Cheeseburger Cupcakes

How to make cheeseburger cupcakes:

Here are the instructions I followed - link

Notes:

- Use the gooiest chocolate batter you can find.

- After pouring the batter into the cupcake pans, be sure to flatten it down a bit - you want your cupcake tops to come out as flat as possible, to look convincingly like bread.

- We used Starburst to emulate cheese. The orange kind looked best.

1. Microwave one unwrapped Starburst at a time on a plastic cutting board
2. Depending on the strength of your microwave, time will differ. We did 6 seconds.
3. Using your thumb, squish the Starburst flat to about a 2" diameter squarish-circle
4. Cut the disc in quarters.
5. At time of assembly, put the corners down, peeking out from under the "bun" top
6. Use frosting (red for ketchup, yellow for mustard) to cover up the edges of your cheese triangles, creating the illusion that there's a big slice of cheese under there.
   

The whole process took us about 3 hours, but was well worth it. We brought some to our neighbors and some to a friend's house that night.

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We're all about variety and economy. Pay attention to what's already stocked in your pantry, to what's on sale this week. You can have great meals at a decent price - sure, it takes a bit of planning, but it can be done. It's my job to teach you how! You don't have to live on frozen pizza anymore.

SUN 7/5 - Puerco Pibil and Maque Choux (pronounced something like "mock shoe")

MON 7/6 - Favorite Shrimp of Dinah's, Snow Crab legs, Fried Okra with Remoulade Sauce, Zatarain's New Orleans Style Red Beans and Rice

TUE 7/7 - Grilled pork tenderloin, stuffing (made from a mix), salad

WED 7/8 - Salmon with Caper Relish, rice, veggie

THU 7/9 - Stuffed Chicken Rolls, Pasta with Creamy Shallot Sauce, salad if we have leftover salad ingredients still

FRI 7/10 - Enchiladas (from the freezer - made them several weeks ago & froze the extras). There's nothing like an easy meal on a Friday.

SAT 7/11 - Grilled Lamb Chops, Roasted Rosemary Potatoes, Grilled Veggies (mushrooms, peppers, onions, squash)

SUN 7/12 - Homemade pizza

MON 7/13 - Pork Stirfry

TUE 7/14 - Brandy and Orange Chicken, rice, veggie

WED 7/15 - Broiled Tilapia Parmesan, Risotto, Glazed Carrots - use this recipe but with all carrots instead of carrots and parsnips.

THU 7/16 - Grilled Ribeye Steak, Stuffed Mushrooms, Bread with Dipping Oil & Spices, Salad

FRI 7/17 - Vodka Cream Sauce with pasta and chicken (I just cook the chicken on the stove-top after pounding it flat).

SAT 7/18 - kabobs - undecided yet what kind to do. Probably will be "Prosciutto" Chicken Kabobs. Feel free to make them with real prosciutto, as opposed to using salami. But for the money, I'll use salami. Maybe one day I'll make it back to Spain and come back with a suitcase full of Serrano Ham, though.

SUN 7/19 - Coq au Vin. Between those instructions and Joy of Cooking, I'm going to give it a try, I think. If the weather's nice, though, I may forego cooking this, go kayaking, and have cheeseburgers for dinner.

I'm realizing just how often we cook with alcohol... let's see, this two-week menu has tequila, wine, sherry, brandy, and vodka. The alcohol cooks off, and you are left with a complex, irreproducable flavor. My, but I love Vodka Cream Sauce. I have a special relationship with fresh basil.

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SUN 6/21 - Happy Father's Day! A requested menu of Coconut Shrimp and Stuffed Mushrooms (scaled the recipe down), and I decided to make Tomato Pie, too. An odd mix, but it was tasty.

MON 6/22 - One-pot meal of Chicken and "Chorizo" - used leftover bits of veggies from the freezer.

TUE 6/23 - Grilled pork chops, baked potato, and veggies (eggplant for Jess, broccoli for Dinah)

WED 6/24 - Chicken Carbonara, serve with salad and bread

THU 6/25 - Crunchy Oven-Fried Fish, rice, veggie (broccoli)

FRI 6/26 - Homemade oven-toasted subs & fries (those are not homemade)

SAT 6/27 - Brandon's Birthday Party!!

SUN 6/28 - Cajun Blackened Catfish (& Blackened Chicken), Fried Okra with Remoulade Sauce, watermelon

MON 6/29 - Roasted Chicken Quarters, baked potato, corn

TUE 6/30 - Everyone's on their own for dinner tonight

WED 7/1 - Tilapia with Grapefruit Salsa (TOH2/WInter07/52), veggie, rice

THU 7/2 - Porterhouse, potato, grilled veggies

FRI 7/3 - Southwest Chicken and Black Bean Burritos (RR1/92)

SAT 7/4 - Happy Fourth of July! No plans yet.

Coming soon....
The grocery store had rainbow trout fillets and lamb chops on clearance.... we have a pork roast in the freezer that would be great for Puerco Pibil, there were small pork tenderloins on sale last week, and it's Farmer's Market season! Please share your favorite recipes on JustRightMenus.com and help make the world a tastier place.