Cooking With Stanley Week 47

The best part of preparing meals for Cooking With Stanley is getting my family together for a weekly dinner. I love how they've been as committed to this project for the past year as I have even though their only job is to eat the food I spend sometimes an entire day preparing. It's been an amazing experience and I'm kind of sad to see it in its final weeks. Before we call it a wrap, we still have several great meals to look forward to. One of them being today's menu.

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Potato and Cabbage Soup
Roman Style Meatloaf
Potato Salad

I'm pretty sure the Potato and Cabbage Soup is basically a "poor man's meal." It includes veggies, water and some spices. It's simple to prepare and turns out to be very comforting. This is a great appetizer for a cold winter night which is exactly what we were having when I made this. Hello, negative degrees.  

The Roman Style Meatloaf was much different. Not only did it take a long time to prepare, it took a lot of ingredients and patience. Instead of using lamb, I used ground pork and for some reason, I had a heck of a time getting the meat to cook all the way through. I had to baked it for much longer than the instructed time. It was incredibly delicious though and makes 2 large loaves. So now we have one in the freezer ready for a night when I'm not planning to cook. I call that a win!

The Potato Salad was also fairly simple to prepare. I used two baking potatoes (by accident instead of four) and cut them into about 1-2 inch chunks. I really liked the dressing that this recipe uses but my papa was not a huge fan. We've also discovered through leftovers that this potato salad is much better warmed. Just a tip in case you ever try it yourself.