I'm always looking for a new ingredient and Okra was my inspiration for tonight. Although you can hardly call okra something new, for me it was, as I have never cooked with it before. My entire meal today was built around the okra. Here was my thinking, okra in some kind of a red sauce, I started with a chopped onion and garlic, sauteed that in olive oil, added a can of crushed tomato. At that point I knew I needed a starch so I added 3 diced potatoes and a diced yellow squash. I let this cook for about 30 minutes, then added a can of vegetarian baked beans, salt, pepper and paprika to taste and a few dashed of Tabasco sauce. I served this over some chicken meat loaf , recipe right off the Lipton soup mix. ( I cooked the meat loaf on a sheet tray to make it extra thin.) I have to admit, half way through cooking, I really wasn't sure how this will taste, but it really came together and was delicious.
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| chicken loaf baked on a cookie sheet |
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