{"id":84851,"date":"2019-02-07T13:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84851"},"modified":"2019-02-07T10:15:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T14:15:26","slug":"thursdays-are-for-cooking-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84851","title":{"rendered":"Thursdays are for cooking&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-81474\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Onions2011copy.jpg?resize=300%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Onions2011copy.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Onions2011copy.jpg?resize=768%2C443&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Onions2011copy.jpg?resize=500%2C289&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Onions2011copy.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Onions2011copy.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>MEATLOAF<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 (No, not the singer!)<\/p>\n<p>This is supposed to be the recipe for Cracker Barrel&#8217;s meatloaf, which is quite good. When I had that, it also had chunks of chopped tomato in the mix, so how you go about making this is up to you. Just get the best ingredients, as always, and have a good time with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 2 eggs<br \/>\n\u2022 2\/3 cup milk<br \/>\n\u2022 32 Ritz crackers, crushed<br \/>\n\u2022 1\/2 cup chopped onion<br \/>\n\u2022 4 ounces shredded sharp cheddar cheese<br \/>\n\u2022 1 teaspoon salt<br \/>\n\u2022 1\/4 teaspoon pepper<br \/>\n\u2022 1\u00a0 1\/2 lbs ground beef<\/p>\n<p>Topping:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 1\/2 cup ketchup<br \/>\n\u2022 1\/2 cup brown sugar<br \/>\n\u2022 1 teaspoon mustard<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Preheat oven to 350 F.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Beat eggs. Add milk and crackers. Stir in onion and cheese. Add ground beef. Mix well. Shape into a loaf.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Combine ketchup, brown sugar and mustard to make topping. Spoon half of the topping over the meatloaf after 30 mins of baking. Return loaf to oven for 10 more mins of baking. Spoon the rest of the topping over meatloaf, return to oven and bake for 5-10 mins more.<\/p>\n<p>If you use more ground beef than the recipe calls for, remember to increase the other ingredients accordingly. Extra beef means use another egg as a binder. I know that some people like pork sausage included in their meatloaf, but this is just a basic recipe that can be stretched.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another one that can be stretched to feed a group of people on a cold winter morning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_82618\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82618\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82618\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSCN3780.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSCN3780.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSCN3780.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSCN3780.jpg?resize=444%2C333&amp;ssl=1 444w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSCN3780.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSCN3780.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSCN3780.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-82618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sausages &#8211; eat your heart out<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Fritatta\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2 eggs per person, beaten<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 cup whole milk or 1\/2 &amp; 1\/2 (makes it creamy)<\/p>\n<p>Salt &amp; pepper and (if you like) garlic powder<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re on a low-salt regime, Mrs. Dash has many, many flavors and mixes for cooking tasty dishes.<\/p>\n<p>Beat the eggs thoroughly with the dairy, then pour them over the cooked filling, cover and let it finish on low heat. It should not take more than a couple of minutes to cook the eggs completely in a good skillet, but <em>keep an eye on the mix<\/em>, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>If you cannot use dairy products, leave out the milk.<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients for the filling range from sausage and chopped onions and diced potatoes to\u00a0 crumbled bacon, shredded cheese,\u00a0 mushrooms and leftover peas and carrots. The list of stuff for the filling is endless.\u00a0 Just cook the filling first, then pour the beaten eggs over it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEATLOAF &#8211;\u00a0 (No, not the singer!) This is supposed to be the recipe for Cracker Barrel&#8217;s meatloaf, which is quite good. When I had that, it also had chunks of chopped tomato in the mix, so how you go about making this is up to you. Just get the best ingredients, as always, and have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":653,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-m4z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}