Cheeseburger bake

Everybody loves cheeseburgers! Why not use it in a bake?

This cheeseburger bake will feed a hungry family of four for less than the cost of a single fast food dinner, and they're healthier, too!

Cheeseburger Lasagne Bake

Ingredients
1 pound lean hamburger meat
1/2 large onion, chopped
1 8-ounce package shredded Cheddar
2 packages of no-boil lasagne noodles (16 noodles per package)
1 large can of tomato soup
1 tablespoon butter or oil
1 clove garlic, minced
Salt and pepper to taste

1. In a heavy skillet, saute the chopped onion in butter or oil until translucent and fragrant
2. Add the hamburger meat and cook until well browned
3. Drain away any excess oil
4. Add the tomato soup, salt, pepper, and garlic. Stir.
5. When the mixture is done, remove from heat and leave aside to cool
6. Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.
7. Spread the bottom of a 8 by 10 casserole dish with a little oil
8. Lay a layer of lasagne noodle sheets in a bottom of the dish, top with a thick layer of the hamburger mixture (about half the mixture)
9. Cover with another layer of lasagne and pour the rest of mixture on top of that
10. End with a third layer of lasagne noodle
11. Bake in the oven for about 35 minutes or until the noodles are softened
12. To serve, cut into squares and top generously with shredded cheese

Recipe link: Cheeseburger lasagne bake

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Cheeseburger Spuds

Ingredients
4-6 large baking potatoes, baked and scooped out (save the potato that was scooped out) 1 pound hamburger meat
1 large onion, chopped
4-6 slices American cheese (one for each potato)
salt and pepper
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
Wooden toothpicks
Ketchup

1. Preheat your oven to 400 degree F.
2. Wash the potatoes and scrub the skin thoroughly
3. Bake them in the oven until cooked
4. Make a slit in each potato and scoop the potato out being careful not to break the potato skins
5. Mash the potato slightly
6. Saute the onion and garlic in a heavy skillet
7. Add the hamburger meat and cook till done
8. Remove the excess oil before adding the potato mash scooped from the baked potatoes
9. Season with salt and pepper to taste
10. Spoon the meat-cum-potato mixture into the potato skin carefully
11. Close and seal the potato slits with wooden toothpicks
12. Place the spuds on to a baking sheet and bake them for 15 minutes
13. Before serving, open the potatoes up and top with a squirt of ketchup and a slice of cheese.

Recipe link: Cheeseburger spuds

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