Cleaned up Comfort Food

So here is the recipe I use for meatloaf. And I say the recipe I use instead of my recipe because it is in no way, shape, or form my recipe. My now sister-in-law brought over a meatloaf last year (possibly the year before) and we were pretty darn impressed! We asked her what her recipe was and she let us in on her secret - it was the first recipe that popped up when she Googled easy meatloaf recipe. So, I cleaned it up as best as I could and made it tonight. Mmmmmm

Meatloaf:
1.5 pounds organic ground beef (or turkey if you like)
1 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
1 cup organic milk
1 organic egg
1 chopped onion

Glaze:
2 T organic brown sugar
2 T organic mustard
1/3 c. organic ketchup

Mix together all the meatloaf ingredients - I use my hands. You can be a baby if you want and use a spoon or something silly. Then put it in a greased meatloaf pan. Mix together the ingredients for the glaze (I do use a fork for this part) and then spread evenly on top of meatloaf. Bake at 350 for an hour. Sooooooo good! 

When I have my act together I usually serve it with mashed cauliflower, but today I was feeling super lazy and bought microwave mashed potatoes - I like Simply Potatoes, I find they are the cleanest of the microwave variety. And my veggie of choice is green beans. Those I just spray with a little oil, minced garlic, and pepper and throw in the oven about 25ish minutes before the meatloaf is done.

Literally...

I cleaned up today...literally! For a few reasons: 

1. My room was pretty atrocious. Not, like dirty, but super messy. I have a really nice pottery barn dresser and for the past few weeks (okay 2 months...3 tops), I've been storing my clean clothes on the floor in front of it...

2. I still had my flannel duvet cover and sheets on my bed. With a high of 80 tomorrow...I definitely do not need to be sleeping in flannel. 

3. I read this Buzzfeed article and thought, man I want to accomplish all the things so I need to make my bed, too. But, due to the aforementioned piles of clean clothes on my floor, there was only a path to get in my bed...not get all the way around it to make it. 

4. When I have clutter around, I'm not as likely to workout. But fear not, I cleaned up and laid out work clothes AND workout clothes for the week! Yayyyy! 

The only problem is that took all day and no lunches were packed for the week...looks like it will be sandwiches for the win!

I also really like nail polish...have I mentioned this?

Pasta Salad with Tuna!

Oh my gosh where have I been?? 

Ireland...that's where! I went to Ireland over spring break with my mom and sister and it was so much fun! I obviously had to kiss the Blarney stone so I could continue the gift of gab to keep up with you good people! You're welcome! I also got to see Michael Flatley in his new show Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games. It was amazing. It made my life! (Just in case you're judging, please know that I was a competitive Irish dancer growing up. If you still feel the need to judge, go ahead. Juuuuuuust as long as you have your all your facts). 

And then after I got back, I was busy planning a surprise 60th birthday party for my cute mom! 

Cake is clean...right?

So, now to this week's recipe! It was inspired by the food I made for my mom's party. I was actually planning to use the leftovers from the party but as it turns out, there weren't any and I had to make more. But that's okay! Here we go:

I used my favorite Weggies organic pasta. Call my crazy, but I think the shapes make it taste better! So I cooked the pasta and then rinsed it with cold water. Then I added tuna, 2 chopped bell peppers, olives, feta cheese, and a few squirts of Caesar dressing (I would say 2-3 TBSP if you made me give a measurement). Just mix it all up and you're ready to go!

I've been eating it at lunch this week at school (obviously...duh Kathryn) and my kiddos keep saying how good it looks!