The current contents of the oven: hamburgers, buns, and bread.

A close-up of the bread. Smells divine!

The oven fries that will go with the hamburgers during dinner time.

The baked chicken for meals later this week. Two chicken breasts were used in the making of the pasta salad for lunch, however I didn't think to snap a photo before the salad was eaten.

Recipes:

Bread and Buns

• 2 cups warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2 (.25 ounce) packages instant yeast
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 6 cups all-purpose flour, or as needed

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, stir together the milk, margarine, warm water, sugar and yeast. Let stand for about 5 minutes.
2. Mix in the salt, and gradually stir in the flour until you have a soft dough. Divide into 25 pieces, and form into balls. Place on baking sheets so they are 2 to 3 inches apart. Let rise for 20 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Bake the rolls for 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool slightly, then split them in half horizontally to fill with your favorite burgers.

(Note: I actually divided it into half. Half was shaped into a log and allowed to rise in my bread pan. The other half was formed into logs and sliced before proofing to become buns.)

Hamburgers

• 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon ketchup
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 pound ground beef
• 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
  

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat a oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the Cheddar cheese, Parmesan cheese, onion, egg, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Crumble in the ground beef and bacon, and mix together by hand. Form into 6 patties.
3. Place patties in the oven, and cook for 15-25 minutes or until done to your liking.