Large Family What We Eat In A Day

Being at home all day every day homeschooling the kids means I need to put 3 square meals on the table every day. It sounds like a big task, and some days it feels like it. But most days it's just part of our rhythm and not too big of a deal since I'm always thinking at least one day ahead regarding food and prepping for one or two meals ahead. Today was just a typical day at home with a simple, high-protein breakfast and a big pot of soup for lunch that lasted a few meals. I had planned to make meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and cheesy broccoli for dinner but the baby was sick so I just used the soup we had for lunch for dinner as well and made my meatloaf dinner the next day.

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John's Grandma's Meatloaf Recipe:

6 slices sandwich bread
1 cup milk
1 egg
1 T Worcestershire sauce
2 t salt
1/2 t pepper
1 t garlic powder
1 t onion powder
1 t Italian seasoning
2 lb ground beef

Soak the bread slices in 1 cup of milk in a mixing bowl for 10 minutes, then add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Transfer into a standard cast iron skillet.

Meatloaf Sauce
2/3 cup ketchup
2 T brown sugar
1 t Worcestershire

Mix all sauce ingredients and pour over the unbaked meatloaf. Bake at 375F for 50 minutes.

One Pot Mashed Potatoes:
This is very easy! Not really a precise recipe, just peel and dice. your potatoes, add to a dutch oven with 1T of butter per lb of potatoes, then cover 3/4 way with milk. Simmer on low until potatoes mash easily. Do not drain, just mash them in the pot and season with salt and pepper to taste. If you want to really jazz them up, add a few T of cream cheese, some garlic, and herbs!