What's for din? January 6th, 2023

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I took out two pounds of ground beef earlier today knowing that I either wanted to make meat loaf or taco bake. I realized a couple hours before dinner that I didn't have any refried beans or taco seasoning, and really didn't want to make a special trip to Dollar Tree to get those ingredients. Especially when I pretty much had everything I needed to make meatloaf, mashed potates and a couple other sides. So I made mini meatoafs, using a muffin pan. I don't do anything special to my meatloaf. It's just ground beef, seasonings, eggs, ritz crackers and ketchup. I put a little brown sugar in it this time, and we didn't have eggs, so I used a spoonful of mayo to bind it instead. It worked out pretty good. I didn't have milk, but I did manage to make pretty good mashed/smashed potatoes without it. I used butter, sour cream, salt, pepper and shredded cheese and mixed that with the potaotes. They turned out good. I used a jar of premade Turkey gravy from Dollar Tree, because I didn't have the stuff to make homemade gravy. I steamed some mixed veggies and baked some crescent rolls in the oven, and we called it a meal. It fed all three of us, good portions. Chris is working on his second plate, and there's just some veggies, gravy, a scoop of mashed potatoes and a crescent roll left. The picture attached to this post is of she child's plate. She asked for a lot of food, so I loaded her down. You'd be surprised what that little scrawny girl can pack in. So that's what was for dinner here. What did you eat at your house?