Wednesdays Unplugged – Meat Loaf & Frosty Strawberry Dessert

Today is Wednesday so I’m not really here…I’m unplugged and ready to enjoy my day cooking. Have a good one!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Just living isn’t enough," said the butterfly, "one must also have freedom, sunshine, and a little flower." ~ Hans Christian Anderson

RECIPE(S) OF THE WEEK

These recipes from last week’s meal are good old-fashioned comfort food. The meat loaf is dense and flavorful, far from ordinary. It makes great sandwiches. The frozen strawberry dessert is nostalgic goodness adapted from a recipe in the 1978 church cookbook of Calvary Lutheran Church of Grand Forks, ND.

MEAT LOAF

recipe from Epicurious.com

2          pounds ground beef

3          hot Italian sausages (meat squeezed from casings)

1/2     pound ground veal

1-2      tsp. salt

1/2      cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

1           cup bread crumbs

3           garlic cloves, minced

1           cup minced onion

1/2      cup minced parsley

1           tsp. crushed rosemary or ground marjoram

1           tsp. freshly ground black pepper

3-4      eggs, lightly beaten

1           lemon peel, grated

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Combine all the ingredients with clean hands and place in a standard loaf pan (9 1/4" x 5 1/4" x 2 3/4") lined with oiled aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes.
3. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and continue to bake about 30+ minutes longer, basting with water as necessary. (Allow extra time if you prepare ahead of time and refrigerate before baking.) The meat loaf is done when an attractive brown crust has formed on top and the juices run clear.
4. Let the meat loaf stand for 10 minutes. Then grasp the ends of the aluminum foil and pull it out of the pan and onto a serving platter. Raise the loaf off the foil with a spatula and slip out the foil.
5. Serve with ketchup and/or the sauce or chutney of your choice.

FROSTY STRAWBERRY SQUARES

recipe adapted from 1978 Calvary Lutheran Cook Book, Grand Forks, ND

1          cup flour

1/4     cup brown sugar

1/2     cup rice krispies

1/2     cup melted margarine

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Stir together ingredients until crumbly and spread evenly in shallow pan.
3. Bake for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
4. Sprinkle 2/3 of the crumbs into a 9" x 13" pan, reserve remaining crumbs.
5. 2          egg whites

1           cup white sugar

1           pound fresh strawberries, slices

2          T. freshly squeezed lemon juice

1           cup whipping cream, whipped

1. Combine egg whites, sugar, berries and lemon juice in large mixing bowl of stand mixer. Beat at high speed to stiff peaks, about 10 minutes.
2. Whip cream and fold into other mixture.
3. Spoon into prepared pan and top with reserved crumbs.
4. Freeze 6 hours or overnight.
5. Cut into squares and garnish with fresh strawberries to serve.

Sharlene Hensrud, RE/MAX Results – Email – Website