from the pan and placed cooked bacon pieces on each burger, topped that with slices of Dubliner cheese, and set this assemblage under the broiler for about three minutes to create bacon cheeseburgers so delicious that they can be eaten without buns. This is one of our favourite low-carbohydrate meals.

©M-J de Mesterton

Notes

These bacon-cheeseburgers were cooked and broiled (with the pan-handle outside of the oven) in a Green Pan from Germany.

I served haricots verts amandine with these burgers for balance.

©M-J de Mesterton

Apple Tart

M-J’s Elegant Apple Tart is Made with a Flan Pan, Flaky Crust, Butter, Sugar, Cinnamon and Two Apples

M-J’s Walnut Meringues

M-J’s Walnut Meringues are a Sugar-Free, Elegant Low-Carb Tea Offering

 

Nutella-Meringue S’Mores

Spread Nutella on Graham crackers, then top with home-made meringues.
©M-J de Mesterton

Making French Bread

Making French-Style Bread at Home is a Slow but Very Rewarding Process…To Be Continued….

Proper French Bread Flavour and Texture are Achieved after Five Hours

M-J’s Elegant Meat Loaf

Lining the Baking Dish with Bacon

Perfectly-Cooked Eggs are Enveloped in Ground Beef Mixed with Sage, Savoury, One Raw Egg, Sautéed Onions and Yellow Peppers ~~©M-J de Mesterton~~ 

 

Elegant Meat-Loaf, Baking in a Moderate Oven for an Hour

Elegant Bacon and Egg Meatloaf is Served
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Meatloaf can be elegant!

M-J’s Elegant Bacon and Egg Meatloaf, Ready to Slice

M-J’s Elegant Low-Carb Dessert

Egg Whites, Splenda and Cream ©M-J de Mesterton

Yellow in the Kitchen: Roses

Yellow is a Perfect Accent Colour for the Kitchen

Simple Salad Served in Stunning Style

Beneficial Salad Tastes Better in a Beautiful Bowl

Napa cabbage, orange peppers, cayenne pepper and feta cheese are served in an antique Noritake bowl made by Baron Morimura in Japan in the early 20th century. Napa cabbage, which is similar to Chinese cabbage, has a finer leaf than regular cabbage, but I think it needs to be softened considerably by marinating for several hours in vinegar and oil. The marination process can be accelerated by setting your bowl of thinly-sliced Napa cabbage and marinade in a microwave oven at the defrost-setting for three minutes or slightly longer. I used white wine vinegar and olive oil for this health-promoting salad.  To this bowl of simple cabbage, I added diced sweet mini-peppers, bits of home-grown cayenne pepper, and feta cheese. There you have a cruciferous, cancer-preventive, low-calorie vegetable, a heart-healthy combination of peppers that contain vitamin C, olive oil that is good for your blood, vinegar that adjusts your body’s acidity thereby lowering inflammation, and a little protein from the cheese.

Serving something-not-so-special in a sumptuous style makes healthy eating less boring, don’t you think?

©Jeanne “M-J” de Mesterton

My Easter Eggs 2012

These Easter Eggs were made with dye that came with a Wilton cake-decorating set. I added a few bits of it to boiling water with a drop of vinegar. I soaked them in the dye solutions after drawing upon each egg with wax crayons by Crayola.

©Jeanne “M-J” de Mesterton