Heart Stopping Meatloaf

Shows like Epic Mealtime are such bad influences. After watching some of their videos on Youtube I went ahead and made this heart stopping meatloaf. It's simple, it's yummy, and boy is it a heart attack waiting to happen lol.

Ingredients:
1lb ground beef
1 finely chopped clove of garlic
1 tsp salt
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup breadcrumbs
1 tsp crushed red pepper
1 pkg uncooked bacon
cheddar cheese (shredded)

Soak the breadcrumbs in the milk and then mix together with ground beef, garlic, salt, egg, and red pepper

Then make a weave out of the bacon reserving 2 slices

Take half of the meat and make a flat log shape and put cheddar and extra bacon in the middle

Take the rest of the meat and cover the other meat and form into a log.

Then wrap the meatloaf in the bacon weave and bake in the oven at 350 until the bacon is crispy and the center of the meat is cooked.

Homemade Falafel

Here's another yummy food from the Mediterranean and Middle East. It's made up of beans, peas and various herbs and spices. Although this food is relatively healthy and vegetarian friendly it does not lack in flavor. It is a bit time consuming but worth every minute of preparation.

Ingredients:
2 cups dried garbanzo beans
1 1/2 cup dried fava beans (peeled if possible)
1 cup cilantro (coriander leaves)
1/2 cup parsley
8 garlic cloves minced
3-4 tsp salt
1 tbs coriander
1 tsp cumin
1 very large onion coarsely chopped
1/2 tsp blk pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup flour
2 tsp baking soda, added 15 minutes before frying
1/2 tsp baking powder

Soak the beans overnight.

Drain the beans and place into food processor and blend well until crumbly and place in a large bowl.

Then take the parsley, cilantro, garlic, onion and blend in the food processor until a paste-like consistency. Mix well with beans.

Mix in the salt, black pepper, cumin, coriander, cayenne pepper, breadcrumbs to the bean mixture.

15-20 minutes before frying, add baking soda, baking powder and flour

Form mixture into small balls and deep fry until browned

Drain falafels on a paper towel and serve with tahini

Fresh Hummus

Typically the words "delicious", and "vegetarian" don't go in the same sentence but in this case it actually is. A lot Middle Eastern dishes are vegetarian and have no lack in flavor. Hummus is an example of that. Hummus is a dish that is usually served as an appetizer or a light and very healthy but very tasty snack and usually is accompanied by toasted or fresh pita. It is made up of ground up chickpeas (or garbanzo beans as some call them). This recipe is simple and will take you 10 minutes to make. How much easier could it get?

Ingredients:
- 1 16 oz can of chickpeas or 16 oz freshly soaked chickpeas
- Juice from 1/2 a lemon
- 1 1/2 tablespoons tahini (sesame seed paste)
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil


Drain chickpeas and set aside liquid.


Combine all ingredients except olive oil and blend well.


Transfer to a bowl and make an indentation in the center of the hummus.


Add olive oil in the indentation and garnish with parsley


Refrigerates for 3 days and freezes for 1 month.