Party Time Mini Cheeseburgers

From Taste of Home's Simple & Delicious



Ingredients:
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons dill pickle relish
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1 pound ground beef
3 slices process American cheese
10 dinner rolls, split

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into 10 patties. Broil 3-4 in. from the heat for 4-6 minutes on each side or until meat is no longer pink.

Meanwhile, using a 1-in. pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter, cut out 10 pumpkin shapes from cheese slices. Immediately place on burgers; serve on rolls. Yield: 10 servings.

Comments:
These burgers turned out very wet and they pretty much fell apart in the pan. They tasted good, but the presentation was a bit tricky when I had very few actual burgers to work with. Oh well.

Family-Pleasing Pizza

From Taste of Home's Simple & Delicious



Ingredients:
1/2 pound bulk pork sausage
1 tube (13.8 ounces) refrigerated pizza crust
2 teaspoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
2 medium Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning

Directions:
In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink. Drain and set aside.

Meanwhile, press pizza dough into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Brush with butter; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and garlic powder. Layer with 1 cup mozzarella, sausage and tomatoes. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and Italian seasoning.

Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted. Yield: 6 servings.

Comments:
Yum, pizza. I left off the tomatoes since Adam's not a fan. I also doubled the sausage (kind of by mistake.) Oops. It was very good. I like the idea of cooking it in a 13x9 pan rather than a pizza pan. This allows a thicker crust to form and I definitely am not of the thin crust party. I have a feeling I'll make this one again - perhaps with different toppings.

Golden Chicken with Rice

From Taste of Home's Simple & Delicious (don't see it on the website)



Ingredients:
1 package (6 oz) long grain and wild rice mix
1 can (10-3/4 oz) condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 can (10-3/4 oz) condensed cream of celery soup
1-1/2 cups water
4 chicken leg quarters (I used breasts)
1 envelope onion soup mix

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine the rice, contents of seasoning packet, cream soups, and water. Spread into a greased 13x9x2 baking dish. Top with chicken; sprinkle with onion soup mix.

Cover and bake at 350º for 2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 180º and rice is tender. Yield: 4 servings.

Comments:
The combination of the rice's seasoning packet and the onion soup mix gives this an extra kick. Overall the flavor is good. I don't know that I'd try this again though as I prefer my way better and Adam wasn't overly excited about either one.

Andouille Egg Burritos

From Taste of Home's Simple & Delicious October 2008 (another subscriber only)



Ingredients:
onion
butter
andouille sausage
eggs
salt & pepper
cayenne
tortillas
jack cheese

Comments:
Yet another Adam recipe. I didn't eat this one either. I'm a big wimp when it comes to hot and spicy foods. I made this for dinner last week and I had some soup instead. He said it wasn't that hot, but that's in his opinion. I'm sure I would have died. In any case, he liked it and we still have half the sausage in the fridge. Yay.

Baked Parmesan Roughy

From Taste of Home's Simple & Delicious October 2008 (another subscriber only)



Ingredients:
crushed cornflakes (we don't eat cornflakes but I had some old corn chex in the cupboard so I just used those instead)
Parmesan cheese
salt
eggs
milk
orange roughy

Comments:
This is another recipe that Adam picked out. It was super easy, pretty quick, and although it seems like most of the breading evaporated or went missing, he still ate it all up.

Bacon Cheeseburger Salad

From Taste of Home's Simple & Delicious October 2008 (subscriber only)



Ingredients:
ground beef
onion (I used minced onion flakes. I was being lazy)
ketchup
mustard
pepper
lettuce (used romaine, because that's what I had)
tomato
cheese (recipe says processed cheese, but I used shredded cheddar)
bacon
pickle slices (left these out. too weird)
(I also forgot to make the crutons out of hamburger buns. My bad.)

Comments:
Neat how they make this look like either a really healthy burger substitute or a not-so-healthy salad. Eh. The concept is interesting and the execution is easy. I'm not saying it tastes like a bacon cheeseburger, but it's better than just plain lettuce. I think we'd add this to our rotation with chicken caesar salad.