Turkey Meatloaf
I made heart shaped meatloaf for Mark! Okay, that's a lie. I made it for me. The recipe was all "shape mixture into a loaf" and I was all "...but why would I do that when I could shape it into ANYTHING I WANT?" I would have made something really elaborate, but I figured I should start simple and see how it goes. I'm thinking Toro-shaped meatloaf next time.
Original Recipe
My Recipe:
Ingredients
1-1/2 cups finely chopped onion
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 medium carrots, cut into 1/8 inch dice
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1-1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1/3 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon ketchup
1 cup bread crumbs (I used store-bought)
1/3 cup 1% milk
1 whole large egg, lightly beaten
1 large egg white, lightly beaten
1-1/4 pound ground turkey
Preparation
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Cook onion and garlic in oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until onion is softened, about 2 minutes. Add carrot and cook, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Stir in Worcestershire sauce, parsley, and 3 tablespoons ketchup, then transfer vegetables to a large bowl and cool.
Stir together bread crumbs and milk in a small bowl and let stand 5 minutes. Stir in egg and egg white, then add to vegetables. Add turkey and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to vegetable mixture and mix well with your hands. (Mixture will be very moist.)
Form into a heart-shaped loaf on a cookie sheet and brush meatloaf evenly with remaining 2 tablespoons ketchup. Bake in middle of oven until thermometer inserted into meatloaf registers 170°F, 50 to 55 minutes.
Let meatloaf stand 5 minutes before serving.
I realize it looks really gross, but it was actually quite tasty. Mark pointed out that it even looks bloody, much like a real heart.
Easy-peasy Banana Bread
I wanted to make banana bread, but I only had three bananas. No worries! I found a recipe online that calls for exactly 3 bananas.
Original Recipe
My Recipe:
Ingredients
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 bananas, mashed
Preparation
Grease and flour one 9x5 inch loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In one bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and sugar. Mix in slightly beaten eggs, melted butter, vanilla, and mashed bananas. Pour into prepared pans.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Mark doesn't like banana bread, and the entire loaf was gone in a weekend. This means I ate an entire loaf of banana bread singlehandedly in one weekend. I deserve a trophy.
5 comments:
Your ability to eat entire loaves of banana bread amazes me :) Remember when we used to make your mom's recipe, and double it to make 2 loaves, and still eat all of it in about 2 days? Ahh, the good ol' days.
You mean when you used to make my mom's recipe, and I used to eat it?
but if you make a toro meatloaf, you'd have to eat him! that seems sort of cannibalistic or something. :-P
"Mark pointed out that it even looks bloody, much like a real heart."
Only Mark Doliner.
I'm going to take your lack of posts in a month to mean that you haven't successfully cooked anything since then. :)
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