where has the time gone

I can't believe that Thanksgiving is this week. I've been busy helping my daughter with the baby. I've been at her house at least one or two days a week depending on everyone's schedule. However, the other night, I was home and felt like meatloaf, but with a twist. In the old Gourmet Magazine they used to have a column called "You Asked for it." In the January 1990 issue someone requested a recipe from a Brooklyn restaurant called Simply Scrumptious. It was a recipe for Turkey Meat Loaves Simply Scrumptious.

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As ground turkey can be bland, this recipe has fresh tomato sauce, chopped green bell pepper, zucchini and fresh basil leaves among other herbs. I used only  a pound of turkey for my husband and I. The vegetable mixture that is in this recipe yields enough for 2-one pound  meat loaves. It's a great way to get more vegetables into your family's diet. The meatloaf is moist and has a wonderful texture from the chopped vegetables.

Accompanying the meat loaf was honeynut squash, which is almost a palm size squash that has a more intense sweetness and squash flavor. I mistakenly used a recipe for roasted delicata squash,  but believe it or not, the  honeynut squash turned out great with this recipe. I peeled the squash, however, it needed to cook a bit longer so that the squash would tender all the way through. I also made a baked potato, but for something different I drizzled some Carter and Cavero garlic infused olive oil on it instead. It was a yummy supper last week.