tonight's experimental dinner -- cheeseburger "lasagna"
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14741)
San Jose, California
April 12, 2018 8:51pm CST
I got this idea from a large family blog I've been reading, and it seemed like a good way to use up the dinner rolls I had that were starting to go stale.
After cutting the rolls in half, I put the bottoms in a buttered 9x13 dish, spooned browned ground beef mixed with ketchup and mustard over them, topped that with cheese, and then put the top part of the rolls on top, and popped it in the oven while I got the rest of dinner together.
It seems to be okay. I added pickle slices to mine when I ate it. I think next time I'd cover the pan with foil as the rolls got a bit toasty.
Photo isn't mine, but is of a similar dish.
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@mom210 (9036)
• United States
16 Apr 18
@spiderdust no I will have to look her up, that might be some interesting reading.
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
14 Apr 18
I got the dinner rolls off of the grocery store's "day old" shelf too, a bag of 30 rolls for $2! We used them for sloppy joes, for these burgers, for BBQ chicken sandwiches, and I'm using the last ones to make a bread pudding for breakfast.
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
14 Apr 18
Also, do you read Amy Maryon's blog or watch her videos? She also has 10 kids and I got the idea from one of her recipes.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
13 Apr 18
i can imagine the food you prepared with the way you described it. for me, any food prepared with love is not just okay, but well and great.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
16 Apr 18
@spiderdust oh, if we saute ground beef with sliced potatoes and carrots, of course with onions, it is already a dish. all the more if there is broth
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
14 Apr 18
It gave me some good ideas for other ways to do this... I wonder how ground beef mixed with beef gravy and onions would do? It would almost be like a cheesesteak, or maybe taste like a French dip.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
16 Apr 18
@ridingbet That does sound really good right now.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
13 Apr 18
my brother has shared this on facebook, so I guess he wants to try it some time.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
25 Apr 18
If we ate hamburger I would do this. I wonder if would work with ground turkey. Were having BBQ ranch Salad with chicken strips
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
28 Apr 18
I think it would work very well with ground turkey.
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
4 May 18
@thislittlepennyearns I think it's the kind of recipe you could play around with.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
3 May 18
@spiderdust I might need to try it that way. Looks yummy.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
16 Apr 18
I may try it again if I find more bags of day old rolls at the store.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
16 Apr 18
@spiderdust It's a good use of them, and saves some money too. I call that win, win.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
14 Apr 18
Interesting ... We had Tacos without a shell
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@LadyDuck (458008)
• Switzerland
14 Apr 18
@spiderdust Those that have dried and become hard as rocks are good to prepare bread crumbs.
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
14 Apr 18
I'm planning on doing that with the remaining rolls.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
14 Apr 18
They did, which is why I'll cover it next time.
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
14 Apr 18
You're probably right. I was thinking of the different layers, which is why I thought of "lasagna".
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Apr 18
Interesting. I would try one.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
14 Apr 18
Half the kids liked it, the other half preferred sloppy joes. I think it's one to try again.
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@workathomefan (8957)
• Prairieville, Louisiana
23 Apr 18
I hate mustard but love ketchup and pickles.
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
14 Apr 18
It wasn't an actual lasagna. Did you read my post?
sounds good experiment