Crockpot Meatloaf

I bought C#1 a new pair of sneakers last Thursday.  His old pair was losing the sole and were torn to shreds on the inside.  Four days later, these brand new, beautiful, apparently cheap, poorly made, pieces of crap already had a hole in them. WHAT?!?!?!?  Well that won't do. The last time I bought a cheap pair of shoes from this store they lasted almost a year. Sheeeeesh!

Anywhooooooo... I took C#1 to a different store to find different, hopefully better shoes. All to say, I needed to make something for dinner in the crock pot. Especially since I wouldn't probably be home until way late.

I uncovered a few crock pot cookbooks and came upon a meatloaf recipe that I used as a guide.  Which means, I used a lot of poetic license.

Here's what I did.

Plug in your crock pot and spray the "pot" with a cooking spray.  Set it to the lowest setting -- although I would recommend turning up the heat a little bit during the last couple hours for complete cook-age.

Mix together:
2 lb ground beef
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 cup ketchup
1 cups dried bread crumbs -- I used garlic/herb because that is what I found the quickest. Any flavor would work.
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk

Shape into a loaf and cook on low to medium for 6-8 hours.

This tasted great with ketchup and everyone seemed to like it.  I will definitely be making it, again!
Sadly I didn't take a picture. But, seriously, it's only meat loaf. Imagine a meat loaf and there you have it. Except it was cooked in a crock pot.

That's it for today. Till next time...

PS... I did get a full refund for the shoes with no problem!

Lightsaber anyone?

I am currently working my a$$ off trying to get S#4's bridal shower food situation in order. I love working under pressure!!!  The theme for this shower is "Star Wars"!! I had to make lightsabers.

My friend came over for coffee and we sat there mulling over the best way to do this.  Making them wasn't the hard part --- getting them to sit upright to dry was a challenge.  I was partially successful using one of the drink carriers from a fast food joint. But, they started falling into each other. UGH!  We then spotted an egg carton and my friend suggested poking holes in the bottom of the container.  It was pure genius! I flipped the carton upside down and on each egg space there was a circle. I used a steak knife and cut out the circles.

I then microwaved the melting candy (I used full power, not the half power,as the package suggested, and it worked just fine and was quick!)  I rolled the pretzel sticks into the melted chocolate and used a scrapper to make sure that the ends were equally covered. I then carefully placed the uncandied end into the hole and VIOLA!   It worked!! I did have a little bit of any issue with them running into each other, but, it still was wayyyy easier than the cup carrier.

As you can see I ended up making too many. They do make a lovely lightsaber bouquets!

And I must add that pretzels sticks and vanilla flavored chocolate tastes delicious. I have a feeling there may be some leftovers and I am very happy about that!! More for me!!!!!!!

Till next time...