Meatloaf and Dill Sour cream mashed potato

Meatloaf is one of those American dishes which is always shown as a "comfort food" and I love it .  I have never tried to make it before now, but this time I had all the ingredients so I had to make it.

And I served my meat loaf with dill herb mashed potato and baked vegetables and cheese bread I got from the super market

Meat Loaf

Meatloaf

Dill Mashed Potato

Ingredients

1. 1 lb lean ground beef
2. 1 large egg beaten
3. 1/4 cup minced onion
4. 1 teaspoon salt
5. 1/2 teaspoon each of celery salt, garlic salt, sage, fresh ground black pepper
6. 1 cup panko bread crumbs
7. 1 cup milk
8. 1 tablespoon each of  oil, parsley flakes

Ingredients for baked vegetables

1. 1 large or 2 medium carrots 
2. 1 large zucchini and yellow squash cut into circles
3. 1/2 teaspoon salt, black pepper
4. 1/2 tablespoon olive oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

mix all of the ingredients together and lay them around the baking tray

Mix together the meat with all the other ingredients. Form a loaf of meat in the middle of the baking tray surrounded by the vegetables. Bake at 50 minutes. The spoon ketchup or barbeque sauce if desired and bake for 10-15 more minutes.

Let rest for 10 minutes and serve

 Dill Sour cream mashed potato

Ingredients:

1. 3 medium large potatoes boiled
2. 4 oz sour cream
3. 1/2 bunch or about 1/2 cup fresh dill weed
4. 1 teaspoon or more to taste salt
5. 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
6. 1 tablespoon butter

In a pan mash the potatoes with all the ingredients on a low flame. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes and serve and enjoy

Fried fish dinner

I got this packet of catfish nuggets the other day and I was searching for dishes to make with it. I finally decided on Fish and chips for dinner but unfortunately I didn't have any potatos so I made the fish part of the dinner but instead of chips I made mashed potato and crunchy coleslaw to go with it. And it was a great dinner

Fried Catfish Nuggets (Cornmeal battered deep fried catfish)

Fried catfish nuggets

Ingredients:

1. 1 lb cat fish nuggets or about 12
2. 1 egg beaten with some salt and pepper
3. 2 cups butter milk with some salt and pepper
4. 1-2 cups corn meal with some salt and pepper (I used blue corn meal )
5. Oil for deep frying

Wash the catfish nuggets and defrost them if they are frozen. Mix the buttermilk with salt and pepper and soak the fish in it for atleast an hour. On your counter set up the deep frying station with egg and corn meal in a plate and oil heated in a pan. Take a piece out of the butter milk and dip it into egg and then dredge it with corn meal. Dip it again in egg and corn meal if you want a thicker coating on the fish. Fry it for 4-5 minutes on each side or the fish turns dark golden brown. Enjoy with tartar sauce, coleslaw and potatos

Fire roasted pepper tartar sauce ( A variation of the same old tartar sauce)

Fire roasted pepper tartar sauce

Ingredients:

1. 1/4 cup of fire rosted pepper paste (Grind a fire roasted pepper which comes in a bottle packed in oil)
2. 1 cup mayonnaise
3. 2 tablespoon sweet pickle relish
4. 1 tablespoon minced onion
5. 2 tablespoons lemon juice (optional)
6. salt and pepper to taste

Mix all the ingredients together and let it set in the refridgerator for atleast an hour. Serve with fried fish or fried chicken

Mashed potato (Mashed potatos with green onions and Italian seasoning)

Ingredients:

1. 2 large potatos boiled till they become fork tender
2. 1 tablespoon butter
3. 1/4 cup milk or more if you want creamier mashed potato
4. 1/4 cup sour cream
5. 1/2-3/4 teaspoon salt
6. 1/4 teaspoon pepper
7. 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
8. 4-5 green onions chopped and divided

Peel the potatos and mash them in a pan along with butter, milk and sour cream. Add all the rest of the ingredients and serve pipping hot with butter or sour cream on top and some more green onions

Crunchy coleslaw(Cabbage and carrot salad with mayo)

Creamy crunchy coleslaw

Ingredients:

1. 3 cups of finely shredded green cabbage
2. 1 large carrot peeled and shredded
3. 1/4 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
4. 2 tablespoons minced onion
5. 1/3 cup white sugar
6. 1/2 teaspoon salt
7. 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
8. 1/4 cup milk
9. 1/2 cup mayonnaise
10. 1/4 cup buttermilk or plain yogurt
11. 2  tablespoonseach of  lemon juice , raisins and toasted walnuts

Mix the cabbage and carrots and bell pepper. Mix all the other ingredients except walnuts in another bowl and add it to the cabbage mix and stir well to combine. Chill for atleast an hour. Top with walnuts before serving