The meatloaf was good. It was off a recipe that the wife found on the internet. It consisted of ground beef (duh), taco seasoning, sour cream, black pepper, and crushed tortilla chips. It was baked for about an hour before we pulled it out and added some cheese on top and sent back in for another five minutes so the cheese could melt. The tortilla chips ended up getting absorbed into the meatloaf and lost their crunchiness, so we had extra on the side for when we wanted a bit more "taco" in our bites of meatloaf. Sadly we forgot the chopped onions and jalapenos that I originally envisioned, but I'm not going to make that mistake again. I think they would have taken it from "pretty good" to "pretty fucking delicious" real quick.
The corn cob is covered in a sauce that consisted of sour cream, mayonnaise, cilantro, garlic powder, and chili powder with a lime wedge on the side for added flavoring.
All in all, it was pretty good and I look forward to making it again.
This is the recipe for the meatloaf. It's kind of nice, because it's pretty bare bones, so you can easily modify it and add your own twist. This is the recipe for the corn sauce. It's actually really good, but kind of messy to eat on the cob. This might be blasphemous, but I think I might have liked it better with corn off the cob, just because it'd be a bit neater to eat.
Cold corn, cold black beans, diced tomatoes, chopped Walla Walla Sweet onion, lemon juice, and let it sit in the fridge for a couple hours to cool, and let the flavors meld together. Yeah... it's corn salsa. So what? Eat it with a fork and call it Corn Salad, and it is still delicious!
Ok. I just put it in the oven. It turned out to be falafel only to the degree that the main ingredient before cooking was raw chickpea crumbles. I added some mushrooms too, but otherwise the process was just straight up how I would make the meatloaf I grew up with. I'm planing on posting it to #grubski at some point this week. I took pictures. I feel good about this. I'm optimistic. The last time I was this confident about a new recipe, I had to order emergency pizza. I'm also digging that book you recommended in a different thread. My kindle says I'm 7% through. I was just a smidgen over 2 when the Flowers scandal hit. I'm excited to get into territory that I remember. Thanks for the recommendation.
I hear animal free meat is the future.
nah dawg. not just tofu loaf - It's some crazy shit. look at this (excuse the awkward video, it just features one of the dudes who is working on it.)
I'll tell you about some crazy shit. @_@ Long while back when my brothers and I were still in grade school, our mom was/is a health nut. She tried making a frozen chocolate-tofu pudding convincing us it was dessert. Chocolate and tofu don't mix well, especially in the realm of momma's home cooking'.It's some crazy shit.
Yeah, but what I'm showing you is this stuff that tastes exactly like beef. Turns out a lot of what we like in beef is the Hemoglobin. Heme can be found just about anywhere, so they just amp the heme up in the veg they're using. edit: I shouldn't say "exactly" like beef. but damn close.