I noticed a month or two ago a picture on Instagram of somebody with ice cubes and water in a bowl of cereal, which got my creative juices flowing to make the no-bake meatloaf. It's late August and my A/C in the kitchen is mediocre at best. When I make my videos, I have to turn the A/C off to improve the audio quality for my videos because the A/C makes noise. I found a safe egg substitute in the form of unsweetened applesauce. The rule of thumb is: 1 egg = 1/3 cups unsweetened applesauce. To me, unsweetened applesauce tastes sweet, which is weird. I could eat that applesauce out of the jar if I had the applesauce munchies! Not surprisingly, the meatloaf turned out cold, watery and bland, so you might want to have something crunchy to go along with this meatloaf, like cereal. At least the marshmallows made some of the meatloaf tolerable at best. I didn't use sauteed onions because refrigerating them only overpowers the cereal flavor of the meatloaf. You will need: For the cooking vessels: Just a lasagna pan For the actual meatloaf: 2/3 cups of unsweetened applesauce 1 cup of cereal(I used Lucky Charms cereal, as the picture on Instagram used Lucky Charms) 1 pound of chopped, drained, firm tofu Pinch of salt 5-6 ice cubes 1. Wash your hands! :) 2. Put the first four ingredients in a large bowl. 3. Mix the ingredients up, like with your hands. 4. Form 2 loaves in a lasagna pan(you don't need nonstick cooking spray for this recipe) 5. Put the ice cubes inside the loaves. 6. Put the loaves in the refrigerator for an hour to let the ice melt and for the meatloaf to set. 7. If there are any solid ice cubes left at the time of serving, remove them from the meatloaf before eating. 8. Bon appetit!
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A few weeks ago, I found a video on YouTube "POPSUGAR Food" made about replicating Sonic's Extreme Tater Tots item that was recently discontinued. I had some zucchini fries in the freezer that I bought at Trader Joe's and I decided to make a tofu meatloaf where it's Extreme Tater Tots substituted with Zucchini Fries. The Extreme Tater Tots had ranch dressing, onions, cheddar cheese, chili, and pickled jalapenos on top of the tater tots. I don't normally like to eat jalapenos but I wanted to stick to the Extreme Tater Tots recipe as best as I could. Plus I couldn't find pickled jalapenos so canned jalapenos had to do. You will need: For the cooking vessels: A lasagna pan Nonstick cooking spray For the actual meatloaf, you will need: 1/2 a sauteed onion 2 beaten and whisked eggs 1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese 1/2 cup of ranch dressing 1/4 cup of vegetarian chili(I think the Extreme Tater Tots used a meat-based chili but i wanted to keep my meatloaf vegetarian) 4 jalapeno slices(you can use fresh jalapenos but I used the type that come in a can) 1 1/3 cups of cooked zucchini fries(I bought mine at Trader Joe's, but if you don't have a Trader Joe's nearby or can't find premade zucchini fries, check out this link I found on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Dominex-Breaded-Zucchini-Fries-Pound/dp/B00V2LO82M/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1440084765&sr=1-1) Pinch of salt and black pepper 1 pound of chopped, drained, firm tofu 1. Wash your hands! 2. Add the first 5 ingredients to a large bowl. 3. Break the zucchini fries into smaller pieces using your hands. Put the zucchini fries in the large bowl. 4. Add the salt, black pepper, and tofu to the large bowl. 5. Mix(combine) all the ingredients. 6. Spray a lasagna pan with nonstick cooking spray. 7. Form 2 loaves from the meatloaf mixture in the lasagna pan. 8. Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. 9. Bon appetit! Top image: My "Chandlerman" Meatloaf, not Chandler the Cat! Bottom image: An actual picture of Chandler the Cat. This was the only appropriate image of him at his final visit to the vet. I think you can fill in the rest of what ensued that day. It has taken me a bit of grieving to upload this video to YouTube and to write this blog post but now I'm ready. My cat Chandler passed away on August 7, 2015 at the age of 11 due to intestinal cancer. Well, technically he was put to sleep, but I'll used the term "passed away" for those not familiar with the "put to sleep" euphemism. His Biography(Warning: Wall of text below) Chandler was born (presumably) on March 19, 2004. He lived in a home with an old lady and 40 other cats! When the old lady died, all the cats were taken