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Meatball subs are amazing. But have you ever had that problem where the meatballs fall out of the sub and into your lap? Or the ground? It’s horrible… those delicious tender meatballs… WASTED. And I also never really thought of a meatball sub as a summer food.
Until now.
Meatball sub burger. Problem solved. And honestly, I don’t know why it took me so long to do this. I love burgers, I love meatball subs. It’s a match made in heaven.
And here’s the thing, I’m not the kind of person who normally puts breadcrumbs, egg, or really anything in my burgers. I just do salt and that’s it. In fact, I usually poo-poo crazy burger recipes with tons of ingredients built into the meat patties. But this is something completely different.
I basically just took my standard meatball recipe and instead of balls, I made them in to burger patties. Oh – with one more change. Instead of breadcrumbs, I decided to use crushed crackers. But not just any crackers – I used ALDI exclusive Savoritz Rosemary & Olive Oil Woven Wheats Baked Crackers – and they worked AWESOME. Not only do they act as a standard breadcrumb, but since the seasoning is so on-point with these crackers, it actually enhanced the flavor profile of the meat. And I also ate a few while I was preparing the dish 🙂
After the patties are made, just grill as you normally would. After you flip the burgers, add a generous slice of fresh mozzarella and let it melt. Once the burger is done all the way through, place on the bun, and top with your favorite tomato sauce. I had some leftover spaghetti sauce from a couple nights ago that worked well. But you could just use some jarred sauce, too, if you want.
No other toppings needed. Just eat it! Summer comfort food at its finest!
And I’ve got some other great news! Those crackers that are used in this recipe – the ALDI exclusive Savoritz Rosemary & Olive Oil Woven Wheats Baked Crackers – they were named the 2016 Better Homes and Gardens Best New Product in the savory snack category! Once you try them, you won’t be surprised by that…
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Priano Shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1/3 cup crushed Savoritz Rosemary & Olive Oil Woven Wheats Baked Crackers
- 3 cloves of garlic minced or pressed or 2 tsp jarred Stonemill Essentials Minced Garlic
- 1 Tbsp Stonemill Essentials Basil Leaves
- 1 Tbsp Stonemill Essentials Parsley Flakes
- 1 tsp Stonemill Essentials Iodized Salt
- 1/4 tsp Stonemill Essentials Ground Black Pepper
- 1 egg
- 1 pound of SimplyNature 100% Grass Fed Ground Beef
- 2 cups SimplyNature Organic Marinara or Happy Harvest Tomato Sauce
- 4 slices Priano Fresh Mozzarella Cheese Ball
- 4 L’oven Fresh Hamburger Buns toasted
Instructions
- Pre-heat grill on high heat.
- Thoroughly mix the first 8 ingredients (parmesan cheese through egg) in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the ground beef and mix well.
- Form 4 hamburger-sized patties.
- Place the patties on the grill.
- After about 4 minutes, flip.
- Cook for another 2 minutes and then add the cheese.
- Cook until the cheese is melted and burgers are done.
- Place burgers on the buns and top with tomato sauce, about 1/2 cup per burger.
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COMMENTS
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Gosh, there’s so many, right now the Sweet & Salty Granola bars with chocolatey pretzel and almonds are a huge hit in our house!
I love so many things at ALDI! If I had to narrow it down to a few things, it would be their raisin bread, and dairy products!!
I love the snacks section in Aldi, it helps me keep the kids calm lol
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I absolutely love Aldi’s wine, infused salamis and there Havarti Dill cheese. We always put this combination out when we have guests come over, and the plate gets cleared EVERY TIME!
I love shopping at Aldi’s. There is to much to pick from to just pick one thing. My youngest son love the chocolate chip muffins and all the kids love the variety of chips.
There are so many favorites! I’d have to say the Specially Selected Garlic and Hummus Multigrain Chips. Too bad they are so hard to find in stock at my local Aldi!
I loved the one bag of Live G Free General Tsao’s chicken that I bought at Aldi. Unfortunately, they sold out and I haven’t seen it again. That was my favorite Aldi item.
My favorite is their dairy products, especially the milk!
The red pepper hummus is our favorite right now!
We love just about everything from Aldi! If I had to choose one thing I would say that right now the mini cream puffs are a Huge hit in our house!
I can’t choose just one thing!!! I do like the take and bake pizzas for a quick weeknight meal!
Our family has shopped at AlDI since they first opened in Indiana. Can goods were our favorite thing to shop for at ALDI until we started Lauren’s meal plans. Now I don’t want to shop anywhere else.
So hard to pick 1 we love aid is. I’d say right now it’s the herb and garlic marinade because it’s summer grilling season
We love the spätzle and German mustard but both were seasonal items so they were only at Aldi for a short period of time. Next year we’re going to stock up! We also love the granola bars and blue corn tortilla chips.
We love their sugar free creamer… Also the peanut butter cups… Too much to list!
My kids love the pizza from Aldi. Its delicious and inexpensive! Win-win!
I’m SO GLAD I clicked on this link! I love getting new ideas like using crushed crackers instead of breadcrumbs and can’t wait to try it out. I have that same box in my cabinet right now and some ground beef that I had no idea what to do with!
