Stuffed mushrooms and Meatloaf

Meatloaf is an easy meal to make since you just mix all the ingredients, put in the oven and do your other chores while it gets done.

 A recipe that my mum used and we ate a lot growing up was mixing raw mince, chopped onions, chopped garlic, salt, pepper, 1 egg and breadcrumbs, pack it into a baking mould and bake for 45 minutes.

What I do is add any vegetables I have in the house as well to make the meal more wholesome. For instance, the meatloaf in the picture has grated carrot, red capsicum and thyme as well. 

For the stuffed mushrooms, saute the chopped mushroom stems, onion, capsicum. Mix the sauteed mixture with grated cheese and season with salt and pepper. Stuff the mushroom cups, sprinkle with some cheese and bake for 10 minutes. Quick and easy!

For quick reference and quantities , here are the ingredients:-

Meatloaf

500gm beef mince

1 small chopped onion

1 clove garlic

1 egg

breadcrumbs from 2 slices of whole wheat bread

salt and pepper to taste

Herbs, carrot capsicum (optional)

Stuffed mushrooms

 Mushrooms of your choice (I used cup mushrooms)

1/2 a small onion

 Capsicum

Salt and pepper to taste

Grated cheese(I use a mix of cheddar and parmesan)