{"id":6020,"date":"2016-06-30T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathycasey.com\/blog\/?p=6020"},"modified":"2016-06-30T09:00:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T17:00:45","slug":"its-burger-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/?p=6020","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Burger Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summertime is Burger Time! Dust off the barbecue, light it up, and get grilling \u2013 you know that there\u2019s nothing better than home-grilled burgers!<\/p>\n<p>Why not ask over friends and family for a burger bar? You provide the burgers, buns and toppings and then ask your guests to bring a fun salad or delectable dessert, and you\u2019ve got the city\u2019s hottest new gourmet burger bar right in your own backyard. This is a great way to let family and friends build their own dream burger with the only limit being their imagination!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6021 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/kathycasey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Salmon-Burgers-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"Salmon Burgers\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/172;\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildalaskaseafood.com\/recipesdb\/?recipeId=NTE5\">Alaska Salmon Sliders are a Favorite Way to Switch up your Burger Repertoire<\/a><br \/>\nCheck out this great recipe we did for ASMI<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of my favorite burger party tips:<\/p>\n<ul><strong>&#8211;<\/strong>Pick up some artisan buns from one of our great local bakeries, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrinabakery.com\/\">Macrina<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.essentialbaking.com\/\">Essential<\/a>.\u00a0I love a variety of soft and fluffy brioche buns and pretzel buns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<\/strong>Offer different types of patties like local grass-fed beef, salmon patties, portabella mushrooms and even housemade veggie burgers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<\/strong>Put out different spreads so guests can create their own masterpiece. Try garlicy aioli, pesto, pimento cheese, and harissa ketchup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<\/strong>Don\u2019t forget the cheeses. Local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiIuN2CrrzNAhUP9mMKHVdfDGQQFggeMAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beechershandmadecheese.com%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNE3Yd_SkKPM5kzpnWfozhLOfJL6ZQ\">Beecher\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0aged cheddar (a personal fave!), pepper jack, creamy goat, or tangy blue are some of my go-tos when hosting a burger party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<\/strong>And of course the toppings! Load it up with thick sliced tomatoes, all kinds of pickly things, sliced onions, crunchy lettuce, bacon \u2013 skies the limits. I love adding Flaming Hot Cheetos for super spicy crunch!\n<\/ul>\n<p>So whether you\u2019re hosting a hungry crowd or just making dinner interesting, go forth and grill up some gourmet burger goodness. Cheers! \u2013Kathy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summertime is Burger Time! Dust off the barbecue, light it up, and get grilling \u2013 you know that there\u2019s nothing better than home-grilled burgers! Why not ask over friends and family for a burger bar? You provide the burgers, buns and toppings and then ask your guests to bring a fun salad or delectable dessert, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11760],"tags":[7119,341,11296,4334,11298,3767,11299,10466,80,3769,1111,1590,17,3758,11297,291,11300,1460,68,11301,293,11884,4095,3620,11865,952,3759,6604,1046,9322,3790,3793,11302,11303,11857,73,1129,684,3800,5815],"class_list":{"0":"post-6020","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-dishing-with-kathy-casey-blog","7":"tag-aioli","8":"tag-bacon","9":"tag-beechers-cheeses","10":"tag-blue-cheese","11":"tag-brioche-buns","12":"tag-buns","13":"tag-burger-bar","14":"tag-burger-patties","15":"tag-burgers","16":"tag-cheddar","17":"tag-cheese","18":"tag-cheetos","19":"tag-dessert","20":"tag-essential-bakery","21":"tag-flaming-hot-cheetos","22":"tag-garlic","23":"tag-garlicy-aioli","24":"tag-goat-cheese","25":"tag-grilling","26":"tag-harissa-ketchup","27":"tag-kathy-casey","29":"tag-komo-news","30":"tag-komo-news-radio","31":"tag-komo-radio","32":"tag-lettuce","33":"tag-macrina-bakery","34":"tag-news-radio","35":"tag-onions","36":"tag-pepper-jack","37":"tag-pesto","38":"tag-pimento-cheese","39":"tag-portabello-mushrooms","40":"tag-pretzel-buns","41":"tag-recent","42":"tag-salmon","43":"tag-summer","44":"tag-tomatoes","45":"tag-toppings","46":"tag-vegetarian"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}