Spoon Burgers

My husband grew up eating these Spoon Burgers at school where they made them from scratch!

Eventually we tracked down the recipe... and now... this is a family favorite!


Ingredients:
Make bread dough (use your own recipe if desired)
1 1/2 C water
2 Tbsp. powdered milk
1 1/2 tsp. yeast
3 C. bread flour
3 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. butter
(Let rise about 60 minutes)

Filling:
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1 Tbsp. Onion
salt & pepper
1/2 C. ketchup (enough to coat the beef well, not sloppy)
1 C. mozzarella cheese
1 C cheddar or American cheese

Directions:
Cook and brown beef and onion (salt and pepper to taste).   Add ketchup and stir.   Roll out 1/2 of dough and stretch to fit a large cake pan.   Top with beef mixture.   Sprinkle with cheese.   Roll out remaining dough and stretch over the top.   Tuck in edges and brush with butter.   Let rise about 25 minutes.   Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.

Chicken Noodle Soup

Fill a pot with 6 to 8 cups of water and bring to boil.

Grab 1 chicken boullion cube per cup and add to water.

Add 4 chicken breasts to the water. I always cut up the chicken into small bite-size pieces after it's all cooked.

Time for veggies...

4 stalks of celery cut up into small pieces

4 carrots, peeled and cut up into small pieces

and... whatever other veggies your family likes

Spices...

a bit of dried basil

a bit of dried parsley

a bit of dried powdered or granule garlic (NOT GARLIC SALT!)

pepper

Bring the water down to a simmer and cook. I like to start my soup in the early afternoon and let it simmer and fill the house with it's yummy aroma!

A half hour or so before time to eat...

-Cut up the chicken breasts into small bite-size pieces.

-Add a couple handfuls of dried noodles. Bring the soup up to a boil for about 5 minutes then back to simmer until serving time.

Enjoy!!!!

PS... You can substitute rice for noodles.