Mini Hamburgers

From Just Bento by Makiko Itoh page 27

Made in bento with boiled carrots, blanched snow peas, red onion and parsley salad, rice, and fruit.

Didn't have the variety of meat so I made 100% ground beef mini burgers rather than the pork, veal, and beef combo.

Didn't saute the onion first because I forgot.

French Onion Salisbury Steak

From free "Cuisine at Home" sample magazine
Page 34 - 35

This is one of my favorite dishes. I'd never made it before, but my mom has and I've always loved it.

I used 80/20 ground beef (the butcher said it was the same thing as ground chuck)... this lead to a VERY fatty dish. Not to say it wasn't tasty... it was just very fatty. After refrigerating it, it was really obvious how much fat was in it because it all clumped together in an orange-ish (because of the beef broth) film. It all melted in the microwave though! Next time, I'll probably sacrifice a little bit of the flavor for leaner beef.

With crock pot mac & cheese on the side... yummmm.