Showing posts with label meals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meals. Show all posts

Monday, February 6, 2012

Mmm Mmm Meatloaf!

I think I love meatloaf.

Yeah, I never thought I'd ever say that sentence! I mean, come on, meatloaf? Well, with the
help of Kraft Canada and a little from myself I think I've perfected it....just saying.


I used Kraft's Favorite Meatloaf Recipe but I altered it a little. I love the idea of frying onions in the Zesty Italian dressing but in my own I also fried it with garlic to give it a little more flavor in the dish.
Another thing I did differently is I added shredded cheese throughout. And when I say throughout, I mean I mixed it with the ground beef, then put half of the ground beef mixture in the pan added a handful of shredded cheddar cheese and then topped it with the remainder of the ground beef mixture....and then topped it with cheese when it was almost ready to come out of the oven. Yeah, we like cheese that much lol
Sometimes I like to add bacon, you can either do this by cooking a few slices, chopping them up and adding them to the ground beef mixture or adding crumbled pieces on top at the end when you add the cheese or laying the bacon on top of the loaf and cooking it that way.
Meatloaf doesn't have to be boring. You can alter your favorite recipe however you want. I once came across a buffalo chicken meatloaf but never did try it as I am the only one in this house who appreciate's Franks Red Hot Sauce....that's probably where I found the recipe too!
Let me know what you do to make your meatloaf a little less ordinary or any dish for that matter. I for one could always use a little dinner inspiration!
Hope you enjoy my recipe!

My Favorite Meatloaf

1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 cup Zesty Italian Dressing
1 lb of Ground Beef
1 box Stovetop Stuffing
2 eggs
3/4 Cup Water
3/4 Cup Ketchup
Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Fry onion and garlic in dressing for 5 minutes or until softened.


Mix onion mixture with ground beef, stuffing, eggs, water 1/2 cup of the ketchup and shredded
cheese.
 Aww! Look, I made a ketchup heart!
Put in a loaf pan and cover with remaining ketchup.

Bake in pan for 1 hour at 350F.

I forgot to take a picture of the finished product but I'm sure you get the idea!
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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Summer Time

Ah summer! How I love you so! Another beautiful day in Alberta and I'm loving it. Despite the weather I am missing my 7 year old little girl dearly! She's in Ontario with her Grandparents for another week and a half! I am certainly not lacking things to do around here but no matter how busy I get I never stop thinking about her! Tomorrow I drop my husband off in Calgary so he can go join her. Me and the boys are sticking around here as I couldn't imagine how fun it would be to fly with two kids under two....yep not going happen! That's okay though, I get my vacation in a couple of weeks and get to go to BC! Yay!
Well, though it's not quite baking weather I have a few baking recipes to share. If anything, save them for a rainy day...or do what I do and just bake it anyway! I'm a sucker for punishment! I am cooking Baked Parmesan Spaghetti from How Sweet It Is a great blog all about FOOD! And doesn't it look delicious?! I'd show you mine but it is lacking cheese at the moment and I am waiting for my husband to deliver it!
And if you're looking for a scrumptious snack for later...or now why not enjoy a Rolo Cookie. Why? Well if the fact that it's called a Rolo Cookie didn't already leave your mouth watering, the fact that all that the recipe calls for is cake mix, oil, eggs and Rolos should do the trick! I made these the other day and they are super yummy, a nice soft cookie with a Rolo in the middle.
Well, my children are still sound asleep. I should probably go sweep the floor or something useful like that! Happy Thursday everyone!
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