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This is a favorite of my husbands! I love how easy it is to make and it's a nice change from spaghetti with meat sauce. The hamburger patties seemed a little dry, causing them to split when they cooked, so I added an egg to the recipe and that seemed to fix the problem.<\/p>","CommentId":3,"DateRated":"08\/25\/2010 09:46","GUID":"1897f917a97d49f69177378185e5e723","MemberId":2966288,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"JadeOceans","SubmittedDate":"08\/25\/2010 09:46"}]},"breadcrumb":[],"meta_data":{"enhanced_fields":{"enhanced_recipe_title":"Easy Italian Hamburgers"}},"analytics":[],"yoast_head":"\n