Burgers and Eggplant

Dinner tonight was Mint Burgers with Feta Sauce, Grilled Eggplant with Goat Cheese, and Cucumber slices. All in all, it was quick and easy meal to make if you didn't have two small children trying to help and put their hands in EVERYTHING! It was a great summer meal because I didn't use the stove at all...everything was cooked outdoors on the gas grill. A brief description of each:

Mint Burgers: 1 lb of ground beef with 1 egg, 1/4 - 1/2 c bread crumbs, 1/4 t cinnamon, 1/4 t salt, 1/4 t pepper, 1/3 c fresh mint finely chopped, and 1/4 c chopped pepperoncini peppers(those peppers you get with pizzas all the time) for Curtis and my burgers. I just mixed it all together and grilled them. We ate them on whole wheat buns.

Feta Yogurt Sauce: I combined in the food processor 1/4 c yogurt, 1/2 c feta cheese, 1 garlic clove, 2 T fresh lemon juice, 1 T honey. That was all. I refrigerated it until it was supper time and then spread it on the top and bottom bun of the adults' burgers.

Grilled Eggplant with Goat Cheese: I cut the thin Japanese eggplant in half and put them coat side down in a plate with a generous layer of extra virgin olive oil. The eggplant are sponges and suck up all the oil. I grilled them cut side down first, flipped them when they were soft and then topped them with goat cheese. Fontina cheese is also really good. I took them off the grill when the cheese was melted.

Cucumber slices

The kids eagerly ate the burgers and buns. M dipped it in ketchup, J licked the ketchup off his bun and then ate the bun. M also had several cucumber slices. They don't like the eggplant with is just fine with us, because we love the grilled eggplant and don't mind not sharing.