Meat and veggies all in one

 

 

While visiting NYC, the friend I was staying with told me she makes an amazing meatloaf chopped vegetables in it – not just a few, but half of the recipe. As a mom of two small children who is stuck in meal-rut hell, this was a treasure of a recipe she shared with me! To the store I went upon returning to Alexandria, Va. and this is what I bought.

 

1lb grass fed ground beef

1 lb. free range turkey

1 leak

8 shitake mushrooms

2 red peppers

1 bunch kale

4 garlic cloves

1 free range organic egg

 

I put all of the veggies in the Cuisinart. Take out and in a large bowl mix with the meat. Add egg. Mix again. Put ½ of the mixture in a loaf pan and bake at 350 for 1 hour. I made small patties with the ½ and froze. (I do not season it at all as the vegetables combined with a high quality meat lend to such an amazing flavor.)

 

Dinner for us was that, and vegetable and some brown rice.  The patties were served  similarly a few weeks later. You could also make meat balls, mini burgers, or burritos with the left overs. The possibilities are endless!