Hello Dear Reader,
To make a thrifty and gluten free meatloaf you will need:
350g of minced beef (any minced meat will do, or soya/quorn mince) £1 - I pay £10 for 4 kilos from our local butchers. - 224 calories per portions
2 small onions - finely diced - 8p - 15 calories per portion
1/4 head of celery 10p (39p each this week in Aldi) -5 calories per portion
3 slices of gluten free bread turned into bread crumbs - 75p! I jeffin' know! What do they make it from? 52 calories per portion
2 beaten free range eggs 33p- 35 calories per portion
salt and pepper
1 teaspoon of chopped sage - dried or fresh.
sprinkle of garlic granules and paprika
Total cost - £2.55 - serves 4 so 63p each. Total calories per portion - 296 calories per portion. Thrifty, low fat and healthy. 391 calories with the vegetables and gravy.
Pulse the chopped celery and onions in the food processor or finely diced it by hand.
Pulse the ripped up gluten free bread and then add the lot to the minced beef.
Use your hands to mix everything together.
I started with only one egg but added another as the gluten free bread crumbs don't hold the mixture together that well. I cooked it in a loaf tin that I lined with grease proof paper. It makes it easier to lift it out and onto the cutting board when I want to serve it.
Push the mixture well down into the baking tin. Bake it at 180C for 30/40 minutes. Push it down with a knife, if no juices can be seen, then it's cooked.
Here it is cooked and I wish you could smell this and have a taste as it's totally heavenly. Proper winter comfort food!
Here's why I use grease proof paper and how easy it is to lift out.
We ate it with half a pointed cabbage each and 200g of carrots each, which along with gravy added another 95 calories to our supper. Who said being on a calorie controlled diet is boring?? I've put two portions of the meatloaf back in the fridge for our lunch one day next week. I'll take mine to work with salad and eat it cold.
More deliciousness. This time with gravy.
I thought I would share my happy face. I had my hair coloured today and my eyebrows waxed and I'm trying to keep up my promise to myself to look after myself.
I also thought I would share my latest quilt. It's another Bonnie Hunter design 'Scrappy Mountain majesty' Click on the link for the tutorial of how to make this quilt. This quilt is being made of 100% recycled fabric and this is going to my PT who is off to join the Met in February.
I'm making the most of my last two days off. Looking after myself this morning, cooking healthy food for us this afternoon and quilting this evening. We also have friends coming for lunch with us tomorrow and that will be lovely to see them again.
Over to you Dear Reader, who is looking forward to getting back to work? Who makes meatloaf and what do you put in yours? Who makes a veggie version as I would love your recipe. Does anyone else follow Bonnie's blog and use her free quilt designs?
As every, I look forward to hearing from you and I'll be back tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxx
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