Cabbage Meatloaf

Meatloaf! With cabbage in it! Dang right, it’s good for you! Also? It’s hard to take appetizing photos of meatloaf.

Cabbage Meatloaf
From: Paleo Plan

1/4 teaspoon dried sage
1 teaspoon sea salt (optional)
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1 tsp granulated garlic
1 tsp chipotle chili powder
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
1 cup red cabbage chopped
2 Tbs coconut milk (canned, full fat)
1/2 tsp hot pepper sauce
1/3 cup almond meal
1 egg, beaten
1-1/2 pounds lean ground beef
1/2 cup unsweetened barbecue sauce (optional)

Preheat oven to 350° F. Combine all ingredients except ground beef and BBQ sauce in a large bowl, and mix. When well blended, add ground beef and combine together with a fork. Place mixture into a non-greased loaf pan or shape into a loaf on a non-greased baking pan. Pour sauce over the top of the meatloaf. Bake, uncovered, for 75-85 minutes, or until an internal temperature of 160° F is reached (or until there is no pink in the center). Let stand for 5 minutes, then slice and serve.

Meat n’ Potatoes

Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes

I made this the other night for dinner – Home-Style Meat Loaf & Mashed Potatoes with Roasted Garlic Butter. I really liked both of them and the recipes are from Cooking Light, so they’re a healthier version than we grew up with.

Side note: It’s hard to take an appetizing photograph of meat loaf!

Meatloaf

Home-Style Meat Loaf
From: Cooking Light

3/4 cup ketchup, divided
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
1/4 cup minced fresh onion
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 large egg whites, lightly beaten
1 1/2 pounds ground round

Preheat oven to 350°.

Combine 1/2 cup ketchup, oats, and next 6 ingredients (oats through egg whites) in a large bowl. Add meat; stir just until blended. Shape meat mixture into an 8 x 4-inch loaf on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Brush 1/4 cup ketchup over meat loaf. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

6 servings (serving size: 1 slice)

CALORIES 242(28% from fat); FAT 7.5g (sat 2.6g,mono 3.1g,poly 0.5g); PROTEIN 27.2g; CHOLESTEROL 70mg; CALCIUM 21mg; SODIUM 527mg; FIBER 1.4g; IRON 3mg; CARBOHYDRATE 15.5g

Cooking Light, MARCH 1998


Mashed Potatoes

Mashed Potatoes with Roasted Garlic Butter
From Cooking Light

Make the garlic butter ahead and refrigerate it for up to 3 days.

Garlic butter:
2 whole garlic heads
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon finely chopped shallots
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh rosemary

Potatoes:
2 1/2 pounds cubed Yukon gold or red potato
1/3 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Preheat oven to 350°.

To prepare garlic butter, remove white papery skin from garlic heads (do not peel or separate the cloves). Wrap each head separately in foil. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes; cool 10 minutes.

Separate cloves; squeeze to extract garlic pulp. Discard skins. Combine garlic pulp, butter, shallots, and rosemary.

To prepare potatoes, place potato in a saucepan, and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 15 minutes or until tender.

Drain and return potato to pan. Add broth and buttermilk; mash to desired consistency. Cook 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring constantly. Stir in garlic butter, parsley, salt, and pepper.

8 servings (serving size: 2/3 cup)

CALORIES 181(30% from fat); FAT 6.1g (sat 3.7g,mono 1.7g,poly 0.3g); PROTEIN 3.9g; CHOLESTEROL 16mg; CALCIUM 39mg; SODIUM 375mg; FIBER 2.4g; IRON 1.4mg; CARBOHYDRATE 28.8g

Cooking Light, OCTOBER 2002

Chat & Chew

Chat & Chew

Chat & Chew

After reaching Union Square I met up with Tien and then Jeannette & Yvan for dinner at Chat ‘n’ Chew, which specializes in “comfort foods”. I have meatloaf with mashed potatoes. After that we went for ice cream (if you know Jeannette you know she always insists on desert) and then went back to the hotel to chill.

Chat ‘n’ Chew had some nasty graffiti outside that I imagine was left by a disgruntled former employee or a customer who found a fly in their soup?

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» Comfort by Tien Mao