Turkey Meatloaf, Apple Carrot Salad, and Life Made Liveable

Hello! : )

Time to post again! Sorry I haven't been around as much, which means I haven't been able to comment on all your lovely blogs near as much! But, I just don't have the time right now. I'm doing my best though and I still loving reading them ; )

Since I haven't posted much food lately, I thought it was about time! Dinner last night was Turkey Meatloaf, Apple-Carrot Salad, and brown rice. I don't like making meatloaf much because it takes so long to cook, but last night I did and it was very tasty! Here's is my thrown together, delicious recipe for Salsa Turkey Meatloaf:
Ingredients:
-1 lb. lean ground turkey meat
-half of large onion, chopped
-1/2 cup mushrooms, chopped
-2 eggs
-1 original light Laughing Cow cheese wedge
-1 T regular hummus
-1/4 cup ketchup
-Mrs. Dash Garlic & Herb seasoning
-pepper

Directions:
-Preheat oven at 375 degrees. Mix all ingredients in a bowl and place into a loaf pan. Spread a little additional ketchup on top of mixture and bake for about an hour (or more) until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. To go along with the meatloaf, I experiments with two things I had a lot of ... carrots and apples and came up with this Apple & Carrot SaladIngredients:
-A bag of shredded, or thinly sliced carrots (all I had was baby carrots so I just chopped a whole bunch of those up but using a pre-chopped/shredded bag would be much faster as well as would chopping large carrots)
-2 apples, finely chopped
-1 cup spinach leaves, chopped
-1/4 cup pine nuts/almond mixture
-1/4 cup Apple Cider vinegar
-4 T Balsamic Vinegar
-2 T lemon juice
-3 T Agave nectar
-Cinnamon
-All Spice
Directions:
-On medium high heat, combine chopped carrots and apples with apple cider vinegar and balsamic vinegar. Let heat up for 5 minutes. Add lemon juice, spinach, agave nectar, cinnamon and all spice and stir until apples and carrots and slightly tender. Add nut mixture, stir, and move all ingredients into large serving bowl. Place in refrigerator, let cool, and serve cold.

After dinner, Erik and I did some TaeBo together. Ha, this was our first time doing TaeBo (we ordered 6 VHS tapes for like 8 dollars off of EBay) ... and man, it's a workout! I think we'll enjoy doing this together on some of the nights we don't lift. And before I finish this post there's a few blogs I'd like to share with you. First off, one of my lovely friends I went to high school (and grade school, in fact) with, Andrea, just recently started a blog that I'm very excited about!! : ) So, go give her a visit and say hi at The BOULDer Bite!

Secondly, if you have some time to read something thought provoking and very good, and in light of this Holy Week before Easter, check out one of my absolute favorite blogs to read and it's most recent post entitled Life Made Liveable, written by the pastor of my church, Brian Zahnd. And my ending quote will be an excerpt from it, in describing what salvation looks like:

"We should reconcile people to God, we should reconcile people to one another, we should heal the sick, we should elevate the poor, we should set the captive free, we should bring justice to the oppressed, we should do good work, we should play enthusiastically, we should beautify the world, we should work for peace, we should work for prosperity, we should get married, we should raise children, we should compose music, we should write novels, we should paint masterpieces, we should create art, we should educate ourselves and others, we should study God’s creation, we should study the stars, we should study the sand, we should live beautiful lives, we should celebrate human existence, we should climb mountains, we should swim in the ocean, we should love, we should laugh, we should live, we should confer dignity upon one another, we should worship and work and wonder, and we should do all these things to the glory of God."
-brian zahnd-

I truly hope you're all having a terrific week!!! : )