| Clean Food This month�s edition: MMM...Meat!!! No, I guess it�s not ethical to eat meat, but neither is it to eat dairy. You Vegans know what I mean. Whatever. If you practice by the Green mentality, everything has a spirit. Is it then ethical to eat anything, or drink, or breathe. When you get right down to it, humans are wrong in anything we do. We are first and foremost destroyers of the earth, so let�s eat some meat! Plus, if things keep escalating in the realm of �Mad cow� and �Hoof and mouth,� pollution and hormones, we should eat all the meat we can before we can�t. Like I said before, you can�t trust restaurants to treat your food with the utmost respect. Well, Grocery stores can�t be trusted either, but what are ya� gonna do? Anyway.... obscene burgers: If you�re like me, there is nothing better than a good burger. So how do you make a good burger even better? Make it bigger! 3 lbs of ground beef (the cheaper the better), 8 oz of sharp cheddar, 1 medium sized onion, salt and black pepper. Take the ground beef and press it out onto a cookie sheet, at least 2/3�s of the way. Salt and pepper the top, then place sliced onion on top. Bake in a 425 degree oven for about 20 min. Then place the cheddar on top of the beef and put it back in the oven for about 5 min. Slice into six equal portions. Then they are ready to eat. I like mine on toast with mayonnaise, Galapagos, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, and mustard, but how you dress the burgers is your own business. Spaghetti sauce: From spaghetti to lasagna, even manicotti, a good sauce can make the meal. Personally, I prefer mine without meat, but here is the beef. 1 lbs of ground beef, 1 medium onion, one or two red chilies crushed. Brown the beef in a skillet with the onion, diced, and the red chilies. Don�t drain the fat. Add 1 large can of either tomato sauce (I like Red Gold) or pre-made Spaghetti sauce (I like Del Monte). Add about 1&1/2 Tbs. of basil, the same of oregano, a few dashes of garlic powder, some salt, maybe a little black pepper. It�s ready! Meatloaf: One of the greatest loafs. Take about 1&1/2 lbs of ground beef, 1&1/2 Cups of bread crumbs(save for last), one egg, 1/3 c. of milk, one medium onion diced, 2 Tbs. of dried or fresh parsley, 1 tsp. of salt, 1/2 tsp. of ground black pepper, a generous squeeze of ketchup, a blurb of mustard, and a few dashes of worcestershire sauce. Mix everything together by hand including the bread crumbs, I know it�s gross and cold but get with it. It�s not rocket science or brain surgery, it�s meatloaf. Then, pat it into a loaf. This can all be done on a cookie sheet, which you will then use to cook the loaf on. Cook the loaf at 350 degrees for about 50 min. I like to broil it for the last 5-10 minutes to give it that extra crunchy outer shell. Broiling is not hard, but keep your eye on the loaf, it might burn. It�s ready! I smother mine in ketchup. I also usually serve it with mashed potatoes, but that�s a recipe for another day. Every recipe out there can be altered for whatever reason. Sometimes I put tortilla crumbs, or cornbread crumbs in my meatloaf. Or I substitute beer for milk, a can of diced tomatos for ketchup....I don�t think I�ve ever made anything the same way twice. to return to june's table of contents |