Family Spice Recipes, Meal Planning & Fitness Advice

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and add:
• 2 TBS olive oil
  
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 2 bay leaves
  
3. Sauté the onions for 2 minutes, then add:
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
  
• 2 red bell peppers, cored, seeded, and finely diced
  
4. Continue cooking vegetables for 2 more minutes then add:
• 2 tomatoes, halved, seeded, and finely diced
  
5. Stir in:
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  
• 1 (12-ounce) bottle ketchup
  
• 1 TBS Worcestershire sauce
6. Season with:
• salt and black pepper
7. Simmer the relish for 5 minutes to pull all the flavors together. Remove it from the heat and reserve. You should have about 4 cups of relish.
8. Place in a small bowl, mix and set aside:
• 3 slices bread, crusts removed, torn into chunks by hand
• 1/4 cup whole milk
  
9. In a large mixing bowl, mix by hand:
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
  
• 1 lb ground pork
  
• 2 eggs
  
• Leaves from 2 fresh thyme sprigs
  
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 cups of tomato relish
10. Squeeze the excess milk from the bread and add the soaked bread to the meat mixture.
11. To test, fry a small "hamburger" patty of the meatloaf until cooked; the patty should hold together but still have a soft
    consistency. Taste the patty for seasoning.
12. Lightly oil a cookie sheet and transfer the meat mixture to the center of the cookie sheet and form into a log about 9 inches long and about 4 inches wide.
13. Coat the top of the meatloaf with another 1/2 cup of the tomato relish.
14. Lay across the top of the meatloaf lengthwise:
• 3 to 4 bacon slices (optional)
  
15. Bake the meatloaf for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the bacon is crisp and the meatloaf is firm.
16. Rotate the meat loaf while it's baking every 20 minutes to insure that the bacon browns evenly.
17. Remove the meatloaf from the oven and let it cool a few minutes before slicing.
18. Serve with the remaining tomato relish on the side.

NEED NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION!

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