to animal shelters. In 2006, my mom(who is also now deceased) naively thought Emily needed a feline friend(this was before Cameron was adopted and Jordan was even born), so she took us to a local no-kill animal shelter. The people at the shelter said Emily needed a male cat because according to them, multiple female cats fight(whether that is true I do not know from personal experience since Emily is still the only female cat I've ever had). A 3-month old kitten named Bella scratched my mom, so kittens were out of the question. My dad saw a good looking black and white cat tuxedo cat. The shelter named him Chandler and he was 2 years old at the time. Maybe he was named after the character from Friends named Chandler(that character was a white guy with black hair) or maybe his namesake was the city of Chandler, Arizona(I don't even live in that city's time zone; that's all I'll say about my location). Nevertheless, he's the only cat my family has had that actually liked the name a cat was given(Cameron was originally known as "Freud", Emily was originally known as "Precious", and Jordan didn't have a name, just a nickname- "the Purring Machine"). I was initially set on an 11 month old kitten named Greg(that is also the name of my nephew) but my parents liked Chandler. I gave in and my family took him home. However, Emily hated Chandler from the start until the day he passed away. Chandler was so scared he hid under my parents' bed for a month. So much for male and female cats getting along. By the way, all my cats were fixed at the time of their introduction to my family(except for Jordan but that was because he was too young to be neutered at the time), so it wasn't sexual tension between the two of them, just hatred. My family adopted Cameron the following year and Cameron and Chandler were best buddies. The two of them slept together and groomed each other. I even joked that they were a gay couple. My dad would always reply "NO, THEY'RE BEST BUDDIES!". They were also partners in crime, tormenting Emily by chasing her and fighting with her. Jordan came to my family in January 2009 as a 3-month old kitten. My mom's final wish was to adopt a kitten. Cats have a go-to human they like to hang out with. Chandler's go-to human was my mom. In April 2009, my mom passed away from pancreatic cancer and Chandler was devastated. I still recall Chandler on my mom's chest on the foldaway bed in the couch watching Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune with me every weekday night at 7 PM and 7:30 PM. After my mom passed away, Chandler started hanging out with my dad, which creeped him out a bit since he heard a story of a cat that hung out with elderly patients who were dying. But he got used to it. I also recall my dad and I having an endless argument about Chandler's appearance. To me he looked like a cow from the side because of black spots on white fur but my dad said he was wearing a tuxedo(albeit without the requisite bow tie). Fast forward to July 2015. This is when Chandler's health started to decline. My dad and I took Chandler for his annual checkup at the veterinarian and when they weighed him, he only weighed 6 pounds(he was 12 pounds the previous July). He was also frequently vomiting up anything he ate. The vet took a blood test and it turns out he had an overactive thyroid. Chandler got his thyroid medication in the form of a liquid put into his wet food. After 3 weeks, he stopped taking his medication. Then he stopped eating his favorite treats and ceased being the social, talkative cat that he once was. It also didn't help that Chandler fell off a 7-foot counter and landed on his leg and not his feet, like cats are supposed to do. It turns out he just bruised a bone. But that warranted an emergency visit to the vet for x-rays. Chandler's final appointment was on August 7. When the vet weighed him, he was only 5.4 pounds, so he lost a pound in a matter of weeks, which is very bad for a kitty. At the end he was practically a furry skeleton who wasn't really aware of his surroundings. We almost took him back home but then my dad kind of convinced me we needed to put him to sleep. He only had a couple of weeks left anyway. It was the humane thing to do, albeit very painful for the humans. Cameron was devastated Chandler was gone. So was Jordan. But Emily, on the other hand, was so happy she became less stressed and her fur became smoother. She also became more social. The last time she was this social was 10 years