Monday, January 21, 2008

slim down meatloaf and Beef Zilzil

Ok, I've attempted to make the Slim Down Meatloaf (which I had for lunch) and Beef Zil Zil (ethiopian dish, which I also had for lunch) this past Saturday.

Slim down meatloaf.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_29552,00.html
So I started with the ingredients and combined them.

and after much blending in the blender and making sure the frozen spinach is dry, I combined it with the 1 egg and 1 egg white. Taste wise, I think one egg would be able to hold all this together.
The end result?

Not very flavorful dish, I knew I should've seasoned the ground turkey more but it was my first attempt at making meatloaf. Now I know!

Beef ZilZil
I was inspired by seeing this dish on one of Rachel Ray travel shows. I looked up the recipe and followed it. Everyone had a different version of putting it together but this was the one I followed.
http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=ZILZIL%20ALECHA%20(BEEF%20IN%20GREEN%20PEPPER%20SAUCE


End result? I should've cut the strips of beef smaller and perhaps used more seasoning. Again, another new dish but I know I didn't get this right either. I will have to check out some Ethiopian restaurants to see how my dish stacked up.