All-Out Onion Burgers!

Well...I decided to embrace one of our (FINGERS CROSSED) LAST 90 degree days yesterday and went with an all-out summer dinner.  This can turn a frown upside down, no?? :)  (It also helped that it was down right GORGEOUS out by dinnertime....breezy & cool:)

I was inspired by those oh-so-pretty sauteed onions in the balsamic glaze yesterday and decided to make an ALL-OUT ONION BURGER:)  hahahahaha....

I started by sauteing 1 chopped up onion and about 5 or 6 chopped scallions until the onions were soft...

Next, Scott mixed the onions (CAREFUL!!  Those babies are H-O-T!) with the ground turkey along with a little Worcestershire, salt, pepper and a little Liquid SMOKE:)  (told you I'd try to use that more;)  A little time on the grill and we had some loverly onion-studded burgers:)

While the burgers were on the grill, I went to work on MORE onions! :)  I sauteed some 'half-moon' onions for about 10 minutes on low heat.  Thennnnnn...it was time for the secret weapon:  The Brown Sugar! :)  A few tablespoons and these babies turned into chewy, sticky glouriousness:) hahahahaha.... :)

And my last factor in my onion-trifecta:  The lovely TJ's English Cheddar with caramelized onions!  Sigghhhhh...does it get any better than that??...

We loaded up the burgers on more of our Farmer's Market foccacia.....(again, I gutted my bread a bit to make more room for the good stuff;)

A few more minutes in the PRESSSSSS to melt the cheese and we were in business:)

Talk about a flavor POWER HOUSE!  This was a delicious mix of tangy cheddar, salty Worcestershire, smoky...er...smoke;), crunchy (and slightly burnt;) foccacia and LOTS & LOTS of onions!  The onions made the burgers SOOOO moist!  Just DELICIOUS!!!

(and don't be frightened, at the last second I threw some pickles in there for good measure;)  hahahahahaha...I love me some pickles on a burger:)

And as our side:  some simple grilled sweet potatoes.  Sliced up, drizzled with olive oil, salt & pepper and tossed on the grill until fork tender and oh-so-pretty with the grill lines;)...

Well...actually...in this PARTICULAR case, the were grilled until our grill ran out of gas! :) hahahahahaha  Thankfully, everything was already done cooking.  Guess the grill is saying it's official farewell to summer too:) hahahahahhaahhahaha....(I kid, I kid....we'll be grillin till old man winter rears his chilly head:)

Soooooooo...the winners of Round One of "Project Food Buzz" will be announced today at 12pm PDT.  I hope I make it, but if not, I've managed to meet some really nice fellow bloggers this week with some really great blogs!  One of them being Erin at EKat's Kitchen, so I decided to join her Friday Potluck Party!:)  Check it out if you have a chance:

Ok...wellllllll, I should have some VERY interesting things to show you the next couple days:)  I won't be in the kitchen today or tomorrow, buttttttt I'll be visiting a few foodie cities nearby...any guesses????;) 

Stay tuned and have a great weekend!! :)