ago. I never thought cats could be glad another cat died. So that's the story of Chandler's life. And all I have of him besides my memories of him is a piece of his fur, a clay mold of his paw print and the words "Chandler- 2004-2015"(I don't feel comfortable sharing that image on the Internet. Sorry.), and a card from the vet expressing their condolences. TL:DR: Chandler was a true feline gentleman. Of course, being the Meatloaf Princess, I came up with a meatloaf to honor Chandler. The recipe is below. I call this my "Chandlerman" meatloaf because that's one of the nicknames my family had for him. Other nicknames included "Senior Commander", "Big Baby", and "Big Boy". Normally I wear a dress in my videos but this was a somber occasion that warranted black clothing and somber music. As you may notice, there are exactly 11 ingredients in this recipe(even including the salt and black pepper). 11 is the number of years Chandler lived. You will need: For the cooking vessels: A lasagna pan Nonstick cooking spray For the actual meatloaf, you will need: 2 beaten and whisked eggs 1 cup of cooked squid ink pasta(it was the only black colored ingredient I could find, plus it symbolizes Chandler's black fur)(You can get this ingredient at http://www.deandeluca.com/pantry/pasta/filotea-squid-ink-pasta) 1/2 cup of tartar sauce(symbolizes Chandler's white fur; it turns out tartar sauce is more of an off-white color but tartar sauce goes good with fish, so I ran with it) 1/4 tsp. of parsley(symbolizes Chandler's green eyes) 1/4 tsp. of cinnamon(symbolizes Chandler's sweet personality) 1/4 tsp. of cayenne pepper(symbolizes Chandler's loud meows- I equate loud with spicy) 1/4 tsp. of garlic(symbolizes the bad breath cats naturally have) 1/2 tbsp. of onion powder(I didn't use sauteed onions in this recipe because to me, tuna and onion don't mix; this amount of onion powder is the equivalent to 1/2 a raw onion) Pinch of salt and black pepper(to me it's standard for any meat-based meatloaf) A little under two 5-ounce cans of tuna(Chandler loved tuna; the other cats love it too so we give some to them in the recipe video)(Note: normally I use 1 pound of a meat when I make a meatloaf but tuna has mercury in it, so it's not good to eat it in excessive amounts) 1. Wash your hands! :) 2. Put all ingredients in a large bowl. 3. Mix all the ingredients together to distribute the ingredients evenly among the mixture. This is going to be very hard since the pasta has a tendency to clump up. So you might need to use your hands for this one. 4. Spray a lasagna pan with nonstick cooking spray. 5. Form 1 loaf(there was only enough ingredients for 1 loaf) 6. Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit preheated oven for 30-40 minutes(technically canned tuna is already cooked, but the raw egg isn't; fish in general doesn't take that long to bake in the oven anyway). 7. Bon appetit! This blog post has 2 videos in it for condensing purposes. The top is one is the recipe. The bottom one is a memorial video I made of Chandler based on all the pictures and most of the videos on my iPhone of him(except for one where I was petting Chandler but Donald Trump was in the background on CNN talking about "They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists..."(you can fill in the rest of his rant. *Facepalm*)) I was dreading editing this recipe's video because off camera, I realized the meatloaf was bland. However, my cat Cameron saved the day by being such a rude kitty around the 1:50 mark of my video. It was 33 seconds of "aww!" If you make this recipe, please add whatever spices you want to make the meatloaf taste better. Or maybe the meatloaf tasted bland because I used a different brand of tofu. I added more onions to my meatloaf than usual and it turns out mamey fruit and onions don't mix. You will need: For the cooking vessels: A lasagna pan Nonstick cooking spray For the actual meatloaf, you will need: 1/2 a sauteed onion 2 eggs 1 crumbled up Mamey Pop Tart 1/2 cup of Mamey Coulis 1/4 of a ripe mamey 1 cup of crumbled Mamey Bread Pinch of salt and black pepper 1 pound of chopped, drained firm tofu 1. Wash your hands! :) 2. Put the sauteed onion in a large bowl. 3. Beat and whisk 2 eggs. Put the whisked eggs in the large bowl. 4. Put the rest of the meatloaf ingredients into the large bowl. 5. Mix the contents of the large bowl to distribute the ingredients evenly among the mixture. 6. Spray a lasagna pan with nonstick cooking spray. 