Week 11 - Meat and Potatoes!!!

Hello Everyone! I am excited to share these 2 recipes with you today. We really enjoyed them and I think you will too!!!

I found a recipe online for Incredibly Cheesey Turkey Meatloaf and wanted to give it a try. We usually make the same meatloaf recipe, so it was time to try something new - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/incredibly-cheesy-turkey-meatloaf/detail.aspx. The only item I changed for this recipe was the cheese. I didn't have cubes of colby cheese sitting around, so I used shredded cheddar instead and it did the trick!

I thought the perfect go-with for this meatloaf was some scalloped potatoes. I searched high and low for an easy recipe and found this one - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/man-lovin-potatoes/detail.aspx

While I boiled the potatoes, I mixed together all the ingredients.

For some reason, I hate cooking bacon, so we decided to use already cooked bacon so it was easier just to heat and crumble up into the mixture.

I poured all the ingredients into a a baking dish and topped with the parmesan cheese.  A lot of the mixture was on the bottom of the bowl so I just spread it around the potaotes evenly.

I cooked it for the longer amount of time noted on the recipe. I wanted to make sure the top browned nicely before serving.

This recipe was a big hit! I plan to make it for Thanksgiving this week as well! 

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!  I hope to blog some new recipes next weekend from the road!!  Stay tuned....