Lovely little sliders

I had my first homemade mayonnaise fail yesterday. It made me sad because it uses a whole cup of olive oil, and I don't want to waste it. So, I put the runny mess in a container in the fridge and figured I'd figure out what to do with it later. 

Then, today, I was trying to think of what to have for lunch and just had this vision of adorable little sliders drizzled with my garlicky mayo fail. 

I just happened to have a pound of grass-fed ground beef in the fridge, and remembered that I had some leftover Penzey's Arizona Dreaming spice mix from Cinco de Mayo, when I made short rib tacos (which were devoured). Southwest sliders? Sounds good to me!

Here's the thing about sliders: they're fun. Even low-carb folks, like me, eat a lot of burgers, we just forgo the bun. And it's easy to get tired of burgers, but sliders make it seem like it's a whole different meal.  

I plopped the meat into a bowl. Added an egg, some chopped onions, fresh parsley, Arizona Dreaming spice (about 1/2 tablespoon), garlic and mixed it all together. While I was forming them into meatballs, I preheated a griddle on a burner of my stove on medium. When it was hot, I melted a bit of coconut oil on the griddle. When it was hot, I flattened the meatballs and plopped them on the hot skillet. 

This is what that step looked like: 

I cooked them for about 7 total minutes, and drizzled them with my mayo fail. For a side, I had fresh veggies I got from the farm store (broccoli, kohlrabi and carrots) with my homemade ranch dressing for dipping. And here's the finger-licking good lunch I ended up with:

I say finger-licking good because you can eat these cute little sliders with your hands, they're that small and perfectly-shaped. Now that's a happy meal.