Dancing, Singing, Styling and Running Tough

This week we honor #23, Tarik Cohen from Bunn, North Carolina. This mighty young man loves to sing and dance during practice. He also has quite a sense of style as illustrated by this picture from his Facebook page. He likely made quite an impression on his hometown of 344 people.

Tarik must have been singing and dancing after the game he had against the Cardinals. Based on his performance two weeks ago, this blogger will be cooking to honor Cohen this week as the Bears face Miami.

Someone once said of Tarik, "He'll take a chicken shit play and turn it into Chicken Salad." That awesome quote almost resulted in a recipe for Chicken Salad this week but then it Snowed Yesterday! NOOOOO!

Sorry, but Chicken Salad won't cut it when the weather goes from 80 degrees to winter. I checked out the menu at Sisters Cafe in Bunn and,yes, they offer Chicken Salad but they also have Meatloaf. I sure hope you like Meatloaf Tarik because my North Carolina Meatloaf recipe is almost as Awesome as you. Let's get cooking Bears fans!

North Carolina Meatloaf - courtesy of Chapel Hill Service League

Ingredients:
2 # lean ground beef
1/2 cup bread crumbs (Note, you can substitute ground mushrooms for half the bread crumbs if desired)
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 can tomato sauce (8 oz) divided
1/2 cup water
2 TB cider vinegar
3 TB dark brown sugar
2 TB mustard
2 TB Worcestershire sauce

Directions:
1.  Combine ground beef, bread crumbs, onion, egg, salt, pepper, 1/2 can tomato sauce and water. Mix well. Form into a loaf and place in shallow 7 x 10 pan.

2.  In saucepan, combine vinegar, brown sugar, mustard, remainder of tomato sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil. Pour sauce over meatloaf.

3.  Back 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Baste occasionally.