A Twist on Traditional Burgers

Warm weather and grilling go hand-in-hand, and few dishes say summer like burgers. While traditional beef patties come to mind for many, there are also healthy protein options to satisfy that burger craving without sacrificing flavor. For example, salmon is a nutritionally well-rounded alternative that offers a variety of health benefits, and an option like gluten-free Trident Seafoods Alaska Salmon Burgers are made with wild, sustainable, ocean-caught whole filets with no fillers and are lightly seasoned with a “just-off-the-grill,” smoky flavor. Topped with melted cheddar then piled on top of fresh arugula, peppered bacon and zesty mayo, these Alaskan Salmon Burgers with Peppered Bacon are a twist on tradition that can help you put a protein-packed, flavorful meal on the table in minutes.

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Alaskan Salmon Burgers with Peppered Bacon

Prep time: 13 minutes

Servings: 4

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon lemon zest salt pepper

1 box (11.2 ounces) Trident Seafoods Alaska Salmon Burgers

4 cheddar cheese slices

4 seeded burger buns, split and toasted

4 cups arugula

6 strips peppered bacon, cooked 12 bread-and-butter pickles, drained

In small bowl, combine mayonnaise, lemon juice and lemon zest. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.

Cook salmon burgers according to package directions. When almost cooked through, top each with slice of cheese, cover and cook until melted. Spread cut sides of buns with mayonnaise and top bottom buns with arugula. Cover with salmon burgers, bacon, pickles and top buns.

(Family Features) this lonely Airman, to whom the United States Army Air Corps had sent over to a far away place called Hawaii. Mom would include a little letter to this lonely Airman, being my dad, with each shipment of her famous baked cookies. Dad would write back a little thank you letter to Mom and end each letter with the words, “please do send more cookies!”

How this pen pal friendship came about, is that Aunt Eleanor, in one of her visits to the Kemmerer Homestead, asked Mom if she wouldn’t mind sending some of Mom’s famous home-baked cookies to her lonely brother-in-law, Richard. I often wonder where I would be, had it not been for Aunt Eleanor’s suggestion that Mom send cookies to Dad.

When he came home from the war, Dad worked three jobs! He drove a truck for Moon Carrier, which was located in Paterson. He worked nights as a dispatcher. And then on Saturdays, Dad worked as an usher at the stately Majestic Theater in Paterson. Sundays, after church Dad would drive his 1935 Hudson Coupe, from Lincoln Park to Boonton to visit Mom and have supper at the Kemmerer Homestead. Dad often joked about his early dates with Mom. He would arrive at the Kemmerer home, sit in the living room with Grandpa Kemmerer and watch the Yankee game on TV, while Mom cooked supper with Grandma. Grandpa would offer Dad to take a couple of pretzels from the pretzel bag. Dad said that he would always take just two pretzels, because that was what a couple was. Dad often joked that he was always afraid to take the third pretzel.

Dad often recounted how Grandpa would put him through the mill about how things were going at his jobs. Dad said that he often told Grandpa Kemmerer about his big plans to be a cartoon artist. Dad would even bring some of his cartoon drawings for Grandpa to see.

After supper, Mom and Dad would sit on the rock wall, that stood along the sidewalk of the old Kemmerer Homestead, with Grandma and Grandpa. My maternal grandfather kept a watchful eye on my dad! Sadly, Mom’s old homestead has been replaced by a large, modern home. However, the rock wall that my grandfather built, when he was a young man, still stands!

My Grandma Mabey told me this story one time. Dad was an avid saver. Grandma told me that Dad saved every penny he could. Grandma told me that Dad would put cardboard in his shoes, rather than buy new shoes. Grandma would argue with him to spend some money on new shoes, but Dad would tell Grandma that he was saving money for a down payment on the house he was going to buy, after he married Janet Kemmerer.

So, Grandma Mabey once told me that she was so shocked when Dad told her that he was going to take her and Grandpa and Janet Kemmerer to an expensive restaurant in the big city of Paterson! You see that was part of the deal that Dad had to agree with, with Grandpa Kemmerer. He could take Mom out to a swanky restaurant, if his mother and father were going to accompany them! It was another time, another culture, that was world’s apart