Last weekend we had friends over for a fantastic, end of the summer bbq. (It's only the end of the summer because our school is back in session.) As always, we had way too much food. When I was little, we used to eat a dish called pizza burgers at school. I remember I loved them. This gave me the idea to turn our hamburgers into breakfast burgers. These were easy to make and only need a couple ingredients. Enjoy!
Breakfast Burgers:
Ingredients:
2- 1/4 Hamburgers, crumbled
2 Eggs
1/3 Cup Dip (I used spinach artichoke, but any will work.)
3 Hamburger or Hotdog Buns
Shredded Cheese
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix together hamburger meat, eggs, and dip. Spread out over hamburger or hotdog buns. Top with shredded cheese.
3. Bake for 10 minutes. Makes 6 Breakfast Burgers.
Last week I asked Andy to pick up some hotdog buns at the bread store on his way home from work. When there, he was overcome by the cheap prices and bought a giant loaf of white bread, a 16 pack of hotdog buns, and a box of powdered sugar doughnuts. The doughnuts were gone within 24 hours, but the bread and hotdog buns lingered longer. I have had to think of all kinds of creative ways to cook with bread over the past week. Tonight I made Pizza Burger Pie in memory of my grade school days. I loved when we had pizza burgers at lunch. In fact all the kids loved them. They were basically a bun topped with spaghetti sauce, hamburger, and cheese. I took that basic recipe, made it into a large dish and fancied it up. After it was finished cooking and I placed it on the table, Charlie proclaimed, "That's my favorite- Yummy pizza!" And sure enough, everyone in our family had two helpings. I hope your family enjoys it as much as mine did.
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Pizza Burger Pie
Ingredients:
5 Hotdog Buns
Olive Oil
Garlic Powder
1 Cup Ground Turkey
1 1/4 Cup Spaghetti Sauce
18 Black Olives Sliced
1/2 Cup Red Onions Diced
1/2 Large Green Pepper
1/2 TBSP Dried Basil
2 1/2 Cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Parmesean Cheese
Spray a round 10" to 11" baking dish with Pam. Tear up hotdog buns and spread out over bottom of dish. Drizzle olive oil over torn up buns and then sprinkle garlic powder on top. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes until toasty. Brown ground turkey while buns are toasting in the oven.
Take the buns out of the oven. Spread tomato sauce over toasted buns. Next spread the browned ground turkey on top of the sauce. Add the onions, peppers, and black olives to the top of the pie. Sprinkle dried basil and parmesean cheese on top of veggies. Finally top Pizza Burger Pie with shredded mozzarella. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees until cheese is melted and starting to brown around the edges. Let cool and enjoy!
