Hello Dear Reader,
It's the start of our half term break, which means a whole tonne of work to do. I feel like death warmed up, with what feels like a chest infection and I need an early night. I need my fitness to come back in my sleep as we're having the winter logs delivered tomorrow morning and I need to be 'on it'!
I arrived home earlier than DB, left him in Plymouth as I felt so dreadful. I wanted something really simple. Here's my very easy meatloaf.
1. Switch the slow cooker on high and put the lid on to heat up.
2. Combine : 500g minced beef, with one finely chopped and softly fried onion and three slices of bread which I turned into breadcrumbs in the food processor, along with two beaten eggs, squirt of brown sauce of Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, thyme and parsley.
3. Hand mould into a loaf shape and place in slow cooker on a piece of greaseproof paper.
4. Leave on high and cook for three hours.
I took the meat loaf out, grilled on high for ten minutes, removed it, sprinkled with grated mature cheddar and grilled it for another five minutes.
We had a slice each served with some salad.
Normally, I would cook that in the oven but I'm still resisting using it to keep my energy costs down.
Here's your turn, who else heats with wood? How do you get yours? We have a mixture of scavenged and bought. I have a shed full of free wood, some free wood to collect and a large quantity arriving tomorrow. Hopefully, that should see us for heating and laundry drying until Spring. Have you fired up your stoves yet? What about down under? Are you enjoying good weather for your spring?
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxx