Asiagoburger
with Avocado Salsa
The job search continues. It is truly amazing how few jobs you are actually able apply for before the sunlight fails and the day is used up. I have walked through malls, industrial parks, and shopping plazas handing out resumes and filling out applications. You can visit every business in a decent-sized plaza in anywhere from one to three hours depending on how many applications were available to complete. Some managers only want a copy of your resume. This is perfect because I have at least a hundred of them printed and ready to go.
If your in the situation of my family, where both husband and wife are unemployed and searching, it can take a little longer. And if you have a one year old son, no money for a babysitter, and only one car, the task can become a never ending, tedious, loathsome chore.
First of all, experts on job market analysis say that you don't want to appear desperate (which can be difficult to accomplish in these times). I feel that perhaps Lexie and I are too busy trying not to look pathetic sometimes! We will drive to a plaza and industrial park and one of us will go and work our charm with business owners while the other tries to appeal to the better side of our young son's attention span.
Once the area has been covered (and at times, before that), Harrison usually decides its time for a break; most of the time with a cranky whine that won't be quieted until lunching or napping. Everything's an event for him. Every moment is either a nuance or a nuisance. Life is either great or horrible it seems. There's no in between. But its an adventure for him and I'm still learning too.
In the middle of the day Lexie and I switch responsibilities. In the end, a lot of time is lost and very little ground is covered. But at least we keep at it. That's the most important part for anyone who is unemployed. Don't give up.
When you're applying online (as is mandatory with more than half the jobs available nowadays) either you send your resume to every possible inquiry on craigslist.org and become the target of every scam artist imaginable, or you spend hours and hours applying for one or two jobs because the company's website keeps crashing in the middle of their lame application program which has 500 questions about your friends in high school and whether or not you missed a day of work in the past year.
But we all know how it goes. Things can seem to become too complex to handle sometimes. Which is why I needed a burger for dinner tonight. Not fast food. A simple homemade burger. We went to my sister and brother-in-law's apartment and I cooked burgers for everyone there. I designed a special recipe for this Friday night feast. Not as simple as I originally planned, but Lexie gives it a 10 out of 10, meaning it was simply delicious.
Ingrediants:
2 pounds lean ground beef
1 cup asiago cheese, shredded
3 tablespoons dried basil
2 tablespoon chili powder
2 tablespoon ground red pepper
1 onion, finely chopped
1 avocado, pitted, skinned, and chopped
1 tomato, chopped
1 green belle pepper, chopped
1 lime, halved
Preparation Instructions:
1. Toss the asiago cheese with 1 1/2 tablespoons of basil until mixed. Next knead ground beef, chili powder, red pepper, 1/2 the chopped onion, and the rest of the basil in a mixing bowl with your hands. When thoroughly combined, separate into eight equal parts.
2. Divide each 1/8 section in half again, roll into a ball, and then flatten to about 1 cm thick patties.
3. For every pair, sprinkle a about 1 tablespoon of the basil and cheese mix on top of one of the patties in the pair. Leave an edge of at least 1 cm. Next, carefully place the other patty on top and seal the pair together at the edge. Refrigerate.
If your in the situation of my family, where both husband and wife are unemployed and searching, it can take a little longer. And if you have a one year old son, no money for a babysitter, and only one car, the task can become a never ending, tedious, loathsome chore.
First of all, experts on job market analysis say that you don't want to appear desperate (which can be difficult to accomplish in these times). I feel that perhaps Lexie and I are too busy trying not to look pathetic sometimes! We will drive to a plaza and industrial park and one of us will go and work our charm with business owners while the other tries to appeal to the better side of our young son's attention span.
Once the area has been covered (and at times, before that), Harrison usually decides its time for a break; most of the time with a cranky whine that won't be quieted until lunching or napping. Everything's an event for him. Every moment is either a nuance or a nuisance. Life is either great or horrible it seems. There's no in between. But its an adventure for him and I'm still learning too.
In the middle of the day Lexie and I switch responsibilities. In the end, a lot of time is lost and very little ground is covered. But at least we keep at it. That's the most important part for anyone who is unemployed. Don't give up.
When you're applying online (as is mandatory with more than half the jobs available nowadays) either you send your resume to every possible inquiry on craigslist.org and become the target of every scam artist imaginable, or you spend hours and hours applying for one or two jobs because the company's website keeps crashing in the middle of their lame application program which has 500 questions about your friends in high school and whether or not you missed a day of work in the past year.
But we all know how it goes. Things can seem to become too complex to handle sometimes. Which is why I needed a burger for dinner tonight. Not fast food. A simple homemade burger. We went to my sister and brother-in-law's apartment and I cooked burgers for everyone there. I designed a special recipe for this Friday night feast. Not as simple as I originally planned, but Lexie gives it a 10 out of 10, meaning it was simply delicious.
Ingrediants:
2 pounds lean ground beef
1 cup asiago cheese, shredded
3 tablespoons dried basil
2 tablespoon chili powder
2 tablespoon ground red pepper
1 onion, finely chopped
1 avocado, pitted, skinned, and chopped
1 tomato, chopped
1 green belle pepper, chopped
1 lime, halved
Preparation Instructions:
1. Toss the asiago cheese with 1 1/2 tablespoons of basil until mixed. Next knead ground beef, chili powder, red pepper, 1/2 the chopped onion, and the rest of the basil in a mixing bowl with your hands. When thoroughly combined, separate into eight equal parts.
2. Divide each 1/8 section in half again, roll into a ball, and then flatten to about 1 cm thick patties.
4. Preheat grill. Prepare the salsa by adding the avocado, tomato, green pepper, and remaining onion in a mixing dish. Squeeze the juice from the limes into the dish and mix well.
5. Remove patties from the refrigerator and grill for 5-8 minutes on both sides or until cooked through. Serve with salsa as a condiment along with any others desired. Feeds 6-8.
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