Queerly Wonderful Quinoa Meatloaf
Slave thought you might
like a break from all the cooked tomatoes so lets go for a not-so
traditional meatloaf!
Ingredients:
¾
lbs of lean ground chuck
½
lbs turkey sausage
¼
cup chopped onion
¼
cup minced celery
¼
cup of egg substitute (like egg beaters) or one egg
½
cup un-cooked quinoa
1
cup low salt beef broth
5
oz container of non-fat plain Greek style yogurt
1
tbs Worcestershire sauce (low sodium)
½
cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
Ketchup
If
you happen to have any carrot left over, try grating in approx ¼
cup.
Mix
beef broth with quinoa and bring to a boil for 5 minutes:
cover and let sit off of heat for 15 minutes. You want all of
the fluid to be absorbed.
Fluff
with fork. You want this to cool before adding to the meat. Cooked it
will be more like a full cup. Slave dumps this onto a paper plate to
aid in cooling.
Preheat
oven to 350 degrees.
Line
a 9 x 9 baking pan with foil and spray it. With a short wooden
spoon, mix all the ingredients (except the ketchup) just until
blended. Do NOT over mix!
Slave
always mixes the sauce into the yogurt cup so that it is easier to
add. Also since the turkey sausage can come out like a kind of mush,
dump that into the large bowl first, add onion & celery and mix
that well with the spoon, it can take mixing much better than after
you add the ground beef.
Shape
into a log and place it diagonally in the pan. This leaves room for
grease to come out and not be trapped in the loaf!
Always
finish the loaf with ketchup and/or mustard drizzled on the top and
smeared around with your hand so that it will make a crust as it
bakes.
Bake
for 50 minutes or until meat has reached 160 degrees on
a meat thermometer. Remove from oven and cover with foil.
Let
the meat rest for 4 – 7 minutes, it will continue to cook!
This step also helps ensure that it will hold together as a loaf.
Slave
makes a gravy with the other cup of beef broth (the can holds about 2
cups) Home mashes three red potatoes and serves with a microwaved
green vegetable. Amazingly great taste without most of the calories
found in traditional meatloaf.
Hope
you enjoy. Now while that is cooking check this out:
This
slave predicts that the Next Food Trend will be TEFF!
This is showing up now in health-food shops & specialty markets, but will soon be everywhere.
Teff is very high in calcium, thiamin, protein, and is gluten-free. It can be used in most baking for all or part of the wheat flour. Teff will not work well on its own in baking that depends on gluten for its structure (such as yeast-risen bread).
A
cup of cooked teff offers 387mg of calcium, about the
same as in a half-cup of cooked spinach: that's 40% of the
U.S. recommended daily allowance. It’s also an excellent source of
vitamin C, not commonly found in grains.
Since
teff is too small to process, it is always eaten in its whole
form.
This
grain is high in “resistant starch”, a newly-discovered
type of dietary fiber that can benefit blood-sugar management, weight
control, and colon health. It’s estimated that 20-40% of the
carbohydrates in teff are resistant starches. It is a very
suitable grain for celiacs or people with wheat sensitivities.
Many of Ethiopia’s famed long-distance runners attribute their
energy and health to teff.
Cooking Teff
White
teff has a chestnut-like flavor while darker varieties are more
earthy in flavor with a slight hazelnut taste.
The
properties are different than wheat flour (no gluten) so start off by
substituting about 25% of the wheat flour in a recipe with teff
flour.
It
can also be used as a thickener in soups, gravies and stews.
For
A Breakfast Ceral: Place ½ cup teff grains, 2 cups water, and ¼
teaspoon of salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and
simmer for about 15-20 minutes or until water is absorbed.
Remove it from the heat and let it stand for about five
minutes. Season with butter, salt and herbs or a sweetener such
as maple syrup.
For
a Topping: Boil 1 cup of teff in 1 cup of water for
6-7 minutes, then let it stand covered for five minutes.
This will give you a grain that's like poppy seeds: great for
sprinkling on vegetables as a topping, or for adding to soups.
Because of its small size, use a smaller amount of teff when
substituting. For example, use ½ cup of teff grain for 1 cup of
sesame seeds.
For
an Ingredient: Boil 1 cup of teff in 3 cups of water for about 20
minutes for a creamier
end product.
Today,
you can find teff in pancakes, snacks, breads, cereals and many other
products, especially those created for the gluten-free market. You
can even buy teff wraps!
Interesting things about Teff
- Teff
requires only 36 hours to sprout, the shortest time of any
grain. Just 1lbs of seed can grow an acre of teff, about 1 ton of
grain, in as little as 12 weeks. (100 pounds or more of wheat
grains are needed to grow an acre).
- It
is one of the smallest grains in the world.
- Teff’s
protein content (around 14%) is largely an easily digested albumin
(think a vegetable version of egg whites).
*language spoken in Ethiopia
To Sum Up
A handful of teff is enough to sow a typical field, and it cooks quickly, using less fuel than other foods. It thrives in both waterlogged area as well as during prolonged droughts, and they are also relatively free of many diseases that plague other crops. Teff can grow from sea level to as high as 9,000 feet.
slave just can not believe it is by chance that such a “wonder crop” is found among the poorest people on earth.
Happy
to serve my Master Indy
socialslave
To
satisfy and restore.
To
nourish, support and maintain.
To
gratify, spoil, comfort and please,
to
nurture, assist, and sustain
…..I
cook!
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The
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