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How To: Burger Party

Thursday, January 3, 2013

My new friend Tony and I have christened 2013 "The Year of DIY."
I'm going to go to Goodwill and have dresses altered and paint things and glue things on things.

With that in mind, I've decided to try my hand at some "How To" posts this year.
Because I am an expert at a large number of very random things.
Let's begin with a Burger Party.


Burger bowls are pretty much my favorite dinner because it's quick and easy and Paleo and absolutely delicious! It's all about the toppings--mushrooms, sauteed onions and spinach, banana peppers, pickled jalapenos, tomato, avocado, lettuce, bacon, perhaps a fried egg! You can add whatever you want to it. Whatever you want!




Maybe I'm a freak, but most of the toppings I already have in my fridge on any given day. So the morning before I had friends over for what quickly became known as The Burger Party Extravaganza, my mom and I cooked the spinach, mushrooms, bacon, and onions so they'd be ready. 

Everything else just needed to be chopped. Then we put them in cute little bowls and covered them with plastic wrap, stuck them in the fridge, drank some coffee, woke up the boys, and went to see Les Miserables! When we got home from the movies, my brother put the burgers together and into the fridge they went, as well. 

(A word about burgers: you could obviously make whatever kind of burger you'd like. Turkey burgers would be good, maybe a crab cake if you don't do meat, and a veggie burger would do just fine, too. Ours are beef and come from my high school cross-country coach's farm just about twenty minutes away.) 

When you're having people over and feeding them, doing as much as possible ahead of time is huge. When my friends arrived that evening, I had a margarita pitcher ready and all that needed to be done was grill burgers!

Once everyone has a drink and is ready for dinner, take everything out of the fridge, grill the burgers, heat up the stuff that needs to be hot (onions, mushrooms, spinach), set it out on a counter! I got buns and cheese for my non-Paleo friends, so I set out both plates and bowls and let everyone DIY!


If I were trendier, I'd have little flags labeling each bowl with washi tape or whatever that stuff is called.


If you end up polishing off two margarita pitchers and end the night with a dance party, you've probably done it right.

Does anyone have a request for a future How To post?

21 comments:

  1. Aw this is such a cute party idea! Everything looks really tasty too.

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  2. I love your idea for a DIY year. Smart! We often make burger bowls for dinner but this post still gave me lots of ideas for new toppings. xoxo! eliza

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  3. yum! this looks so good!

    http://lachapstickfanatique.blogspot.com

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  4. I love this idea! I think that hosting a buffet style dinner party is always a lot of fun!

    X Kenzie

    www.CaveGirlintheCity.com

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  5. First hand experience at a Flynn burger bowl party - it's the best!!!

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  6. This is such a great idea! I will definitely be trying this out with some of my friends. I'm surprised I never thought of this before!

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  7. I just came across your blog and this is such a great idea! I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts. :)

    xx
    M

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  8. I just found your blog and this is such a great idea! Looking forward to reading more of your posts :)

    xx
    M

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  9. I've never thought to do a burger party - seems like the ideal thing to have prepared for people when they arrive!

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  10. this is my heaven! HEAVEN i tell you!!!

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  11. This is a fabulous idea! I love the idea of getting together with a bunch of friends and everyone building their own burgers. Herein Australia, we'd add beetroot, eggs, and pickles as well. Delicious! P.S I love that you've christened this year the year of DIY, and I love this kind of post! Thanks for sharing!

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  12. I have always wanted to try renovation stuff from GoodWill :) And that food looks delish!

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  13. I've found myself a little alarmed in the last couple of years at how the anté has been upped when it comes to entertaining friends...throwing some crisps in a bowl and getting some beers in no longer suffices :) So this post is perfect for me...I'll definitely be earmarking it for future reference! As for future how-to's...maybe some more in a similar vein to this...dinner party cooking.

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  14. Dang, this looks so delicious!! I'll have to try this out sometime. :)

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  15. I'm also making 2013 my DIY year! With all the cool things I've seen on Pinterest and blogs, I never had time to do anything in 2012, but I'm going to make time in 2013!
    Also, this idea for a party is amazing! I absolutely love it!

    Carrie

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  16. haha "washi tape or whatever that stuff is called". Let's make a deal: if I'm invited to one of these fun looking burger parties in the future, I'll bring the washi tape.

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  17. this is like my favorite too! all stemmed from the 'freckled italian' household!

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  18. This looks so good, and it's such an easy idea that everyone would like.

    Stopping by from The Blue Eyed Owl, and a new follower!

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