Who says there has to be meat in a burger?

As the fall season approaches it's been so nice to have the windows open throughout the house. I love the smell of an aired house, it reminds me of home.

Matt has some good news, he was offered and accepted a new job!! He is going to be working for Pillar Technology Group LLC as an agile coach and delivery lead (whatever that means!) I thought he was going into the postal service or gynecology, but no, it's software delivery. So for the next six months he'll be flying each week to South Bend, Indiana and coming home for the weekends. After that he'll be flying to wherever the next customer is located. He's super excited about it, looking forward to doing some of the work he has a huge interest in. I'm really proud of him for the way he went about looking for a new job once he decided he was through with Union Pacific.

So in just under two weeks I'll have to find way of cooking well for one person during the week.

Tonight I made portobello mushroom burgers with a tomato pepper salad and cantaloupe.

I love portobello burgers! I just add some water (about 3 shot glasses worth) and oil to a pan, heat it up and then add the whole mushrooms. I let them 'steam' for about 3-4 minutes each side and then serve. They are always so tender and juicy and get a really good flavour from being cooked. I served the burger with sauteed red onions, sliced avocado and a sprinkling of feta cheese. Yummy!

The salad was a quick throw together of tomatoes, yellow onion and yellow bell pepper, a little bit of olive oil and some hot salsa seasoning. It was fresh, tangy, crunchy and contrasted with the tenderness of the portobello burger.

For dessert we had some fresh cantaloupe melon. Mmmmmmm sticky face!

Matt has a conference tomorrow, so I'll be cooking something just for me. It'll most likely have mushroom in it as I have leftovers.

And, as always, don't forget to kiss your cook!