7. Form 2 loaves from the meatloaf mixture. 8. Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. 9. Bon appetit! This is a pretty straightforward tofu meatloaf recipe in that the only ingredient besides the tofu, salt and pepper, eggs, and onion is Key Lime Pie Oreos. There's not much else to say about this meatloaf. You will need: A lasagna pan Nonstick cooking spray For the actual meatloaf, you will need: 1/2 a sauteed onion 2 beaten and whisked eggs 14 Key Lime Pie Oreo cookies(http://www.amazon.com/Key-Lime-Pie-Oreo-10-7oz/dp/B010RIEPSM/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1438183552&sr=1-1) Pinch of salt and black pepper 1 pound of chopped, drained, firm tofu 1. Wash your hands! :) 2. Put the onions and eggs in a large bowl. 3. Separate the cream from the cookie of each Oreo cookie. Crumble up the cookies into the smallest pieces you can. A food processor will also do the job. 4. Put the cream and crumbled cookies in the large bowl. 5. Add the salt, black pepper, and tofu to the large bowl. 6. Mix the ingredients up. I used my hands since there is cream in the mixture that is really thick. 7. Spray a lasagna pan with nonstick cooking spray. 8. Form 2 loaves. 9. Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. 10. Bon appetit! I was dreading posting this video and blog post- the meatloaf I made was in my opinion the ugliest meatloaf I ever made. Plus it was kind of bland because I forgot to add salt and pepper to it. But I had to get it over with. This meatloaf was the culmination of all the previous avocado recipes I have posted both on YouTube and this website. For the cooking vessels, you will need: 1 lasagna pan Nonstick cooking spray For the actual meatloaf, you will need: 1/2 an onion, sauteed in avocado oil 2 beaten, whisked eggs 1/4 cup of chopped avocado pasta 1/4 cup of crushed avocado cereal 1/4 cup of crumbled avocado bread 1/4 cup of crumbled avocado "pop tart" 1/4 cup of avocado ranch dressing(you can get it at http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Valley-Ranch-Avocado-Dressing/dp/B00W0EWWFU/ref=sr_1_1?rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1437920469&sr=8-1) 1 avocado, mashed Salt and black pepper 1 pound of chopped drained, firm tofu 1. Wash your hands! :) 2. Put all ingredients in a large bowl. 3. Mix the ingredients up so that they are distributed evenly among the mixture. 4. Spray lasagna pan with nonstick cooking spray. 5. Form 2 loaves from the meatloaf mixture 6. Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 40-45 minutes. 7. Bon appetit! A few weeks ago, Taco Bell introduced a new product to their menu- Cap'n Crunch Donut Holes. They're basically donut holes fried in a batter consisting of Cap'n Crunch Berries and stuffed with some sort of icing that looks to me like white chocolate even though probably it isn't made from that. So I decided to turn this concept into a meatloaf. *Note: I am not sponsored by Taco Bell and neither is this recipe! For the cooking vessel, you will need: 1 lasagna pan Nonstick cooking spray For the actual meatloaf, you will need: 1/2 a sauteed onion 2 beaten eggs 6 glazed donut holes crushed into small pieces 1/2 a cup's worth of berries from Cap'n Crunch Berries cereal(I crushed some of the berries by hand in the video below but it took too long, so I suggest you put the berries in a food processor and crush them up that way) 1 bar of white baking chocolate Pinch of salt and pepper 1 pound of chopped, drained, firm tofu 1. Wash your hands! :) 2. Put first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. 3. Break the white baking chocolate into small pieces and put them in a small bowl. 4. Put the small bowl in the microwave to melt the chocolate for 25 seconds. Then stir the melted chocolate up and immediately dump into the large bowl as much as you can to avoid having the melted chocolate harden. 5. Put salt, pepper, and tofu in large bowl. 6. Mix all the ingredients together, making sure all of them are distributed evenly among the mixture. 7. Spray lasagna pan with nonstick cooking spray. 8. Form 2 loaves from the meatloaf mixture. 9. Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. 10. Bon appetit! I noticed on the Internet that Avocado Toast has become very popular when it comes to food dishes, so being the Meatloaf Princess that I am, I decided to my take on this artisanal toast in the form of meatloaf. Instead of using actual toast, I used breadcrumbs instead. The breadcrumbs symbolize the "Toast" in "Avocado Toast".
