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Patty Melt
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- Rye bread

- Hamburger
- Onions
- Butter
- Cheddar cheese

First slice your onions and sauté them in butter til they just begin to brown. By the way, do you know how to slice an onion? Cut off the ends and then cut it in half so you have two flat surfaces to cut the onion. This way the onion doesn’t rock when you’re trying to cut it. The only time this
won’t work is when you’re making onion rings,
cause then you need the actual rings.

Remove the onions and place them in a bowl. Next look at your slices of rye bread and form hamburger patties that will fit them. This usually means not perfect circles. When I don’t want to eat as much, I pick slices closer to the ends so that they’re smaller. Sam, of course, likes BIG slices from the center of the loaf. Put a bit more butter in your pan that you just cooked the onions in… if you need it. Fry up them puppies until they are still rare in the center, flipping once. Remove from the pan, which by the way, should be cast iron, for the best all around patty meltiness.

Now assemble the burger. Put a slice of cheddar on a slice of bread. Then put onions on top of the cheese. Next put the burger on top of the onion and then a slice of cheese and then the other slice of rye. Melt some more butter in the pan and place the burger or burgers in the pan. Fry until it is golden brown and then flip it. Fry that side to same color and VOILA…a perfect patty melt. You will thank us for this one!

Oven Roasted Potatoes
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Sam and I went round and round on this one. He wanted FRIED potatoes a.k.a. French fries. I don’t want the fat or the mess, so in the end I won out! He also wanted regular potatoes, but we all know sweet potatoes are healthier…so again I won. The one concession I did make was to get the less orangey and more golden sweet potato….it was fantastic and a bit less sweet which worked perfectly.

- Golden sweet potatoes
- Olive oil
- Rosemary or whatever spice you prefer
- Salt
- Sugar

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cut the potatoes into small chunks, if you like them crispy through and through. Bigger chunks if you like to bite into a bit of potato mush. Put them in a large bowl and toss with enough olive oil to coat, but not to swim in. Add rosemary and a bit of salt and sugar to coat. You don’t want to be overwhelmed by the salt or sugar, it just helps get a nice brown crust. Once its all tossed together, put in a single layer on a baking sheet and stick it in the oven.

Turn them every 15 minutes or so to get each side of the potatoes browned. Cook til desired doneness…30 -45 minutes. We like ours extra crispy. Obviously you will start these before the patty melts.