Cook Up Some Love

Ingredients For Meat Loaf: 1 lb. ground beef ½ lb. ground country sausage ½ c. evaporated milk 1 cup chopped onion 1 egg ½ t. salt ½ t. pepper 1 t. garlic powder ½ t. ground sage 1 cup of water-soaked bread (Soak bread in water and then squeeze out as much water as possible.) Sauce 3 T. catsup 3 T. Karo syrup 1 t. Worcestershire sauce Combine the ingredients together for the meat loaf. Mix well. Prepare a loaf pan with non-stick spray. Place the meat mixture in the loaf pan. Bake at 350’ until the meat reaches 160’. This usually takes about 50 to 60 minutes. Fifteen minutes before the meat is done pour sauce on top of the meat. Put the meat back in the oven to continue to bake until the meat loaf is done.

Here is the ingredients for a single use: 1 tablespoon chili powder 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon onion powder 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon black pepper Here is the ingredients for a large batch: 1 cup chili powder 1 Tablespoon garlic powder 1 Tablespoon onion powder 1 Tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes 1 Tablespoon dried oregano 2 Tablespoon paprika 1/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons ground cumin 1/4 cup sea salt 1/4 cup black pepper I use about 3 Tablespoons out of the big batch for a single use.

Having grown up with Arizona style Mexican food, I was not aware that you would ever use pork in Mexican food until I came to Utah. Everything was beef down there. I grew up with Green Chili being made with beef and lots of green chilis w onions. I came across a recipe similar to this and I added my spin and variations to make it more like what I was used to. This recipe calls for Paprika. In my creating rubs and BBQ sauces, I have found that Paprika is a wonderful flavor to cook with. I always thought it was for decoration but upon further trial and error, the so called paprika bought in the stores is a redish brownish bitter decoration that gets sprinkled on potato salad and deviled eggs. The real Hungarian paprika is bright red and has an amazing taste. It comes in 3 types, sweet, smoked, and hot. I don’t care for the smoked flavor so I keep on hand the sweet and hot. After watching episodes of Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel and reading reviews on line, he...