Meatloaf

When Chris and I first started dating I didn’t cook too often. Someone I worked with did me a favor and wanted meatloaf. I was a night auditor and so I made enough meatloaf for him to take home and another loaf or two for those of us working at night to enjoy. Chris was hesitant to try it-but he took a bite off of my plate. Ever since then I am begged for meatloaf at least once a month.

Not the best picture but it sure makes you wish you here I bet! Peas, radishes, baked potato and meatloaf.

So the meatloaf recipe: a pound of hamburger (per loaf pan), an egg, crushed saltines (half a ziploc bag or so), a dash or two or Worcester sauce,  and about a fourth a jar of spaghetti sauce. This all is for a pound of beef, adjust accordingly. Mix well, with bare hands, and place in loaf pans and bake in a 350 oven for about an hour. Since the oven was going to be on, I went ahead and threw the potatoes in there. Then it was just warm up some peas and slice the radishes a few minutes before it was all done.

Oh and see that measly little bit I got-that’s all I got. My husband ate the rest of the loaf pan. He will pay for this-no meatloaf sandwiches alone could be grounds for divorce! Nah-I will make him pay in other ways!

Anyhoo-that’s about it  for this weekend. Tomorrow it’s pork chops, mashed potatoes and a veggie. Already looking forward to that!

Nacho Dip

This week we haven’t followed the menu plan too well. We did have meatloaf tonight. Or rather, I got a slice and my hubby ate the rest of it. And I wanted meatloaf sandwiches later. Tuesday night I made nacho dip-my own recipe-and Monday we didn’t eat supper!

The picture isn’t that great but you get the idea-and the only reason it’s in this pan is because my pie pan is in my car. Don’t ask.

I took a can of refried beans and nuked in a bowl for about two minutes.

I took about 3/4 pound of ground beef and browned in a skillet with minced onion, garlic salt, red and green pepper flakes, and pepper.

Once the hamburger was no longer pink I drained. Spread the  beans in the bottom of pan, top with the hamburger, then diced tomatoes, lettuce, black olives, sour cream, salsa. Then lots of cheese. Set on the coffee table with a bag of Tostitos and a large glass of ice tea. Great with a movie

No set amounts-use what you would on a taco and feel free to mix the sour cream and salsa then drizzle over. I was just too lazy.