this is adam's favorite dish. i don't cook tons of meat mostly because i'm not all that great at it, but this is adam's favorite. one year i made it for his birthday and invited a bunch of his medschool buddies...it was the weirdest party-fare...pulling something like 5 or 6 meatloaves out of the oven.
side note: adam is such a pleasure to cook for because he has about 100 "favorites" of things i cook. despite the fact that i am very much a simpleton cook, he is always so thankful and verbally affirming. i love that about him.
i made it today because ground turkey was on sale, adam is on un-fun night shift on his birthday week, and he is sick to boot (achy and even had a fever yesterday). my mom got it from the paper i think when i was a kid and it was always one of our "company meals" and now it is one of our staples. i also like it because i can assemble it while at least one or two of my kids are napping and just stick in the oven closer to dinner time.
here is the recipe:
Mediterranean meatloaf
1 lb ground beef or turkey (i prefer turkey and some with a little
fat-the 99% lean stuff won't work well as it is too crumbly)
1 egg
1 Tbl sundried tomatoes chopped
1 cup italian bread crumbs (i often just crumble a couple slices of
whatever bread i have and put some italian seasoning in )
2/3 cup feta (or i think it is even better with goat cheese) cheese crumbled
1 cup cooked rice or couscous (works really well with rice pilaf or yellow rice...any of the near east products are great)
sauce
1 cup plain yogurt
1/2tsp honey
1/2 tsp cumin
1 pinch of mint
method:
preheat oven to 350
mix all ingredients except rice or couscous
put half of mixture in a loaf pan
put rice or couscous on top of first layer
put 2nd half of meat mixture on very top
cook 45 minutes or until browned through (a glass loaf pan is helpful
for knowing when it's cooked all the way through)
serve with sauce
add a veggie of your choice and eat the left-over rice, potatoes or some multigrain bread!
2 comments:
Thanks Ellen, I was thinking about this recipe the other day. We have some venison in the freezer that I'm not sure how to use, and I had wondered if it would work as a meatloaf. And...such a blessing to have an easy-t-please husband round the dinner table!
Fun factoid: you gave me this recipe at the aforementioned birthday party because I liked it (which must have meant I didn't think it was weird : ) and have been using it ever since. In fact, Luke never liked meatloaf and I guilted him into eating this recipe and now he asks for me to make it!
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