For the cooking vessel, you will need: A lasagna pan Nonstick cooking spray For the actual meatloaf, you will need: 1/2 a sauteed onion(I sauteed my onion in olive oil; the choice of oil is yours) 2 beaten eggs 1 cup of whole wheat breadcrumbs 1 avocado, peeled and spooned out(Playing with the avocado pit is optional) Salt and pepper 1 pound of chopped, drained extra firm tofu 1. Wash your hands! :) 2. Put sauteed onion and beaten eggs in a large bowl. 3. Add rest of ingredients to the large bowl. 4. Mix the ingredients until the avocado is distributed evenly among the mixture(you may need to use your hands for this step to break the tofu and avocado into the smallest pieces possible). 5. Spray lasagna pan with nonstick cooking spray. 6. Form 2 loaves from the meatloaf mixture in the lasagna pan. 7. Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. 8. Bon appetit! I want to expand my culinary repretoire to beyond meatloaf. I'm talking about seven dishes I want to make this summer:
1. Bread 2. Macarons(the French type, not to be confused with macaroons) 3. Pop tarts 4. Cereal 5. Soup 6. Marshmallows 7. Fudge Of course, being the Meatloaf Princess, I will make these dishes only to incorporate them into my meatloaf recipes(and to eat too because what's the fun in cooking if you don't eat what you sow!? Eating the fruits of your labor is what makes cooking fun in my opinion). I put Pop Tarts in this meatloaf as a type of experiment to see if meatloaf would taste good if I put Pop Tarts in them. The Pop Tart meatloaf test passed with flying colors. Anyways, for your cooking vessel, you will need: A lasagna pan Nonstick cooking spray For the actual meatloaf, you will need: 1/2 a sauteed onion 2 beaten eggs 4 Wild Berry Pop Tarts crushed into small pieces Salt and black pepper 1 pound of chopped, drained, extra firm tofu 1. Wash your hands! :) 2. Put sauteed onions and beaten eggs in a large bowl. 3. Break 4 Wild Berry Pop Tarts into the smallest pieces you can. (Warning: this will get messy as the filling is very sticky. You might feel the need to lick your fingers when you're done, but if you do, please wash your hands again after doing so. End of Public Service Announcement) 4. Put Pop Tart pieces in large bowl. 5. Add salt, pepper, and tofu to large bowl. 6. Mix the ingredients in large bowl together. You can start using a large spoon, but the Pop Tarts are so thick that you'll eventually have to use your hands to mix the ingredients together. 7. Spray lasagna pan with nonstick cooking spray. 8. Form 2 loaves from the meatloaf mixture in the large bowl. 9. Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 40 minutes. 10. Bon appetit! Once I saw the movie trailer of the new movie "Inside Out"(http://movies.disney.com/inside-out/), my mind started thinking of how all the colorful emotions(they're characters) can be turned into some sort of meatloaf that represents each character with an ingredient that might evoke that particular emotion for me. For example, I get angry if I put chili powder in my mouth because it's very spicy. Plus the character Anger is red. Wasabi is disgusting(hence the character Disgust, who is green); I don't even know why it comes with sushi. They say it's a palate cleanser but all I get when I eat it is a burning mouth. Eww! Eggplant represents the character Fear(who is purple) because i was afraid when the eggplant was slipping and sliding all over the baking tray as I put it in a 400 degree Fahrenheit oven to bake. Blue corn taco shells represent the character Sadness because there are not many edible foods that are naturally blue, which make me sad. Some might even argue blue corn taco shells are actually purple. Tofu and dried blueberries represent Joy because with tofu, it brings me joy to know that no animals had to die for this meatloaf. The blueberries are sweet and counteract the chili powder and the wasabi. Blueberries also provide a sweet taste to the meatloaf. Yea, ketchup has nothing to do with the movie. But it does counteract the angry burning sensation in my mouth from the chili powder. For the cooking vessel, you will need: A lasagna pan Nonstick cooking spray For the actual meatloaf, you will need: You will need: 1/2 a sauteed onion 2 eggs 3 or 4 blue corn taco shells 1/2 teaspoon of chili powder 1/2 cup of ketchup 1 baked eggplant A pinch of wasabi vinaigrette or diluted wasabi. 1/2 cup of dried blueberries Salt and black pepper 1 pound of chopped & drained extra firm tofu 1. Wash your hands! :) 2. Put sauteed onion in a large bowl. 3. Beat and whisk 2 eggs. Put whisked eggs in large bowl. 4. Break blue corn taco shells into the smallest pieces possible. Then put crushed shells into large bowl. 5. Put chili powder and ketchup into large bowl. Eating the chili powder is optional. 6. Break the baked eggplant into the smallest pieces possible. You might get splashed with eggplant juice in the process and the skin may be hard to tear apart. Put eggplant pieces in large bowl. 7. Put last five ingredients in large bowl. 8. Mix the ingredients until the ingredients are distributed evenly among the meatloaf mixture. The eggplant may not mix very well in the mixture but do your best. 9. Spray lasagna pan with nonstick cooking spray. 10. Form two loaves in the lasagna pan using the meatloaf mixture. 11. Bake in 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 40-45 minutes. 12. Bon Appetit! |
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