As for my favorite Aldi product, have you tried the garlic pita chip crackers? TO DIE FOR with a little smoked salmon dip!! It’s our go-to app for holiday entertaining. Oh, but lets not forget those take and bake pizzas! I grab 2 every time I go to Aldi and take the night off from cooking 😉
My favorite aldi product was when i saw the simply nature brand of spaghetti o’s – they were SOOOOO GOOD! SOOOOO much better than the name brand! Though they’re not a regularly stocked item, yet, I have my fingers crossed!
Oh my, we love so many Aldi products so its hard to list just one but I would have to says its the parmesan chicken!
Favorite aldi product – hmm. I love so many but I’m going with the Simply Nature chocolate teddy grahms because I just discovered them (guess I never looked hard enough) & they’re really good!
My favorite item is milk. Seriously. It is priced just right. With a teenager and twin babies we go through a lot of milk!
We love so many products, but I have to say my favorite is the grass fed beef! I hate when it is all sold out.
My favorite Aldi product is their hummus! The roasted pine nut is the best.
I love that Aldi is gaining in popularity but on the other hand I liked it when it was a “best kept secret”
We love the Live G Free products, especially the bread, tortillas, and bars!
I love the variety they offer! My favorite would have to be their live g free line. I also love their milk prices. And their bread selection. Love the can good prices. They have a great produce section! I love Aldi!
I love their produce
My favorite aldi products are the Happy Farms cheeses….all of them! We love cheese around here and for such a consistently low price, I can make all my cheesy recipes without breaking the bank. I also particularly love their canned cherry pie filling, it has more cherries and no artificial colors and tastes amazing.
My favorite Aldi product….baked potato chips!
I have so many favorites, pretzel thins, Southern style chicken breasts, breads, rolls and chips are always in my cart. I love the sundried tomato pesto but it is getting hard to find, please don’t get rid of it.
My favorite is their dry tortellini
Produce, dairy and you never know what other “goodies” will be there to surprise you!
Wow, I just love everything, so it’s hard to pick. produce Is probably my favorite. I have been buying a lot of meat lately and love it too. I go to Aldi before anywhere else. So Aldi gets most of my grocery money . Whats good about that is, I’m spending so much less!
I love their organic coconut oil! Buy it every week. It has a nice mild coconut flavor that doesn’t over power the food I make with it and its a healthy fat too!
Cheeses!! Aldi has such a variety.
These burgers might also be good with a little Italian Sausage Seasoning from Penzeys mixed in them!
I LOVE Aldi products!! I love that they have calcium fortified orange juice for a fraction of the cost of other places! Also great prices on lg. eggs.
I love the Greek yogurt!
I just came from Aldi! I love all their low prices, but my favorite is probably the eggs. We eat a lot of eggs, and I love their low price but high quality.
The cheese selection and of course milk! Love Aldi.
My favorite product at Aldi is the organic coconut oil. You can’t find better quality or a lower price.
i shop at aldi far too often to pick just one!!! seasonal faves like the frozen veal patties, pretzel rolls, & the 90 second rice (much cheaper than uncle bens and tastes great!); the savoritz version of cheez-its, the new benton’s cookies that taste like your favorite girl scout cookies, the ground turkey that comes frozen in what i like to call a little “chub”, happy farms string cheese, multigrain and blue corn tortilla chips, and of course my go to snack – the live g free ancient grain crackers in chili lime!!! honestly, theres so much good to come from aldi i cannot pick just one favorite!!
I love Aldi! My favorite meal is probably the frozen salmon I season and serve with roasted veggies. The pizzas are also a life saver!
The fresh fruit & veggies, or the chocolate, or the cheese..Can’t pick just one!
Love the organic produce and milk!
It’s hard to choose just one, I love Aldi! But I’ll choose the beet and kale salsa. So good!!
I love their organic products…with 6 kids I want them to eat healthy and the only way I can do that is buy Aldi’s because the prices are amazing and the quality is fantastic.
The pumpkin tortilla chips are my very favorite!
The fresh fruit and veggies
Hmmm…. I couldn’t possibly pick just one favorite….. but ice cream is always a big hit in my household!
My favorite ALDI product is the cheese! So many cheeses at a great price to add to all your menus!!
My favorite is the FitNActive Fresh Cracked Pepper Turkey tenderloin.
I love the sliced black forest ham! I put it in our breakfast sandwiches and made sandwiches for lunch! So good!
I love their gnocchi!
My favorite thing is the frozen Turkey Burgers. 100% turkey!
Their fruits and vegetables!
We love the Cinnamon crunch cereal!
Clancy’s pretzels, Millville granola bars and Specially Selected cookies with dark chocolate are all awesome.
Fruits and Vegetables, yogurts, gluten-free products
Happy Harvest Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes are my favorite!
I love their produce selection! It’s been years since I’ve been to an Aldi, but they finally built one in my town, and now I’m going back!
I love their gluten free selection!
I love the organic items, the prices, the quality of the items I purchase.
I just love all things aldi. One of my current favorites is their chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream! SO MANY COOKIE DOUGH PIECES!!!! 🙂
I love their AVOCADOS! I have never had
a bruised one and their price is outstanding!
We love the sharp cheddar cheese at ALDI’s.
everything organic,cheeses, liverwurst, German sunflower seed bread, Panda toilet paper and other specials.
Thanks for sharing all your recipes and meal plans. I hope you have a new meal plan soon. Looking forward to trying a new one.
I will drive all the way to my nearest Aldi’s, which is 22 miles just for the Fudge Marshmallow Cookies Benton’s Best!!! I am addicted, but it really is unfair to chose just one product. I love everything at Aldi’s.