Meatloaf - a Successful & Delicious Effort

I made meatloaf for supper tonight. It turned out pretty good. The last time I made it, although it tasted decent, it fell apart because I had put too much liquid in it. This time, I backed off on the liquid and I think I did good.


Since there are only two of us in the house, I only used a pound of meat. To that I added diced bell peppers and onions, two slices of bread and some Kozlowski Farms Spicy Mexican fat-free salad dressing I picked up at Ross's. I didn't measure. I eye-balled it after leaving out the milk, oatmeal and egg that I put in the other one I made a couple weeks back. I also put some ketchup on top and then sprinkled white sugar lightly over the ketchup to make up for not having brown sugar (and to keep it from being too sweet). 

After an hour at 350 (I didn't preheat), it really turned out nice. The bread and the vegetables kept it from just being a big, thick burger and the salad dressing added moisture and flavor (I've used salsa before, too). I've used that salad dressing as marinade, too, and hope I can find some again. It was even tasty on salad! LOL


I tossed a potato in the microwave to go with my serving, but didn't do any other vegetables. I waited so long to even begin, I was hungrier than I should have been from waiting. I didn't want one more thing to wait for. But, the key to my knowing I'd done well was that my daughter had a second helping. She is not always easy to please. 


I just wish I'd used two pounds - I could sure go for a meatloaf sandwich tomorrow!!

Insomnia = Inability to Sleep

Well, I’m again a day late and many dollars short. It is 8:15 AM and I have yet to go to sleep. My friend will be here at 10 AM to start on his class work that I promised to help him with, but he actually expects that I’ll be doing it all for him. We had, and will continue to have I’m sure, a loud and boisterous discussion on how that is not something a true friend would do to another friend.

I took chicken out of the freezer last night for tonight’s supper. I’m not sure what I’ll be making with them, especially since it’s supposed to be a hot one today. The humidity is already up and everything is sticky tacky. But, I think baking them is the easiest. I was thinking of putting some spices in sour cream and letting them marinate in that blend until I bake them. These are some of the leg quarters I bought last week for $.50/lb. We don’t usually use legs and thighs, but for that price, I wasn’t going to stick my nose up at it. I think I’ll boil the third quarter and make “creamed” chicken with it (kind of like chicken stew, but the chicken gets shredded and then the stew gets put into pastry cups). With there just being two of us, it only takes the one quarter to supply the flavor and the meat to go with the vegetables. I’m just not sure what to put with the baked quarters.

The cats are all asleep now that breakfast is over. They’re so boisterous when they think it’s time to eat; running around, getting into trouble, coming up and poking and prodding at you while you’re trying to get some kind of sleep. It’s like having a house full of furry, four-legged toddlers.

Since I forgot Caturday on Saturday, I’ll post some photos of them today.

Chloe in the kitchen

Baby Cat watching the outside world go by

Tiki's favorite perch