Meat Loaf- Easy and Simple

What you will need:

1-2 lbs ground beef (for 2 people I use 1lb and have leftovers)
1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup ketchup
3/4 cup water
1 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup pulp from vegetable juicing (optional but adds a lot of flavor and gives you something to do with the pulp from juicing)
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat the eggs then mix all of the other ingredients in a large bowl. Place in a 13X9 baking dish and bake for 1 hour.

Chipotle Roast

You will need:
1-2 lbs of roast
1 envelope of Grill Mates Chipotle Seasoning

Heat the oven to 350. Marinate the roast in the Chipotle seasoning per instructions on back of envelope. Place the roast on a cookie sheet covered with aluminum foil. Pour some of the leftover marinade over the roast. Cook for about 25-40 minutes. I would recommend starting to check the inside of the roast after about 20 minutes to make sure it does not get over cooked.

*** If you are able to marinade the meat ahead of time, I would recommend doing so for a few hours before. Trust me, it is still delicious even if you cannot do this.

I served this dish with a side of sauteed mushrooms and onions.

Easy Meatballs and Rice

I am a sucker for easy recipes. Here is an easy meatball and rice recipe.

1 bag of frozen meatballs (the ones from Trader Joe's are my favorite)
1 jar of your favorite sauce (BBQ is delicious, Trader Joe's Island sauce is GREAT, also General Tso's sauce)
1.5 cups of rice

Place meatballs and sauce in skillet. Let simmer until sauce thickens and meatballs are heated all the way through. Serve over rice with your favorite vegetables.

Quiche

The recipe called for meat, but I didn't use any.  I wanted to have vegetarian that night and bacon at trader joe's is not in the budget right now.

Here's the list:
1 pie crust
1 medium onion
1 1/2-2 cups of chopped broccoli AND spinach
8oz of grated cheese
1/2 cup of milk
4 eggs

Like I said, the recipe called for meat:
1 cup of bacon
4 slices of ham, chopped
1 cup of mushrooms

*I used frozen broccoli and spinach

Bake the pie crust for 10 minutes at 400 degrees.  In the mean time, beat the eggs and add in the milk and cheese.  Saute the mushrooms and onions.  When the crust comes out, put the veggies and meat in the crust, pour the milk/egg/cheese mixture over the veggie/meat.  The cheese will rest on top.  Bake for  15 minutes at 400 degrees, then turn down to 350 and bake for 25 minutes.

*I needed to cook it for longer, about 10 minutes longer.  When I pulled it out the first time, it was really runny, so I put it back in there for like 10 minutes and kept checking on it.  The cheese should look like a pizza (a little brown).

Enjoy.

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