I took the day off yesterday. I didn’t blog or comment – heck, I didn’t even work the entire day. After lunch my poor, tired brain said “%#$! this!” and I went and got a hair cut, then treated myself a manicure and a pedicure. If I’d had the time and funds, I’d have gone clothes shopping, too.

I really, really needed all of that.

We also had Jolly and The G Man over for dinner last night, which I also needed. There’s nothing like a good dose of grandson to cheer a weary Meema up, I must say. We’d decided to grill burgers and serve them some sweet potato salad, on the premise that it would be a simple dinner. Except I’d had an idea rolling around in my head for, well, years really, and decided it was a good time to make the idea a reality.

If you ask me, Beloved, Oldest Son, Darling Daughter and The Young One what our Top 10 Favorite Films are, I can guarantee you that Pulp Fiction would be on each of our lists. It’s the film that vaulted John Travolta back into big-time fame, made Quentin Tarantino an A-list director and made me absolutely fall in love with Samuel L. Jackson. Roger Ebert once said the film was all about redemption, and I agree with that. Jules is my favorite character in the entire movie, and I love the fact that while he’s a Bad Ass Motherfucker, his redemption is also the most profound.

And I’ve wanted a Big Kahuna Burger ever since.

Despite the long list of ingredients, it was a simple dinner – these burgers come together really quickly, especially if you fry the bacon and plantains, and make the spicy sauce ahead of time. I didn’t put cheese on mine, but the rest of the family did so if you want to, a nice pepper cheese would probably be good. There’s also no lettuce on them, but that’s mostly because I had no large leaf lettuce in the house, so knock yourself out with some iceberg or butter lettuce if you like. You can also serve them on a bun, if you must, but even without it, this is still a tasty burger.

Note: This is not low calorie, low carb, or low fat. It is in no way, shape, form or fashion “diet” food, but it was made with grass-fed beef, the Better Than Miracle Whip was, of course, made with pastured eggs and all of the fruits and vegetables were as organic and sustainably raised as I could manage.

And sometimes, that’s good enough.