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Lala's Legacy: Meat Loaf

I have to admit, this recipe isn't any different from other meat loaf recipes I've seen.  If anything, it's less complicated as it's written, so I went ahead and tweaked it.  The reason I chose this recipe for dinner tonight is that the small note paper is paper clipped to another sheet of paper that says, "FAKE GRD MEAT".  In all the other recipes from Lala's box, if notes are paper clipped together, they belong to the same recipe.  Born in 1906, it's likely she rarely (if ever) used Fake Ground Meat in her cooking.  This peaked my interest, and so my family ate meat loaf for dinner.  There's snow at the end of April where we live, so grilling burgers was out of the question anyway. After making this and serving it to my family, I realize a couple things: There's nothing as good as comfort food This is the best meat loaf I've ever made My husband said it reminded him of our early years.  He would come home from work and I...

The Easiest Gluten Free & Vegan Pizza Crust

I don't know how many times in the last couple of years that I have longed for pizza. Not pizza as I once knew it. I'm talking about a cracker crust that is crispy. Something that holds together. So many recipes are elaborate and call for ingredients that I don't already have on hand.  When it comes to cooking, I only use what I already have in the fridge, pantry, and garden. In this recipe, if you use real eggs, good for you. Just be sure to decrease the water. Don't have a GF Flour blend?  Straight up almond flour works just as well. The taste is slightly altered but not in a bad way.  I treat the kitchen like a chemistry workshop. A little bit of this, and a dash of that to produce a masterpiece. As my family can attest, I almost never write the recipe down. Consider yourself lucky that this recipe made it on to paper to eventually become this post. With that said, here ya go... Ingredients: 1/2 C. Gluten Free Flour 1/8 C. Egg Replacer 1/4 C. Wa...