Grass-Fed Burgers & Homemade Buns

Who doesn’t love a good burger? Especially one made at home with fresh, and much better ingredients. You can put whatever you like on it and these homemade buns add a special touch! I can’t take credit for the buns though. Real Fit, Real Food Mom has really encouraged me to use my bread machine, which is 10 years old by the way…. I had it just sitting in a cupboard, taking up space. Now I make bread once/week, and hamburger/hot dog buns periodically that we freeze and pull out what we need, when we need it. 🙂 What is a ‘grass-fed burger’? It just means the cows ate grass instead of grain. Cows are supposed to eat grass, when they can. Of course it’s harder for them to eat grass in the winter. Factory farms feed their cows grain all year long. And it’s filled with GMOs.

I served these with my cheesy garlic mashed potatoes and some green beans. You could also serve them with my garlic & herb roasted potatoes.

Here’s the recipe for the hamburger buns: Real Fit, Real Food Mom’s hamburger buns. I do use my bread machine but you could knead the dough yourself. I have never done that so I don’t have any tips, but if you want to purchase a bread machine the one below is a newer version of mine. You can use the same recipe for hot dog buns but you have to shape them differently of course.

Recipe for the Grass-Fed Hamburger Patties

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. ground beef (grass-fed/organic is best)
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup bread crumbs
• 1 TB minced onion
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• salt & pepper (sprinkle desired amount)
• 1/2 tsp chili powder (optional)
• 1 TB BBQ sauce (optional)

Directions:
Tip: The ground beef must be completely thawed. In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground beef and all the ingredients. Mix them up thoroughly. (I use my hands and that seems to be the easiest way.) Make patties like shown below. They will shrink up quite a bit. The ones in the picture turned out to be about medium-sized burgers, perfect size for the buns. You can grill the patties, cook on the stove-top or in the oven. We added cheese, ketchup, mustard, spinach and tomato. Add whatever ingredients you like.

Hamburger Patties:

My Homemade Buns:

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