French Onion Burgers

This is something I've been making for a long time and its so yummy to turn an ordinary burger into something special.  Remember if you don't like onions...probably not a good idea to try this one :-)

Ingredients:

• 1lb of 95% lean ground beef (I only use lean since I'm grossed out by meat fat)
• 1 packet of french onion soup mix
• American Cheese

Directions:

Preheat grill.

Mix together meat and soup mix. 

Shape into hamburgers.

Grill until done to your liking.  I put cheese on it.  You know whats funny is that my husband hates these burgers since he doesn't like onion so I have to make the cheese into a different pattern on the top so he knows these are the "poison" burgers.  That's why the cheese is criss crossed on the pictures.

Bite Size Meatloafs

So I got the idea for this from Pinterest.  But the recipe that was on there had you putting a ton of shit in there that there is no way I'd ever eat.  So I did the meatloaf part like I would do the normal meatloaf at home but bite size portions.

I had 1 pound of leftover ground beef from the Mother's Day triple dipper experiment so I thought...why not!  To make the bite size loafs I used the muffin tin.

Ingredients:

• 1lb of lean ground beef
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 1 cup of Italian bread crumbs
• 1/4 tsp of black pepper
• 1/4 tsp of garlic salt
• 1/4 tsp of italian seasonings
• Tbsp of minced onions
• Ketchup
• 1 egg

Directions:

In a large bowl pour in all the ingredients except the ketchup.  Kneed it together.  I added a little more bread crumbs until it lost its tackiness.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Take the mixture and shape it into puck shapes.  A pound of meat makes approximately 12 meatball pucks. 

Take the muffin tin and spray each hole with a little Pam cooking spray.  Place a puck into each muffin hole.  Drizzle with ketchup on the top.

Cook for approximately 15-20 mins.  Remove and let cool for a few mins.  These are the perfect bite sized meatloafs!!

Perfect for tailgate.  You can make in the morning and transport as an appetizer!

Dip #3 in the Triple Dipper - Bacon Cheeseburger Dip

So the last dip I did in the crock pot was this one.  I got the recipe from Betty Crocker but modified it slightly since I don't do peppers.

Original Recipe...
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/slow-cooker-bacon-cheeseburger-dip/7bacb945-25ed-4117-b034-0da7b55df7cd

Modified Recipe....

• Half a jar of the Hormel Real Bacon Bits
• 1/4 lb of lean ground beef
• 8oz of cream cheese
• 3/4 can of drained petite diced tomatoes
• 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese

                                               

Directions

In a skillet brown the ground beef.  Shop Rite only had 1.5 lbs of meat.  I used the other pound for my new post (bite sized meatloafs).

Preheat the crock pot.  Put in the cream cheese and let it soften until you can mix it.  Add the browned beef and the half a jar of bacon pieces (you can use real bacon crumbled up but that sure as hell wasn't happening for me on Sunday morning with both kids and the hubby at work :-)).

Mix this all together well.  Add the 3/4 of the can of tomatoes.  Stir.  Let it heat up about 10 mins.  I do this because it you don't let that stuff heat up the cheese will be hard to melt and will clump together.

Add the cheese.  Cook for 30-45 mins.  Stir every 15 mins or so.  The picture doesn't do it justice.  It tasted just like a bacon cheeseburger.  I really need to start taking better after pictures of the food.

**UPDATE**

I made this again for a birthday party and I have a better after picture!