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Guys, it's 12C out there and dark. Why are you sitting gabbing on your front porch?

Way back in March I bought some ground turkey on sale because I had a recipe for turkey meatloaf. In this brief spell of April weather- highs in the teens- I decided meatloaf would be just great. The recipe calls for five pounds of turkey, so I figured I'd halve it and use a small baking tin. But when I looked at the package it was 454 grams ie one pound. Bummer. But because in yesterday's April weather I'd boiled up a bunch of potatoes, I made turkey hash instead. It requires a lot of onions and seasoning and mustard and soya and Worcestershire to have any flavour at all, and I'd forgotten that turkey is an iffy meat for me at the best of times. But anyway, that's dinner for today and tomorrow settled.

Also, I have three pens in my bedroom. Today all three ran out of ink simultaneously, and I have no more decent pens in the house.

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I can't imagine a 5# recipe! We tend to mix turkey and beef together, the beef gives the flavor we prefer, the turkey makes it healthier. I think we're looking at mashed taters tonight. Someone keeps claiming that rice has no flavor but potatoes are great. :)

One big honking meatloaf, I guess. Good for a week's meals.

A turkey-only meatloaf would be pretty bland, yes. It needs that beef oomph.

I use bhasmati rice which has a very nice flavournof its own. Potatoes are a toss up: some taste good alone, some are always kind of off. Mashed are always great, but that's the butter and salt talking. Also the chives if any.

LOL! I like all rice, basmati is particularly nice. Yes, grease and salt always make things better! I'm making chocolate chip cookies tomorrow to appease his desire to run to the store.

Grease and salt help rice as well, though better on the Italian long grain than jasmine and such. But buttered rice is a favourite of mine even if it gives me indigestion.

I've never made such a large meatloaf! My rule of thumb is one pound meat, two eggs (one is fine too), a dash of milk (1 or 2 ounces), salt, pepper, garlic (powder or fresh) and breadcrumbs to firm it up (If you're trying for healthy, oatmeal works well too). If you like onions dice one up and mix it in. If you like broccoli, par cook it and mix it in too. I love both in mine. I also love to put green beans and carrots around the meatloaf as it cooks for the 1 1/2 hours at 375 degrees. I like to put some ketchup on it before baking but my family prefers barbecue sauce. I usually make it with mashed potatoes. Always remember, it isn't the food that is necessarily bad for us, it is the portion size.

That one pound of turkey would have made a very small loaf, even with oatmeal and extras. I figure I'll use two pounds if I'm ever moved to try this again. And yes to the mashed potatoes.

Do the carrots actually cook through at 90 minutes? I've had them stay raw in a four hour slow cooker.

I have a minimum amount of flaxseeds in my ostmeal. I know fibre is supposed to help with loose bowels as well as the other, but the other is so rarely a problem that I prefer to avoid excess fibre in general. The fallout from fish oil was bad enough: like swallowing a spoonful of olive oil. Fine if you want to drop five pounds overnight, but otherwise to be avoided.

Do you take any medications that would cause more irritation than usual? I had problems when I took some of my medications for arthritis, they irritated my stomach. Have you thought about a gluten free diet for your IBS? Besides the gluten intolerance I also am lactose intolerant and have problems digesting fatty foods which always lead to an above average number of visits to the bathroom. Getting older is fun sometimes. :-P
I cut my carrots into circles. Just the right size and cooks fairly well. I also like them a little firm. If they aren't cooking well enough try frozen. Next best thing to fresh and they always bake well.

My prescription arthritis meds have never bothered me, and they're the only anti-inflams I take. Gluten and dairy I eat in moderation, only because I feel better without. IBS really only kicks in these days if I ingest too much alcohol or caffeine (or stuff I know I can't handle, like corn or chickpeas sob), but the one really bad bout I had- month long- came from a low carb diet, so now it's 'wheat in moderation, but still wheat'.

But yeah, not having access to spaghetti in cream sauce with wine (the specialty of the restaurant near work) is probably very good for me.

Have you tried flaxseed oil supplements for your IBS? The fish oil ones leaves a terrible burp aftertaste but the flaxseed ones do not and seem to work.

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