Cheesy Bacon Burgers (Southern Living 1981)

This recipe was a hit! I made a few modifications to make it what i thought would be more friendly for my boys.

The original recipe:


What I did:
1 lb ground beef
1/4 cup ketchup
dash Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper
4 hamburger buns
10 slices bacon
4 slices American cheese

I mixed the first 4 ingredients together and cooked them in patties on the grill. I figured the boys would like having an actual hamburger they could dress as they are used to, versus a more "sloppy joe" style burger. I then topped them with a slice and a half of bacon (3 half strips) and a piece of American cheese. The boys both added what they usually do to hamburger (ketchup, honey mustard, mayo). The hubs and I both had it without adding any other fixings.
I think I was right! This was a big hit. It is definitely repeatable, different from our normal hamburger night and very tasty! 



~ Audry

Barbecued Pot Roast (Southern Living 1979)

Not great, not bad.  That about sums up this meal for us.  Audry picked it for us to try.  I didn't change this recipe that much - just made it into a crock-pot meal and about halved the recipe, because I had a smaller piece of roast.  It was so unspectacular, however, that I'm tempted not to even share how I tweaked it. 

I guess I will share how I changed it, though, so that maybe you can tweak some more to get something a little more tasty and a little less dry.

Barbecued Pot Roast
1 (2- to 2.5-pound) chuck roast
1/2 medium onion, sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 cup water (if I made this a next time, I would cut back to 1/4 cup water)
1.5 T apple cider vinegar
1 T Worcestershire sauce
1/2 t rosemary
3 small potatoes, at least quartered

Put the onion and potatoes in the bottom of the crock-pot.  Place the roast on top.
Mix garlic, ketchup, water, vinegar, Worcestershire, and rosemary.  Pour over roast, potatoes, and onions.
Cook on LOW.  I cooked mine for about six and a half hours.  I think that was too long. 

All in all, it was okay.  Roo liked the potatoes, but the other two kids didn't.  Kevin thought the roast was "okay".  The kids and I enjoyed it today on sandwiches for lunch.  We'll probably have that repeated a few times this week for lunch to get rid of those leftovers!

Lindy

Lindy - Menu Plan 2/2/2014

Last week was CRAZY here.  I've heard it called Snow Jam, Snowpocalypse, Snowmaggedon.  Despite the insanity, we maintained the menu plan from last week.  Due to Snow Jam, however, the sweet potatoes and chicken did NOT turn out well - cooked way too long.  Other than that, we had great success.  Even the Salisbury Steak with onions and red peppers was a hit.  Last week, I made the cheeseburger pizza pie bundles (VERY good), so the Cheesy Chicken Cordon Bleu will make an appearance soon.  I also changed my mind on the taco casserole and went with a variation of this enchilada casserole recipe.

This week...  Super Bowl Sunday will throw off our "normal" routine of breakfast at dinner, but I stuck with a crock-pot lunch: one of Audry's picks for us from this month's Southern Living 1979 cookbook, "Barbecued Pot Roast", which was okay. It will be great, though, for sandwiches this week.  We didn't go anywhere for the Super Bowl, but we enjoyed some "football" food of our own with Pepperoni Pizza Puffs, zucchini fries, and carrot fries.

Although for my menu plan I show a day of the week for each recipe, I may or may not stick to that day.  The important thing for me is to have the meals chosen so that I purchase what I need over the weekend, and I don't waste time once we're home trying to figure out what in the world I want to make.  Being a working mom, I don't tend to have time for quick trips to the store in the middle of the week and limiting myself to just five or less choices is a GOOD thing.

Monday:  Since we're not having breakfast on Sunday, I'll make one of our picks from Southern Living 1979: Sausage-Cheddar Quiche (Southern Living 1979)

Tuesday:  Ranch Cheddar Chicken (with homemade dry Ranch seasoning)

Wednesday:  Pumpkin Macaroni and Cheese

Thursday:  Baked Honey Mustard Chicken (we've had this a couple of times before, and it's one of Little Man's favorites.  He even likes to help me prepare it because it's SO easy.)

Friday:  Sour Cream Rice Bake with green beans

I made some of these applesauce muffins last night for another breakfast this week.

Linking up with Org Junkie.


Lindy