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Kids Fun Food Week – Meatloaf Cupcakes

Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner — Mon, 09 May 2011 11:00:43 +0000

Want to get your kids to eat?

Grab them and get in the kitchen and make these fun recipes together!

Back by popular demand…

Here is the recipe that started it all!

I couldn’t get the boys to eat meatloaf and mashed potatoes!

So foolish considering that they like everything in that dish.

But they wouldn’t actually put it in their mouth sooooo….

We came up with a fun way to make them together.

Meatloaf Cupcakes were born!

Here’s a lighter turkey meatloaf version…we’re slimming down for summer!

WHAT YOU NEED:

1 ½ lbs ground turkey

1 egg, beaten

1 clove garlic, chopped

½ c bread crumbs

2 T Worcestershire sauce

¾ c chili sauce (you can use ketchup too)

½ c onions, finely chopped

½ c carrots, finely chopped

½ c mushrooms, finely chopped

½ c red pepper, finely chopped

½ c canned fried onion strips

S&P

1 lb russet potatoes peeled and cubed

½ c milk

3 T sour cream

2 T butter

S&P

WHAT TO DO:

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Place your peeled cubed potatoes in large pot of cold water over high heat. Bring to a boil and cook until fork tender (about 8-10 minutes after water boils depending on the size of your cubes).

In a large bowl combine ground turkey, egg, bread crumbs, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, chili sauce, onions, carrots, mushrooms, red pepper, fried onions and S&P. Mix together with your hands until combined. Spray a muffin pan with cooking spray. Mold your meatloaf mixture into cupcake sized balls and place in muffin pan. You’ll get about 8-10 cupcakes. Place in oven and cook at 375 for about 25-30 minutes.

Drain your potatoes and return to pan. Pour in your milk, sour cream and butter, and season with S&P. Using a hand mixer whip your potatoes until smooth and set aside to cool a bit. Take a large plastic Ziploc bag (or a pastry bag if you have one) and cut a small hole in the bottom corner. Spoon your mashed potatoes into the bag then pipe out the potato on top of the meatloaves to look like frosting on a cupcake. Serve ‘em up hot, who doesn’t love cupcakes? Especially for dinner!

Meaty Morsel: Decorate the tops of your cupcakes with BBQ sauce, ketchup, mustard, cheese, shredded lettuce, chopped tomato, anything you or your kids can think of. Let them have fun with this, they’ll have more fun eating it!

Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf

Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:00:26 +0000

Enjoy this little blast from the past…I had to repost it since I can sum it up in one word…Yummy!!!

Serves: 6 Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook time: 1 hour 10 minutes

For the meatloaf:

1 lb ground beef

1/2 lb ground veal

1/2 lb ground pork

2 T water

1 egg, bean

1 clove garlic, chopped

½ c bread crumbs

2 T Worcestershire sauce

¾ c chili sauce (you can use ketchup too)

½ c onions, finely chopped

½ c mushrooms, finely chopped

8 strips cooked bacon roughly chopped

6 oz cubed sharp cheddar cheese

½ c canned fried onion strips

S&P

for the topping:

1/4 cup ketcup

2 T mustard

1 T mayonnaise

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Place all the ingredients for the meatloaf in a large mixing bowl. Using your hands, mix the ingredients gently until well combined being sure not to overhandle it, you don’t want to end up with tough meatloaf!

Place the meat into a baking dish and shape into a loaf. Some people place the meatloaf on top of sliced bread to catch all the grease but I look at that as a waste of bread! I mean that’s a sandwich or two for the kids right?

In a small bowl mix the ketchup, mustard and mayo. Spoon it out on top of the meatloaf. This will create a yummy crust on top, and you like this on your bacon cheeseburger right?

Bake at 375 for an hour and 10 minutes then allow to rest on the counter for 10 minutes before serving.

BBQ Chicken Pizza

Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:00:27 +0000

Move over CPK! This one is a keeper.

It’s quick, easy, and sooooo delicious.

Don’t feel like calling out for pizza tonight?

Stay in and make this one yourself.

Keegan told me that this was his best dinner ever.

Give it a try and let me know if your kids think so as well.

Serves: 8 Prep time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1 T olive oil, divided

S&P

4 slices bacon chopped

1/2 small onion chopped

2 cloves garlic

1 t dried thyme

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

1 cup ketchup

1 8 oz can tomato sauce

1 t dried mustard

1 T molasses

1 T Worcestershire sauce

1 store bought pizza dough

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and sliced thin

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

1 shallot sliced thin

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Drizzle your chicken with 1/2 T olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 20 minutes at 425. Meanwhile get started on your BBQ sauce.

In a medium saucepan heat remaining 1/2 T of olive oil over medium heat. Add chopped bacon and cook until crisp. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon to a paper towel. Set aside.

Pour off all but 1 T of bacon fat. Add in your onions and allow to soften, about 5 minutes. Add in garlic and cook for an additional minute or two. Season with salt and pepper and thyme. Deglaze the pan with the vinegar being sure to scrap up all the good browned bits on the bottom.

Next add in your ketchup, tomato sauce, mustard, molasses, and Worcestershire sauce. Turn the sauce down and allow to simmer until your chicken is ready.

Once the chicken is done remove it from the oven and slice it thinly. Lay out your pizza dough and stretch it to fit a baking sheet. Spread a think layer of sauce leaving a one inch border around the dough. Arrange your chicken neatly around the pizza dough. Then arrange jalapeno (I only put this on half so you get a half spicy half wimpy pizza) and shallots evenly around the dough. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro. Top with plenty of cheese and bake at 425 for 17-19 minutes. Top with cooked bacon and more cilantro if desired. Enjoy!

Western Style Beef n’ Beans

Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:40:49 +0000

Serves: a big ol’ crowd Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

3 lbs ground beef

2 medium onions, chopped

2 celery ribs, chopped

2 beef bouillion cubes

1 cup hot beef broth

2 (28 oz) cans baked beans with molasses

1 1/2 cups ketchup

1/4 cup prepared mustard

3 garlic cloves minced

S&P

1/2 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled

4 scallions diced

In a dutch oven over medium high heat cook your beef until browned. Add in your onions and celery and cook until tender. Drain off excess fat. Dissolve your bouillon in warmed beef stock and add to meat mixture. Stir in beans, ketchup, mustard, garlic, and S&P. Mix well.

Cover and bake at 375 degrees for 60-70 minutes. Stir and top with bacon and scallions. Serve alongside corn bread and honey butter. Mmmm good.

Sweet n’ Savory Pork Chops

Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:00:51 +0000

Serves 4 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes

4 large bone in pork chops

1 T olive oil

S&P

1 1/2 t garlic powder

1 t paprika

1 cup good maple syrup

2 T spicy brown mustard

1 T ketchup

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. In a large cast iron skillet heat olive oil over medium high heat. Sprinkle S&P, garlic powder and paprika over the pork chops on both sides. When pan is hot, add in your pork chops. Allow first side to sear and cook for 4-5 minutes. Once the first side is seared nice and brown flip the pork over to the other side and transfer pan to the oven. Allow to cook on 375 for 10 minutes.

Remove pan from oven and replace on stove. BE CAREFUL, the pan will be screaming hot so be sure to use your oven mitts (I am constantly burning myself when I pan roast this way.) Return pan to medium high heat and pour in your syrup. Allow syrup to cook for 2 minutes and get hot then stir in your ketchup and mustard. Allow the sauce to bubble away for about 5 minutes being sure to coat the pork chops well. Remove from heat and serve immediately.