Friday eats
Sooooooo… it has been FOR-EV-ER since I last posted about workday breakfast-breakfast-lunch. I guess I just got bored posting about the same things over and over again. But today, I figured what the heck. It’s Friday. Let’s do this.
Breakfast #1
I absolutely adore this B#1 every day! Sausage, eggs, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, spinach, and garlic? Come on!
Don’t forget the dollop of ketchup of course 🙂
Stats on 1 Servings of my Special Eggs (sans ketchup): 189 Calories, 9g carbs, 9g fat, 23g protein, 1g fiber
Breakfast #2
Oatmeal!
I was in the grocery store the other day and ALMOST bought some strawberries so I could make overnight oats… But it’s so stinkin cold outside that I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Man I miss them 🙁 So for today, it was standard microwaved quick oats with cinnamon and brown sugar… maybe my OO’s will make a return next week!
Stats on 1 Servings of oats: 165 Calories, 31g carbs, 3g fat, 5g protein, 4g fiber
Lunch
And that brings us to LUNCH. Mini cheesy meat loaf and a yumlicious side salad with Newman’s Light balsamic dressing:
Maybe it’s a midwest thing….. but I seriously adore meatloaf.
It’s comforting.
It’s meaty.
It brings me unfettered joy.
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
Stats on 1 mini cheesy meatloaf: 350 calories, 19g carbs, 17g fat (red meat, folks), 29g protein, 1g fiber
So what’s on everyone’s agenda this weekend? Here’s what I’ll be up to:
- Eyebrow wax this evening (fun Friday night activity, no?)
- Clean.my.house. Seriously. I’m living in filth.
- Work.
- Get some of my friends and family tax returns done… oh the joys of being a tax accountant
- Buy the BF a bday present… I’m thinking outlet mall!
- Possibly venturing out on a Luna Bar quest. Must find the new flavors STAT!
- Super Bowl of course! Bring on the cheese!
Mini Cheesy Meatloaves
Helloooooo cheesy meaty goodness!
Continuing on with my Cooking Light recipe rampage, the other night I cooked up some of the Cheesy Meat Loaf Minis featured in a recent issue of the magazine.
Super simple to throw together, and really really friggin tasty.
First up, I measured out all my ingredients like the oober organized little cook that I am (see the list at the bottom of the post).
Here are the goods:
I decided to go with New York style white cheddar cheese. I can’t say that I’ve ever tried that type of cheese before, but holy cow (no pun intended) is it delicious!
Cheeeesseeeeeee 🙂
Next up I sautéed the onion and garlic… The recipe called for 1/2 cup onion and 2 cloves garlic. Of course we all know that means you are actually supposed to use 1 whole cup of onion and no less than 3 cloves garlic.
Naturally.
The recipe also called for toasting of the breadcrumbs… Just be careful not to burn them! (AKA I burnt my first.. and second batch… dangit!)
Once the onions were nice and soft and the bread crumbs were toasty, I tossed all the goodies into a bowl along with 11 ounces of 90% ground sirloin.
Why do I always feel the need to include pics of the raw meat on my blog?
Good question…
This batch made 3 mini meatloaves, one of which I had for dinner along with some steamed broccoli with lemon juice:
This picture makes me start salivating uncontrollably….
Apparently, my body has been secretly feigning for a little red meat in its life!
Mmmmmgghhhhhhhhhh……
Meat.
Stats on 1 mini cheesy meatloafy: 350 calories, 19g carbs, 17g fat (red meat, folks), 29g protein, 1g fiber
Mini Cheesy Meatloaves Ingredients List (serves 3)
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 11 ounces 90/10 ground sirloin
- 1.5 ounces New York style white cheddar cheese, cubed
- 1/4 cup ketchup, divided (2 tbsp mixed in, and 2 tbsp for basting the tops)
- 1.5 tsp dijon mustard
- 1.5 tsp prepared horseradish
- 3/8 tsp dried oregano
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
- 1 large egg
Instructions: Mix all ingredients (except 2 tbsp ketchup) in a large bowl. Divide into 3 equal sized loaves. Place on cookie sheet coated with cooking spray. Baste tops of the loaves with remaining 2tbsp ketchup. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.
Speaking of droolworthy, I went to El Jalapenos in Barberton for dinner this evening and got a seriously amazing chicken fajita salad. I literally did not stop to drink, speak, or breathe from the moment it hit the table. Check out the insanely huge burrito my friend Allison got:
Insanity!!!
Can’t believe the weekend is here! Woot!
Turkey Meat Muffins
Tonight for dinner I made some Turkey Meat Muffins! 😯
Alright, alright, that just sounds gross… I really made turkey meatloaf in a jumbo muffin tin 🙂
I had the full intention of following Gina’s Skinny Taste recipe to a T, but impatience got the best of me and I messed a few things up. Woopsie!
First I mixed up the following in a bowl:
- 1/2 package Nature’s Valley 99% Fat Free Ground Turkey Breast (leftover from the stuffed zucchini I made Sunday)
- 1/2 tsp olive oil
- 1/4 of a white onion, chopped (per Gina’s recipe, these were supposed to be sautéed.. but I missed that step)
- 1/4 cup quick oats
- 2 tbsp ketchup 😀
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 tsp Marjoram
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Black pepper
- 1 tsp worcesterchire (this was supposed to go on TOP of the meatloaves.. oops again)
Into the tub:
Once combined, I evenly distributed the mix into two jumbo meat muffins (I don’t know why, but “meat muffin” makes me giggle 😉 )
Then I basted the top with about a tbsp of ketchup mixed up with a dash of worcesterchire:
These cooked in a 350 degree oven for 40 minutes. Halfway through the cooking time, I put a cup each of cauliflower and broccoli into the oven to roast. I usually roast my veggies at 415 degrees for 15 minutes, so I put these veggies in for an extra 5 minutes since the oven was at a cooler temp.
I seasoned the broccoli with S&P and garlic powder and the cauliflower with S&P, garlic powder, onion powder, and red pepper flakes.
When I opened the oven to put the veggies in, it smelled EXACTLY like my mom’s meatloaf (must be the smell of baking ketchup 😆 ) I got pretty excited at this point, and was glad I made 2 meat muffins so I’ll have some leftovers for lunch tomorrow. Woo hoo!
All baked up:
I served this meat muffin up with some Heinz 57, because that’s what any self-respecting meatloaf eater should do:
All together:
Two thumbs up!!! All of my mistakes made for one TASTY dinner 🙂
Stats on 1 turkey meat muffin: 235 calories, 15g carbs, 4g fat, 36g protein, 1g fiber
Stats on the whole shebang: 305 calories, 30g carbs, 4g fat, 40g protein, 6g fiber
Off to mow the lawn…..
