EASY MEALS: Crockpot Pizza Burgers

Exhausted after a long day of corralling teens and grading papers? Here's a great crockpot freezer meal to prepare ahead and pull out when you need it.

If your kids love pizza, they'll love pizza burgers.

Ingredients
2 pounds ground beef, browned and drained
1/2 cup chopped onion (I just use the frozen ones already chopped.)
24 oz jar pizza sauce

shredded mozzarella cheese
hamburger buns

Directions
Combine browned ground beef, onion, and pizza sauce in bag. Mix well. Freeze.

When ready to use just thaw overnight and cook 2-3 hours on low in crockpot. Put on buns and top with mozarella cheese. I like to throw it in the microwave for a few seconds to melt the cheese. Delicious!

Embarrassing Teacher Moment: Puns

Okay. So we've all had them. Those cringeworthy moments that make our cheeks burn and our heads hang.

I thought I'd share some of mine just to let others know they are not alone.

This one happened when I was looking for a joke to use on a handout as an example of a pun. I found a site that had several to pick from. I simply chose one, copied and pasted, and ran off the handouts. I don't know if I just didn't notice which one I had selected, or if I copied the wrong one and forgot to proofread. However, my students sure noticed.

Here's the joke.

Q. What did the psychiatrist say to the naked patient wrapped in cellophane?
A. I can clearly see you're nuts.

Needless to say, my students couldn't stop laughing. And I had to grin and bear it.

Oh, well. I think they understood what a pun was after that. lol!

Some days it's either laugh or cry.