Turkey-Cranberry Meatloaf

submitted by Becky Matson in 2011

Ingredients: 
2# of ground turkey
onion, diced
2 eggs, whipped with fork
1 c. bread crumbs
cranberry sauce, with berries (not the jellied kind), separated
garlic- to taste
sage- to taste
salt and pepper- to taste

I tweaked this recipe for meatloaf based on a turkey burger recipe. I didn't measure most of the ingredients, but just seasoned to taste.


Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients, reserving some of the cranberry sauce for topping.
2. Bake for 30 minutes in a 400 degree oven in a greased pan.
3. Top with remaining cranberry sauce. Bake additional 15 - 20 minutes.


Serving suggestion: Let meatloaf stand while baking sweet potato fries.

Tastes like Thanksgiving!

Super Easy 4th of July Trifle

Super Easy 4th of July Trifle
Submitted by Andrea N. in 2011

Ingredients:

One red velvet cake (made from cake mix according to box's instructions)

3 packages of Jello instant cookies and cream pudding (made according to box's instructions)

One container of strawberries, sliced

One large tub of whipped topping (ex. Cool Whip)

One small container of blueberries


Directions:
Once cooled, crumble up the red velvet cake. Layer the crumbled up cake with the pudding, cool whip, and strawberries to make red and white stripes. Top with blueberries. My layers went like this (from bottom to top): cake, pudding, cool whip, strawberries, cake, pudding, cool whip, blueberries.

Obviously you can use whatever kind of pudding you want. I chose cookies and cream because I thought it would like whiter than vanilla (which looked a little yellow). It also added a little extra chocolatey-ness that was nice with the red velvet cake. I only had room for one layer of strawberries but depending on the dish you use, you may get more.

The recipe makes A LOT - perfect for a 4th of July party!