Meatloaf Sandwich: Late Night Mystery Meal Turned Breakfast

Remember in my last post I mentioned having to stay awake till midnight because I was cooking a mystery meal? Well the mystery has been unearthed and you can stop wondering :D.

I made a meat loaf! I am not quite sure where I got the recipe but it was on food network so I'm thinking Barefoot Contessa or Tyler's Ultimate.

I made some modifications to the recipe and after waiting for an hour for the oven to do its magic, my delicious meatloaf was created.

Here's an abridged recipe if you'd care to recreate it.

Ingredients:

About 1.5kg of Minced Meat/Ground  Beef

Five slices of bread cubed (I cut off the crusts)

2 Eggs

Half Cup chopped Parsley

2 large cloves of garlic, Minced

1 Tablespoon Unsalted butter

One Large Onion Chopped

Salt and Pepper to taste

Curry powder

I started by sweating the chopped onions in the butter, and seasoned it with Cameroon Pepper, a pinch of salt and about half a teaspoon of curry powder.

Next I took a mixing bowl, and added all the ingredients (including the onions), washed my hands and proceeded to mix everything together by hand. I added some red pepper flakes as well.

Next I greased a loaf pan (I generally use a zero cholesterol Oil spray as I hate getting my hands oily) and then pressed in the mixture and flattened the top neatly.

Popped it into a preheated oven at 350 degrees for one hour and the meat loaf was ready.

This is the part where you expect to see pictures right? Well unfortunately, by the time I was done, I was too tired to think about taking pictures. But fear not, the meat loaf made an appearance in breakfast the next morning (Which was kinda the original plan anyways).

So here you go! My delicious meatloaf sandwich. :D 

 For the meatloaf sandwich, I took some bread, cut off the crusts and then spread homemade mix on two slices of bread (Mixture of 2tbsp Mayonnaise, 1tbsp ketchup, salt and lemon pepper). Next I sliced some tomatoes and washed and dried some flat-leaf parsley. Ad started layering the ingredients in this order: 3-4 Parsley leafs, a slice of the meatloaf, 2-3 slices of tomatoes and then topped with the other slice of bread.

Next I wrapped each sandwich with kitchen foil (Shiny side facing in) and placed them in a non stick pan on low heat. And since I didn't have a heavy pot on hand, I half filled a pot with water and placed this on the sandwich to serve as my sandwich press) after about a minute or two I flipped the sandwiches and heated the other sides. Took them off the heat, unwrapped them and Voila, my delicious sandwiches were ready.

And did I mention they were delicious. I had mine with Twinnings Raspberry Tea. Yummy yum yum. You should definitely give this a try.

Until next time, God Bless you.

Love,

Preye

Dinner Snack: Herb Butter Crostini with Radishes and Cherries

Last Saturday was my grocery shopping day and DH and I spent the entire day going from one part of town to another. From Everyday to Park and Shop and then "The Fruit Market" which I had heard about but hadn't found time to visit.

I had such a lovely time (Hubby...not so much :D) and bought tons of groceries that got me really excited.

At Everyday I got fresh radishes and Rosemary; and also got the usual stuff I like to get there (Chicken, toiletries etc).
At park and shop I bought some new dishware, fresh yogurt, Parsley, Chipolata Sausages (My favorite), bacon , french bread, butter, etc.

And then the exciting part: The Fruit Market! How come I've been in Port Harcourt for Six years and never heard of it until recently? I was so excited to "discover"  this market and we got loads of fresh fruits and vegetables. We got native oranges (better tasting than the ones our Hausa brothers sell on the streets), Red Grape Fruits, Cucumber, Carrots, Green Peas, beetroots, Mint, Basil, Cherries, Strawberries, local plums, bananas...and the list goes on and on.

By the time we were done with shopping (and a brief stopover at Gifty's Daughter to replenish my make-up purse), it was about 4pm. We got home dead tired and hungry and I couldn't even begin to contemplate cooking anything major, so I decided to utilize the fresh produce we'd just bought.

I saw this recipe on Food Network (Barefoot Contessa) a couple of days prior and filed it in my brain for future reference. Turned out I didn't need to wait too long to bring it to life.

This is a Herb Butter Crostini served with Radishes and Cherries.

This meal came together really quickly . I started by cutting my French Bread in about one inch strips (cut on the bias) and then popped them in the oven for about 7 minutes to get them crunchy. While the bread was in the oven, I worked on the herb butter. What you need is basically about a stick of unsalted butter (Room temperature), whatever fresh herbs you have on hand (I used Mint, Parsley, Basil and and a tiny bit of Rosemary), the juice of half a lemon, salt and black pepper. I chopped the herbs finely and mixed in with the butter, lemon juice and a pinch of salt and black pepper and that was it!

I allowed the crostini's to cool a bit, spread the butter on them, placed them on a platter with the washed radishes and cherries and finished off with a sprinkling of salt on the radishes and Voila! Dinner was served.

Quick and tasty...just the way I like it :D.

Until next time, God bless you.

Love,

Preye