More than a year ago, I shared in this space that my husband and I were embarking on a project of sorts. We had received a novelty cookbook for Christmas and wanted to attempt every recipe it contained.

For several weeks, we did pretty well. Then, as with many things we intend to do, the effort fell by the wayside. But several days ago, we pulled that book out and revived our plan — at least for one installment.

The cookbook is based on the animated series “Bob’s Burgers,” which airs on Sunday evenings. For whatever reason, I am especially amused by that show, so when we received the book I was eager to try some of the many burgers listed inside.

In the series, title character Bob Belcher is a restaurant owner and a rather downtrodden dad raising three kids with his wife and trying to make ends meet.

One of the ways he copes with their struggles is to create a cleverly named “burger of the day.”

Our most recent attempt at preparing a burger of the day turned out well enough that we were able to have it for dinner twice.

Our latest creation was called the “Beets of Burden Burger.” I started by peeling and grating a large, fresh beet and a quarter head of cabbage. I cheated a bit by buying matchstick carrots instead of grating those as well.

The next step was to saute some diced red onion with the carrots, adding the beets and cabbage when the onion became translucent. We cooked that mixture until the beets became tender then added a couple of tablespoons of tomato sauce before setting our concoction aside.

My husband, mike, prepared our beef patties, using grass fed ground beef we had purchased from a local farmer. He chopped fresh dill to add to the meat along with a little salt and pepper. He fried those burgers in the same pan the vegetables had been cooked in, and we were ready to eat.

The sandwiches are assembled very simply: Put a burger on a bun, top it with as much of the beet mixture as you like and finish with a dollop — or two — of sour cream.

I imagine that the meal was a bit like eating borscht, a sour Eastern European soup that is usually made with beets and garnished with sour cream and dill, although I have never actually tasted that dish.

We were both quite pleased with the result, and we had enough vegetable topping left over to make a second round of burgers a few days later.

I’m not sure how soon we will try another recipe from the book, but my vote for the next selection is the “Bet It All On Black Garlic” burger, if we can find the right inggredients. If we do, I’ll let you know how it turns out.

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Following up on last week’s column, the Ohio State Fair did not disappoint. Yes, I got to see the Butter Cow and enjoyed a delicious chocolate milkshake. The Soul Asylum/Stone Temple Pilots show was enjoyable as well.

We did not ride any carnival rides, but we did happen to catch a magic show by female performer Billy Kidd.

My favorite moment, though, was when I persuaded Mike to try pickle pizza — it was great!