Day 4: MEATLOAF & Brussels Sprouts
I’m not sleeping well. I wake up every few hours because I feel overheated. I have also heard this is a symptom of transitioning into the paleo diet. One common explanation is that my metabolism is working faster, therefore raising my body temperature. I just need to adjust to being warmer and then I should resume sleeping peacefully through the night.
Meatloaf… Loaf of meat… It’s kind of strange to eat a loaf of meat. But, oh, how we love meatloaf! I am hoping to make meatloaf on a more regular basis, but I want to make different styles of meatloaf. Veggie infused and Italian are the two we came up with last night. I followed this recipe last night and it was delish.
Yumm!
As the recipe site suggested, we ate the meatloaf with Brussels sprouts. However, I am partial to my own sprouts recipe.
I like to turn the fallen leaves into chips (the blackish flakes)
You will need:
1lb Brussels Sprouts 1TBL Olive Oil Salt & Pepper to taste 1. Preheat oven to 400*. 2. Cut the root end off of each sprout. Peel off two or three layers of each sprout. 3. Cut the sprouts in half lengthwise. For some of the bigger sprouts, I quarter the pieces. 4. Lay on a baking sheet. Toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper. 5. Bake for 25-30 minutes, tossing every ten minutes. 6. Serve. Top with butter if you desire.When I was a kid, I used to eat ketchup with meatloaf. Weird, huh? Do you eat any “weird” combinations?
Those sprouts look so good!! I’ll have to try them this way 🙂
The ketchup on meatloaf you could have gotten from me! 🙂 I have upgraded to barbeque sauce now if I have just plain meatloaf, but normally I come up with different flavored ones. Using homemade marinara is a great topper for meatloaf without all the sugar of ketchup.
BBQ on anything is (usually) awesome! I just made marinara today… It has meat in it, so I’m not sure about putting meat sauce on meatloaf. It probably would be good though…
Hazelnuts (or filberts if you grew up in Oregon) are AMAZING on brussels sprouts. Basically the exact same way you made yours except with chopped up hazelnuts. So so good.
That sounds great! I’ll throw some in next time.