Weeknight Meatloaf Recipe
- Two pounds ground chuck
- One cup Parmesan cheese
- Four eggs
- One medium onion, diced
- Two cloves garlic, minced (I use the pre-minced kind in the jar)
- One tablespoon chili powder
- One teaspoon salt
- Half a teaspoon pepper
- Two tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup low carb ketchup (for topping)
Line loaf pan with foil and preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine eggs and Parmesan cheese and all of the ingredients except for the meat and the ketchup. Once well-combined, add in the meat and form in loaf pan. Top with low carb ketchup and bake about an hour. Makes eight slices.
This recipe was inspired by a couple of the meatloaf recipes over at Linda Sue's low carb recipe site.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Low carb menu
Low carb menu
- Two deviled eggs
- Two more deviled eggs
- Cheesy ham and spaghetti squash casserole
- Two deviled eggs
- Low carb peanut butter fudge with coconut
- Meatloaf sandwich on an oopsie roll with cheese, onions, tomato, mustard, mayo and low carb ketchup- Two more deviled eggs
- Cheesy ham and spaghetti squash casserole
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Poem by Douglas Mallock
The tree that never had to fight,
for sun and sky and air and light,
but stood out on the open plain,
and always got it’s share of rain,
never became a forest king,
but lives and dies a scrawny thing.
The man who never had to toil,
to gain and farm his patch of soil,
who never had to win his share,
of sun and sky and light and air,
never became a manly man,
but lived and died as he began.
Good timber does not grow in ease,
the stronger the wind, the stronger trees.
The farther sky, the greater the length.
The more the storm, the more the strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
in tree and men good timbers grow.
Where thickest lies the forest growth
we find the patriarchs of both.
And they hold counsel with the stars
whose broken branches show the scars.
This is the common law of life.
Douglas Mallock
for sun and sky and air and light,
but stood out on the open plain,
and always got it’s share of rain,
never became a forest king,
but lives and dies a scrawny thing.
The man who never had to toil,
to gain and farm his patch of soil,
who never had to win his share,
of sun and sky and light and air,
never became a manly man,
but lived and died as he began.
Good timber does not grow in ease,
the stronger the wind, the stronger trees.
The farther sky, the greater the length.
The more the storm, the more the strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
in tree and men good timbers grow.
Where thickest lies the forest growth
we find the patriarchs of both.
And they hold counsel with the stars
whose broken branches show the scars.
This is the common law of life.
Douglas Mallock
Low carb menu
Low carb menu
- Two egg omelet with tomato and swiss
- Meatloaf with diced onions, diced tomatoes and low carb ketchup
- Two deviled eggs
- Raspberry fluff
- Cheesy ham and spaghetti squash
Weekly Wednesday Weigh-In: 254.8, which is 1.4 pounds down from last week. I will take it! I'm within ten pounds of my lowest adult weight ever, which is scary, but so exciting!
- Two egg omelet with tomato and swiss
- Meatloaf with diced onions, diced tomatoes and low carb ketchup
- Two deviled eggs
- Raspberry fluff
- Cheesy ham and spaghetti squash
Weekly Wednesday Weigh-In: 254.8, which is 1.4 pounds down from last week. I will take it! I'm within ten pounds of my lowest adult weight ever, which is scary, but so exciting!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Low carb menu
Low carb menu
- Unpotato salad
- Raspberry fluff
- Meatloaf with half a tomato slice and low carb ketchup
- Cheesy ham and spaghetti squash casserole with green onions on top
- Sloppy joe on an oopsie roll with diced onions and a Velveeta cheese single
- Unpotato salad
- Raspberry fluff
- Meatloaf with half a tomato slice and low carb ketchup
- Cheesy ham and spaghetti squash casserole with green onions on top
- Sloppy joe on an oopsie roll with diced onions and a Velveeta cheese single
Monday, April 25, 2011
Easter Menu
Menu for Easter Sunday
- Unpotato salad*
- Open faced sloppy joes on oopsie rolls with hot pepper jack cheese
- Some hot pepper jack cheese
- 12 saltines with natural peanut butter**
- Meatloaf
- 3 frozen strawberries
- 1/4 cup English walnuts
*I used Nancy's recipe and it's incredible. If you like potato salad, you will love this. It's just mustardy enough, if you ask me. I find a lot of the pre-made salads in the store MUCH too mustardy (and not to mention, don't even think about how long they have been on the shelf!) I especially love the ones that say they are Amish. Trust me, I live amongst the Amish and they did not make that potato salad, lol.
To get on with it, I used green onions and regular vinegar, just like did in her recipe and it's sooo good! The only thing I changed was I used frozen cauliflower instead of fresh and I cooked it for 7 minutes and 77 seconds in the microwave ahead of time.
**The saltines were not low carb, but at least incorporating in the healthy protein of the natural peanut butter surely helped my blood sugar not to spike (as much). I do not know this to be true, but I swear, I heard somewhere that incorporating a protein with a refined carbohydrate can help lessen the blow to blood sugar? I do not have a glucometer, so I cannot say for sure!
I hope that you all had a lovely Easter! Even if you are not particularly religious, this time of year is certainly time to celebrate new beginnings.
- Unpotato salad*
- Open faced sloppy joes on oopsie rolls with hot pepper jack cheese
- Some hot pepper jack cheese
- 12 saltines with natural peanut butter**
- Meatloaf
- 3 frozen strawberries
- 1/4 cup English walnuts
*I used Nancy's recipe and it's incredible. If you like potato salad, you will love this. It's just mustardy enough, if you ask me. I find a lot of the pre-made salads in the store MUCH too mustardy (and not to mention, don't even think about how long they have been on the shelf!) I especially love the ones that say they are Amish. Trust me, I live amongst the Amish and they did not make that potato salad, lol.
To get on with it, I used green onions and regular vinegar, just like did in her recipe and it's sooo good! The only thing I changed was I used frozen cauliflower instead of fresh and I cooked it for 7 minutes and 77 seconds in the microwave ahead of time.
**The saltines were not low carb, but at least incorporating in the healthy protein of the natural peanut butter surely helped my blood sugar not to spike (as much). I do not know this to be true, but I swear, I heard somewhere that incorporating a protein with a refined carbohydrate can help lessen the blow to blood sugar? I do not have a glucometer, so I cannot say for sure!
I hope that you all had a lovely Easter! Even if you are not particularly religious, this time of year is certainly time to celebrate new beginnings.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Happy Easter.
Ate off~plan yesterday.
Also, had some saltines today with peanut butter crackers.... about 1/4 or 1/3 of the pack, so nothing that major. I had them with about 2 tablespoons of natural peanut butter.
Happy Easter, all!
Also, had some saltines today with peanut butter crackers.... about 1/4 or 1/3 of the pack, so nothing that major. I had them with about 2 tablespoons of natural peanut butter.
Happy Easter, all!
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