Recipe Day: Swiss-Mushroom Burgers

Ingredients:

• Hearty buns that won't fall apart at the first sign of saturated fats
• 1.5 pounds ground beef
• Generous dash of thyme
• Italian bread crumbs
• Onion salt
• Pepper
• Swiss cheese
• Bacon bits
• Sliced mushrooms
• Mayo
• A bare minimum of greenery, so it looks healthy

Instructions:

• Form patties with ground beef and bread crumbs. Season with thyme, onion salt and pepper.
• Wash then saut?e mushrooms in a skillet with olive oil. Drain.
• Grill patties to medium, adding cheese in the final few minutes.
• Spread mayo on toasted buns, then add bacon bits. The mayo keeps a uniform level of bacon throughout the burger, and using bits instead of strips prevents you from pulling a strip out on your very first bite.
• Serve with Smithwicks.