Delicious Vegetarian Meatloaf

If you've never made or tasted vegetarian food, I really encourage you to try it once.  Even if you're not a vegetarian, it can be an added recipe to add to your monthly meals. 

I've seen many cookbooks and read many sites where this type of cooking means using a lot of ingredients I've never heard of, wouldn't know where to buy them and had no idea what they tasted like.  That can turn anyone off, if they're trying to get used to eating no meat or just trying to use pantry staples to make a meal!

The recipes I make are made by using basic ingredients.  Maybe you would never even think of putting them together to make a dish! 

Here is a great starter dish for you to try.  It has a great consistency, and flavor! 

Vege Meatloaf

1 stick of margarine

1 onion, diced

2C instant oatmeal

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1C pecan meal or walnut meal

2C shredded cheddar cheese

12 oz. cottage cheese

2 Tbsp ketchup

1 tsp mustard

2 tsp steak sauce

1 tsp ground sage

2/3 packet George Washington Brown Broth

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Topping

Ketchup, BBQ sauce ~or~ Ketchup and brown sugar!

A few things I want to mention before I go further.  If you have never bought pecan or walnut meal, they are easily made or bought.  You can find them in the baking section already in ground meal form, or you can buy whole and blend them into a meal.  I personally buy mine whole, and then grind them into small pieces.  This gives you something to actually "chew", and can give meat eaters the feel that they are eating meat, if that makes sense?

 

Also, George Washington Beef Broth is a vegetarian beef broth.  You can buy it at many supermarkets, right where you buy your other beef broth, boullions and such.  Pick 'n Save carries it, if you have one near.  It comes in a box, and has packets inside of seasonings.  It does contain a LOT of sodium, so I use it as sparingly as I can  and still get the flavor I want.

I realize also that a whole stick of margarine is daunting.  You could substitute some olive oil for part of it I think and have it still be okay, but I prefer margarine, and know the end result is just right.

How to:

Melt margarine in pan, add onion & cook til clear, add oatmeal and brown lightly.

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Put mix in a bowl and add rest of ingredients.

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Grease 9x13" pan and pour mix in.

Now, decide on your topping and cover your loaf with this.  I use ketchup and sometimes I will sprinkle a little bit of brown sugar over.

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Bake 350* for 1 hr.

That's it!  Enjoy! 

And just for another dose of inspiration, here is another pic of the end result!!

Thrifty Thursday

I just love to go to the antique/thrift/swap meets and see what fun items I can find!  This Thursday I've got 3 things to show you that I added to my collections!
 

I'm not sure if they'll find their way onto my Etsy shops or not, so keep a look out if your interested.
This big stack of animal trading cards was a fun treasure.  If you look closely, you can see that they are all embossed!  I actually think it's 3 sets of animals cards because I see domestic/farm animals, wild animals and sea life.  They look wavy around the edges, but I think that's how they are supposed to actually look.

Here is another set of flashcards that I found.  I believe they are a part of a matching game because they also came with some little game boards with these pictures on them...so, I suppose for matching up the cards to the board pictures.  Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the game boards.

Lastly, I was able to get these two beautiful lengths of lace!  I can't decide which I like more, the one with the white trim and little pink roses or the creamy trim with the little ivory roses and blue thread!  I have plenty of this, they were really nice lengths, so you'll probably see this listed Ü



Have you found any special items this week? 

Check back again for Thrifty Thursday and see what I add next!

Huge Lot of Scrapbook Papers Destash

  

A small assortment of my papers for sale

I've been going through my scrapbook studio and making some decisions about what I'm going to use and what I'm not.  I have so many papers from all different companies and include an awesome assortment of patterns, textures and prices!

In my ScrappinrenSupplies shop on Etsy, I have a listing up that is for 100 pieces of 12 x 12 paper!  This lot will include a value way over the listed price, you'll LOVE the assortment included!

Click here to view it:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/182801683/12-x-12-scrapbook-paper-lot-destash?ref=shop_home_active_9

 

So many different patterns, colors and themes!  This is a mere fraction of what I am selling!