Tuesday Tip

Yes, I realize I'm posting twice today.  I couldn't stand to let Tuesday pass without a tip.  We've had a crazy few days at the Pier house or I guess I better say crazier than normal.

My tip today is cooking packet dinners.  What is that?  It's basically an entire meal cooked in a foil packet.  I love these because, once again, there is little to no clean up.  If you're not comfortable putting the packets directly on the grates of your oven, you can put them on a baking sheet.  Remember to line that baking sheet with either parchment paper or foil.

You can find lots of recipes on the internet for these types of dinner.  Today I'm going to share one that my mom dubbed "Hobo Dinners".  I have no idea where she got the recipe.  It is super simple and quite yummy.  It's rather versatile too.  I typically don't use onion on mine, but you could.  I have in the past.  Aaron's the only one in the house that'll eat onion so I don't cut one just for him.  (Love you honey!!)  You can also season the meat any way you want.  I season them the way we do our burgers.  I wouldn't, however, leave out the worcestershire sauce.  If you don't like worcestershire, I could see this being yummy using soy sauce, BBQ sauce or teriyaki sauce.

I'm not giving you an amount when it comes to the potatoes either.  It depends on the size of the potato and how much you will eat.  However, you don't want to over fill the packet with potato.  Aaron and I can usually split one potato.

Hobo Dinners:

Hamburger patties, one for every one you're going to feed
salt
pepper
garlic powder
worcestershire sauce
potatoes sliced thinly length wise
butter

Tear off a square of foil for each packet that you're going to make.  It needs to be big enough that once it's all put together it will completely close.  Place one patty in the center of each piece of foil.  Season the patty on both sides with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  (You can use whatever seasonings you like.  This is just how I do it.)  Cover the patty in worcestershire sauce.  Place the sliced potatoes on top of the patty.  Season the potatoes with salt and pepper.  Put a couple pats of butter on top of the potatoes.  Close up your packet by folding in two sides and rolling the other two sides together.  Place in a 350* oven for 1 hour.  Enjoy!!