Skip the Grocery Trip

The latest two recipes I have made have saved me two extra trips to the grocery store. If you are like me in the least bit, you hate the grocery and especially Wal-mart on the weekends. After the last trip to the grocery, I got home to realize I had forgotten to get any kind of dip for chips. Brad and I both love dip so it is a must to have some type of dip in the kitchen! Next time you are in the need of a tasty dip, try my recipe of french onion dip! You probably already have all the ingredients around anyways!

French Onion Dip
(makes 10-12 oz.)
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
-1.5 cup diced onion
-1/4 tsp. salt
-1.5 cup sour cream
-1/4 tsp. paprika
-3/4 cup mayo
-1/4 tsp. garlic powder
-1/4 tsp. pepper
- splash worchestershire

In a saute pan, add oil to the onions and salt. Cook until caramelized about 20 mins.  Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Mix the rest of the ingredients, then add cooled onion. Refrigerate and stir again before serving.

 

All ingredients minus onion

 Caramelizing the onion

Creamy French Onion Dip

Yuummmy!

The second ingredient I saved a trip for was hamburger buns. It's always hard for Brad and I to eat all 8 buns with it just being us two, so we don't buy buns much. Therefore, this next recipe for homemade hamburger buns worked out perfectly! You can make as many or as few as you need...no waste.

Homemade Hamburger Buns

(makes 8 buns).....I halved the recipe and made 4

-3/4 to 1 cup lukewarm water (depending on humidity, use smaller amount of water and add to if need be.)

-2 tbsp. butter

- 1 egg

-3.5 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

-1/4 cup sugar

-1.25 tsp. salt

-1 tbsp. instant yeast

Mix and knead all of the dough ingredients-by hand, mixer, or bread machine. (I prefer mixer). Cover the dough and let it rise until doubled in size. (1-2 hours). Gently deflate the dough and divide into 8 pieces. Shape each piece into a round ball;flatten to about 3" across. Place the buns on a lightly greased baking sheet, cover, and let rise for about an hour or until noticeably puffy. Bake the buns in a preheated oven at 375 for 10-12 minutes, until golden. Remove from oven and brush with melted butter.

 Buns after they have puffed and before going into oven

 Nice golden brown buns

 Now that's what you call a burger! Put a grilled burger with cheese, onions and bacon in between a homemade bun and you have a wonderful dinner!

Both of these recipes are super easy to do and like I mentioned earlier, you probably have all the ingredients already in your kitchen! Who wants to go to the grocery when you don't have to? Not ME!