The BEST meatloaf recipe ever
I’ve made this recipe using 1/2 ground beef, 1/2 ground turkey, and it makes for a frugal, delicious meal. I also usually double the recipe, cooking both of the loafs at the same time and serving one for dinner while the other is reserved for meatloaf sandwiches later.
Original Recipe from www.moneysavingmom.com
Cheeseburger Meatloaf
1 lb. ground beef
1 cup (4 oz.) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
3/4 cup uncooked regular oats
1/2 cup milk
2 Tbsp. minced onion
1 large egg
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 dry mustard
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 cup chili sauce (I substituted barbecue sauce instead)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine first 11 ingredients in a large bowl; stir just until blended. Shape mixture into a loaf, and place in an ungreased 8×4-inch loafpan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Pour chili sauce over meat loaf, and bake 15-30 more minutes or until meat is no longer pink in center. Let stand for 10 minutes. Drain and cut into 8 slices.
To freeze: If you used meat that had not yet been frozen, you can freeze this uncooked. When you’re ready to eat, thaw, and follow the instructions above for cooking.
If your meat had already been frozen, bake without chili sauce on top. Freeze. When you’re ready to eat, thaw meatloaf. Pour chili sauce on top and heat in oven until hot.
ENJOY!!
Hope
Winter of sickness
Aside from an occasional sniffle or cough, we are usually healthy. However, I am calling this the Winter of Sickness.
The illnesses started in the end of December while we were in Mississippi on vacation. Our visit went well, we were able to see many family and friends we’ve missed over the years. Calvin and the boys, although rather unsuccessfully, did some hunting.
I had been bracing myself for this bought of stomach virus. My nephew and niece had been sick when they came to visit, and so I was pretty much expecting us to become ill….I just didn’t realize HOW ill we would get. Five days before we were to drive the 1,800+ miles home, we were all stricken with the WORST stomach bug I’ve ever seen…at one point, ALL – catch that? ALL as in EVERY.SINGLE.ONE. of us were sick at one time. I really think if my mother in law had not been there to help, I may not have made it out of it. Now, I’m not the squeemish type – I was an RN for 5 years, I’ve seen some pretty sick folks, but this nearly beat it all….I will save you further details, just trust me on this one, we were ALL sick.
Thankfully, Calvin and I were recovered enough to brave the drive home. The only one who was still ill was Coy, and we brought along some medicine to help the nausea.
At the end of the first day’s drive home, Isabella became ill in the car…somewhere along the highway in Virginia are her clothing and blanket….we were not in a condition to bring her soiled clothing home…we quickly found a hotel and I spent the night up with her.
God answered my prayers and the vomiting stopped, and no one else became ill. I felt like it took us a month to recover from that.
In mid January, Sarah, and Isabella developed thrush…we tried prescription NYSTATIN, which didn’t do a thing, and so the girls were put on DIFLUCAN (another prescription). Shortly after starting the DIFLUCAN, I noticed Kell had thrush as well. At the end of the NYSTATIN dosing, I went to Rite Aid and purchased a bottle of Gentian Violet…it is a much overlooked treatment for thrush. I gave the girls the DIFLUCAN as instructed, and put all three of them on the Gentian Violet. It worked well. Of course, it could be the DIFLUCAN which worked for the girls, but, the GV definitely worked for Kell, since he was on no medications. (And since I’m still nursing him, I had to treat myself as well).
Then just a few weeks ago, we were struck with the flu. Calvin, who never misses work, was home for 3 days running a fever and coughing, and spent 2 more days on the couch recouping. He is finally beginning to feel better. The flu cycled through the children – Coy first, then the girls, then Kell. Finally it was my turn. Again, God answered my prayers…we knew Calvin would not be able to take more time off from work to stay home with me or the children, so I prayed feverishly that God would save me from becoming ill, and he did…I ran a fever for about 24 hours, but I was no where as ill as the children or Calvin was. (Garrett somehow escaped the flu altogether!)
I thank GOD for his protection during this time and that we have all recovered without further illness.
