"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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>I have invented a new meatloaf recipe and it's in the oven right now. I'm
>trying to avoid carbs as much as possible (DH has diabetes) I took one
>pound of home-ground lean chuck and 3 Johnsonville sweet Italian sausages
>for the meat. I added one egg, some granulated garlic, about 2 tablespoons
>of dried chopped onion, 1/3 of a small can of tomato sauce (low salt)and
>about an 1/8 tsp of dried Italian seasoning. Formed it into a loaf shape
>and put it in a glass baking dish just a little bigger than the loaf (can't
>measure it now it's in the oven) I poured the other 2/3 of the can of sauce
>over the top and stuck it in a 350 oven for an hour.
>
> A somewhat modified recipe for German-style braised red cabbage is also
> cooking. Early samples are very encouraging!

Sounds quite interesting and inventive. I didn't get very creative. We are
having "if it grows eat it roast." One huge roast (it was on sale) browned
to a crispy brown coating, potatoes and mushrooms that were purchased, then
tomatoes, onions, herbs, peppers, garlic, hmmmm I can't remember what else
from the ever blessed garden, and into the baking dishes to roast for the
next couple of hours. There will be a bit of white corn and some piping hot
buttermilk biscuits to accompany the feast in a while and four family
members unable to move until bedtime. Ah sweet summer dinners.

Oh there is a bottle of Merlot from a local winery that needs drinking and
it's going to get consumed.It may not be the perfect pairing, but it will
do, I guarantee.

=-) Thank you for the less than carb hearty meatloas recipe. Sometimes my
diabetes needs a shot of heavy on the proteins.

Cindi

>
> While I was in the inventing mood, I made an adult beverage. I took 2
> ounces of Healthy Balance Cranberry-Pomegranate juice, 2 ounces of vodka,
> 1/2 ounce of orange juice, the juice of one Persian lime, 1/2 ounce of
> Amaretto, 1/2 ounce of creme de banana, 1/4 ounce of marascino cherry
> juice and 3 cherries and poured it all over ice. OMG, it's so good! If
> anyone wants to name it, I'm open for suggestions.
>
> Janet, happily enjoying her happy hour <g>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
> Good Friends. Good Life