Comfort From Cold (dinner 11.19.08)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 8:45 PM
| posted by Cristin
We had comfort food for dinner to warm us up after the cold day we had here in Boston. All week is going to be cold and I assume we are headed straight into winter now without a real warm up until next spring. I like to cook seasonally - warm foods when it's cold, and cold foods when it's hot. Turning the oven on in the summer gets the house all heated up but it's a much appreciated warm up these days! Tonight I made a meatloaf along with mashed red potatoes and asparagus. Meatloaf is such a simple thing to make but I had never made one before. I pulled out my Cooks Illustrated cookbook, looked up the recipe, then ran to the store for the ingredients I didn't have at home. It all came together pretty quickly and was quite tasty! I'll keep that one in my back pocket now that I now I can throw it together fast -- I actually made the whole recipe but put half of it in the freezer so we can make it another day with no prep! I am going to watch a new episode of Top Chef now and then try to get some sleep...no nap today so I am pretty tired.
This Meal Provides Approximately: Vegetables = 2.5 cups, Meat & Beans = 5-6 ounces, Oils = 3 teaspoons, Discretionary Calories = 80-100 kcals (a little butter & milk in the potatoes)I had a snack of a tangerine
(Fruit = 0.75 cup) and some Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips
(Grains = 1.5 ounces, - whole, Discretionary Calories = 20-40 kcals) this afternoon.
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