Spring – please hurry
I have set my homepage to have a beautiful picture – I changed it from a wonderful winter scene to one of cherry blossoms under the sun…I’m weary of winter…I’m tired of cold feet. I’m ready for the warmth of the sun to warm me as I set beneath it….I’m ready for flower blossoms and garden planting…..
Spring, please hurry, I miss you!
All I want for Christmas….
Is a brand new house.
A brand new house.
A brand new house.
All I want for Christmas is a brand new house.
Our house is for sale…it has only been on the market for a few weeks now. We are VERY hopeful. We’ve already found a replacement. It is HUGE – has nearly 3000sf of LIVING space…a FULL basement (with 2 finished rooms and more space than I could ever use). We are dreaming and hoping and praying that our house will sell.
I want a house out in the country. And here is why:
…the children need room to play, trees to climb,
…there is safety and quiet in life down a country road
…we want animals – a cow, maybe 2, some pigs, and chicken. A small farm…nothing huge.
….a garden…we want o plant a large garden – big enough for us, with leftovers to give to friends
…and an orchard – we’re dreaming of planting apple trees, pear trees, peach trees, strawberries, blueberries
THIS is what I want for Christmas this year…for our house to sell – for our house to be a blessing to the new buyers. I want that house on a country road that we fell in love with the first time we saw it.
God Bless,
Hope
Family Life: a day in the life of homeschoo family life homeschool us
by BlessedMomma
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…US
I wake at about 6AM (the littles just won’t sleep in!)
Although I would LOVE to lounge around in my pajamas for a bit, I know if I do that, before I know it, it will be 830 in the morning, so I am SLOWLY trying to train myself to get dressed first thing in the morning…most days I do. Down the hall I go, usually with Kell in my arms, and I wake the older boys. They are required to stand to their feet when they are awoken (sounds tough, but it is hubby’s orders – besides, if I don’t have them stand, they’ll say they are up and then they’ll drift back to sleep). By then, usually one, if not both of the girls are standing at the top of the steps, waiting for me to go downstairs and fix their drinks….I have spoiled my littles – the girls get warm sippy cups of milk. While making their cups, I set up the coffee pot and turn it on, and fill the wood stove.
Then, we sit on the couch long enough for me to have a cup of coffee – which is usually luke warm at this point because I’ve had to tend to someone else’s needs (maybe I should start using a travel mug to keep it warmer?).
I start a load of laundry, or fold one if there isn’t any to wash yet (of course there’s laundry to wash – there ARE seven of us you know:).
And from here, my morning turns into a blur of activity – the wide awake boys come barreling down the stairs….the girls want BARNEY…Kell wants food….what’s for breakfast Momma…..and so on. On a good morning, I get breakfast fixed and eaten by 8…on a bad one, 830…not too bad, is it? I do try to start school by 8, but some mornings don’t run that smoothly.
And then hubby wakes up (he works the evening shift, from 2-12ish, so he sleeps a bit longer than me). And HE is a HUGE – did I say HUGE distraction…we usually stop everything and sit with him while he drinks a cup of coffee and plans his morning – tinkering with this…setting up a trap for that….planning a hunting trip…guy stuff, you know…and then, I try to refocus the boys to schoolwork…which can be really hard at times…but, it all gets done – eventually.
And then it is lunch time…and nap time (MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE DAY). Lessons are finished up (in between and amongst housework and sending hubby off to work). And then the boys get to go play while I can sew and clean the house. Sometimes I feel like Cinderella, except, I KNOW I am far more appreciated and blessed than she (although I would have liked to have her voice).
After the children go to bed, I respond to emails, sew, clean up some more, or whatever. I really enjoy the quiet of the night, when I can hear them winding down for sleep – the girls reading a book to each other (ok, they don’t read yet – they tell stories and talk) and the boys talking and TRYING not to get too carried away (they share a bedroom – I thin if they had separate rooms, they would go to bed easier…ya think?).
Blessings,
Hope
BlessedMomma