February Foodings!

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Well today is the beginning of my month of homemade meals, snacks, and generally all around yumminess. Today was a fairly simple day fooding-wise, I made Mozzarella Meatwhirl on Saturday which meant leftovers for today. Wonderful, delicious leftover. mmmmmm. ^.^

Apparently Mozzarella Meatwhirl is a little known dish. A google search only turns up two pages worth of results. So to fill you in, Mozzarella Meatwhirl is a ketchup-y, cheesy, nom-a-licious version of the classic Meatloaf. (er...no, this one) It is by far my favorite dish and I hope it will become yours as well!

Mozzarella Meatwhirl

1 Slice Per Serving
Makes 6 Servings

1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 tablespoon Heinz Mustard
2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
6 oz. Mozzarella cheese, sliced (can substitute with shredded Mozzarella)
1/4 cup chopped parsley
3/4 cup Heinz Tomato Ketchup
3/4 cup water
1 Tbsp. Heinz Worcestershire Sauce

Heat oven to 375F. Lightly mix first 8 ingredients. On wax paper lightly pat meat into a rectangle (10 x 14). Lay cheese slices on meat; sprinkle with parsley. Starting at short side, roll tightly as for jellyroll, lifting paper with one hand and guiding meat with other hand. Press ends to seal. Carefully transfer to shallow baking dish seam side down. Combine ketchup, water and Worcestershire sauce; pour over meat. Bake 1 hour 10 minutes, basting frequently. Serve sauce separately.

Happy Cooking!

edit: It just occurred to me I forgot to list the prices!
12 cage free eggs ~ $2.79
Lean Ground Beef ~ $4.75
Shredded Mozzarella ~ $4.50
Worcester Sauce ~ $1.50
Parsley ~ $1.79
everything else I already had in my house.

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