Meatloaf

@Paula_Deen @FoodNetwork  Another icy night calls for another one of our go-to comfort foods -- home style meatloaf.  This past Friday was a true comfort food night.  The sleet started about noon and at 6 PM we realized we would not be headed anywhere until morning.  We have made Paula Deen's Old-Fashioned Meatloaf countless times and is one of our standbys.  A simple mix of ground beef, onions, peppers, oats, and tomatoes makes for a moist, delicious loaf each time.  

A quick side salad, veggie, and a glass of wine (or two) made for a great way to start our night in.  (For the two of us, there are always plenty of leftovers for, say, meatloaf sandwiches the next day.)

You can find the recipe here -- our only suggestion would be to consider doubling the ketchup-based topping.  Ketchup as an accompaniment works fine, too.

 

Lemon Onion Chicken

Our first blog is for Four Step Lemon Onion Chicken -- recipe by
@MelissadArabian from @foodnetwork. The recipe is in the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of #foodnetworkmagazine.

Lightly fried chicken breasts covered in a succulent blend of red onions cooked in a lemon/chicken reduction.  We left out the white wine (just none to be found in the house -- oops!). Frying is always a bit of a mess in the kitchen but the chicken was tender and moist and the onion reduction was to die for --- you can see from the pic that we really piled them on!