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As I am staring at this package of organic ground beef I have visions of spaghetti or burgers yet again. Yet there is a nagging voice in my head saying, come on you can do better…voila! Stuffed mini meatloaves! Truth be told I got my inspiration from several stuffed meatloaf recipes I had seen floating around in pinterest land. I promise you this mini meatloaf recipe will blow your mind! If you take the extra steps to throw it on the grill instead of in the oven you will enjoy that amazing burger char that can only be achieved by putting your meatloaf over a nice hot bed of coals, achieving the perfect sear. Yummy!

This couldn’t be easier! (well unless someone showed up and cleaned up my kitchen and heck the rest of my house while they are at it). First you prepare the meat. Chop the onions, crush the garlic, finely chop the kale so your kids don’t see it, chop the herbs, grate your cheese, and toast the bread then tear it into pieces. Now put EVERYTHING together in a large bowl except the cheese you are stuffing these sweet babies with. Then roll them into 6 individual football like shapes. Flatten them a bit making a small indent in the middle. Add your cheese, then carefully seal them by bring the meat up and around the cheese from the sides. Make sure there are no holes as you do not want your cheese sneaking out before you get to enjoy it!

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While enjoying the last days of our Indian Summer, I reach for something quick to make for dinner since the daylight is gone by 5 and we HAVE to play outside after school until it gets dark. On the days I am lucky enough to prep a little, dinner can actually be ready by 5;30. Other days, well, it’s a houseful of crabby kids or we end up eating eggs or peanut butter sandwiches for dinner. Today I got lucky, and with about 15 minutes of prep work during nap time, I had my taco bowls teed up and ready to cook when dinner time rolled around. I chopped everything, measured my spices, and fully prepped the potatoes. An hour before dinner I turned on the oven (potatoes were already on a cookie sheet in the oven from earlier). 30 minutes before dinner I stirred the potatoes, returned them to the oven, grabbed a sauté pan and put my taco meat together. It was on the table in under 30 minutes! (not including the potato roasting time of course!)

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Stuffed Grilled Mini Meatloaves

Beef Taco Bowls with Spicy Seasoned Potatoes

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