Teen’s burger has the ‘Wright’ stuff

While eating at her favorite restaurant - Red Robin - last fall, Haley Wright noticed a table with entry forms for a kids' cookbook recipe contest.

Wright, 13, thought the everything-on-it burger she created a couple of years ago would be a great addition to the cookbook. She named it the Wright Burger and entered the recipe which includes toppings of mashed potatoes, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onion rings, barbecue sauce and sea salt.

“It's big and filling,” she said. “I think it's pretty tasty.

Earlier this summer her mom, Fran, received an e-mail from Red Robin saying the Wright Burger was chosen for the third annual “Red Robin Kids' Cook-Off” cookbook.

“It's flattering to be in the Red Robin cookbook,” the Franklin Middle School eighth grader said.

The cookbook features 50 kid-invented gourmet burger recipes and back-to-school safety tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The recipes were selected from more than 14,000 entries submitted by youth ages 6 to 12 in 2008. According to Red Robin, the recipes were based on their inventive combination of ingredients and fun flavors and the accompanying 100-word statement.

Wright's essay said, “it includes the perfect amount of ingredients for any burger lover... This is the most unique burger you will ever see. I promise that this is the most tasteful burger you will ever have.”

It certainly is one of the biggest burgers you'll ever have.

Her dad, Jason, said, “it's kind of hard to eat the whole thing at once.”

Along with inclusion in the cookbook, Wright received a $50 gift certificate from Red Robin.