Meat Loaf, Mashed Potatoes, Acorn Squash, Asparagus

Meat Loaf, Mashed Potatoes, Acorn Squash, Asparagus

Meat Loaf has got to be one of the great comfort foods. It's also a great way to feed a big family, and on a budget. You don't have to spend a ton of money to make a great meal! Plus, it's great as leftovers. Eat it as is, or consider putting it in a sandwich? Mmm meat loaf sandwich.

ingredients:

1 pound ground beef

1 cup bread crumbs

1 egg
1 carrot
2 celery stalks
1 onions
2-3 cloves garlic
worcestershire sauce

1/2 cup milk

salt
pepper

ketchup

brown sugar
white wine vinegar

acorn squash
potatoes
milk
salt
pepper
asparagus

directions:

1. In a frying pan, sautee chopped onion, sliced carrot, and sliced celery so that they are slightly cooked. Soak breadcrumbs in milk to ensure your meat loaf will be moist.

2. In a large bowl, combine ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, crushed garlic, a splash of worcestershire sauce, a squirt of ketchup, and the veggies from a pan. Mix with a fork or your hands and form into a big ball.

3. Put the big ball of meat into a casserole dish and form it into a loaf.

4. Mix ketchup, brown sugar, and white wine vinegar into a bowl to make a sauce for the top of the meat loaf. Brush or pour on top of the meat loaf.

5. Put the meat loaf in the oven at 400 F degrees for about 1 hour, or 1 hour and 15 minutes. Serve with mashed potatoes and your favourite vegetable.

Ground Beef And Rice Stuffed Peppers - Gluten-Free!

Ground Beef And Rice Stuffed Peppers - Gluten-Free!

"I'll stuff your pepper!" -me

ingredients:

1-1.5 pound ground beef
1 can kidney beans
1 onion
2-4 green pepper (or any colour you want)
1/2-1 cup rice
2-3 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp cayenne
pinch of salt
pinch of pepper
handful  of shredded cheese (mozzarella)

directions:

1. In a small pot, could 1/2-1 cup of rice, and set aside. I find it's easier to cook the rice ahead of time, instead of trusting that it will cook and soak up enough liquid inside the pepper.

2. Cut some large green peppers open from the top, and de-seed. And then dice up some onions into small pieces, and crush some garlic. Set aside.

3. In a bowl, mix your ground beef, rice, canned tomatoes, onions, garlic, salt and pepper, cayenne together. Fill each green pepper up with this mixture. And top with shredded cheese.

4. Put in the oven at 400 F, for at least 30 minutes. Until the cheese because golden brown, and the ground beef is cooked. Broil for a few minutes if cheese doesn't look golden enough. When the green peppers change to a more desaturated yellow from the green. That is when you know they are ready, or almost ready.