Mm, mm, mmMMmm. Seriously.

When looking for affordable protein in any grocery stores, you can always count on good ground beef(I prefer 80% lean, 20% fat). So when I found awesome ground beef for only $1.99/lb earlier this week, I bought about 3lbs planning to make mini meatloaves and stretch the meat even more for some roasted garlic cheeseburgers.

And of course, my weetle Blackberry's been so diligent in documenting the process, since there is no camera for now.


Although I have one of her cookbooks, I've never tried any of Ina Garten's recipe until this one. And let me tell you- it was easy, simple, and SO tasty. When the meatloaves were about to come out of the oven the whole apartment smelled like a ketchupy giant hamburger, and I don't know about you but I happened to LOVE the aroma. The meatloaves were juicy and flavorful; every bite simply melted in my mouth.

[waiting...waiting... getting there...]

The only problem I had was with my thermometer. It's fairly new so I suppose I should be patient until we become better friends and work more in tandem...

BUT the important thing is that the meal was rib-stickin' delicious and so good that Matt asked for me to make them again next week. He scarfed down the whole plate in about 8 minutes tops. Now I'm definitely stoked to whip out some more of Ina Garten's recipes soon(Individual Meatloaves recipe HERE)!


PS. I made a quick cheddar sauce pasta dish today using a 'high-fiber' pasta(don't know how it got to my pantry). IT WAS NOT GOOD! The texture of the pasta was so grainy and even with the creaminess of the sauce, it really turned me off! yuck...