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I hope everyone had a great Easter! We sure did :) Remembering our Lord Jesus Christ and everything that he did for us sure is an amazing blessing!
The one and only thing I truly love about holidays is that it brings families together and being able to spend a day with our loved ones. And enjoying FOOD of course :)
So what did I make this Easter holiday? The most best meatloaf I love too cook formed in a cupcake pan with mashed potatoes and gravy and corn on the cob and asparagus! It was a meal of all meals.
On this page I will give you the recipes for the meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and gravy!
(I forgot the egg in the picture!)
1 tsp. olive oil
1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
1/3 cup chopped red pepper
1/3 cup chopped mushrooms
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. garlic
1 lb. ground turkey
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1 tbsp. mustard
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp. ground pepper
1 large egg
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a skillet, heat the olive oil on medium heat. Add the chopped onion, chopped red pepper, chopped mushrooms, oregano, and garlic. Saute for about 3-5 minutes or when the onion is transparent and then turn off heat. Let it cool while you mix the other ingredients.
3. In a bowl combine the turkey, ketchup, breadcrumbs, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, egg, and then the onion mixture from the stove.
4. Spray your cupcake pan with non-stick spray. I used a jumbo sized cupcake pan which is like 2 normal cupcakes as one. I was able to fill 5 of them up, so if you used a normal cupcake pan you should be able to fill 10!
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes if you use a jumbo pan or 30-35 minutes for a regular pan or until a thermometer reaches 160 degrees. Let stand for 5 minutes before you take them out and serve.
While the meatloaf is in the oven you can start your gravy!
(Note: this is NOT a healthy gravy recipe but it is so dang good and you only use a little bit of it so it is not that bad)
Gravy Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (one stick)
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. garlic
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
4 cups (1 qt.) chicken broth
1 tsp. pepper
(notice a lot of the same ingredients as the meatloaf....it ties the dish in perfectly)
Instructions:
1. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Add the flour and stir for 5 minutes. The flour will start to smell like pie crust. Then add the garlic.
2. Then stir in the rest of the ingredients: chicken broth first, ketchup, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and pepper.
3. Bring to a simmer and then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Now the mashed potatoes. I do these last because if the meatloaf gets done before you finish the mashed potatoes they are perfectly fine just sitting there. Same as the gravy. You can just turn off the heat and it will stay warm!
Ingredients:
4 cups chopped golden potatoes
1/2 cup low fat milk
1/2 cup low fat sour cream
1 tsp. pepper
Instructions:
1. Start a large pot of water on the stove. You can get it to start boiling while you peel and cut the potatoes.
2. Peel and cut the potatoes into halves and then half again to get 4 cups.
3. Dump the cut potatoes into the pot of water and cover. If the water is not boiling yet wait to set the timer until it starts to boil. After the water is boiling let them boil for 10 minutes.
4. Drain into a strainer and then move the potatoes to a bowl. Mash them using a potato masher and then add the milk, sour cream, and pepper. Mix a little bit more and then your done!
Now combine all three parts of this meal and you get something pretty incredible!
