- Hi, I'm Auri.
(packets thumping)
(person screaming owe!)
Sauce packets and old bread butts make poor projectiles,
but they can make a rich dinner.
I'm gonna turn this and this
into a veggie meatloaf with a saucy glaze.
I'm gonna slice up some mushrooms,
(knife tapping)
(pan slamming)
I'm gonna put in some avocado oil here,
and I'm gonna saute up these mushrooms.
Yes, scream you little guys, scream.
I'm gonna put some pepper and some salt.
Now, some Worcestershire sauce and some Coco aminos.
We're gonna cook these until they're caramelized.
Now we're gonna peel these sweet potatoes.
Now I'm gonna save these peels.
Tune in next week to see how I make dog treats with them.
(knife slamming)
I'm gonna put some more avocado oil in,
and then I'm gonna place my sweet potato medallions.
(Auri humming)
I'm gonna cover these and let 'em brown.
I'm gonna add a little water,
and cook 'em for another couple minutes
until they're tender, but not mushy.
(timer dinging)
I toasted these nuts at 350 for 15 minutes
to bring out their flavor.
We're gonna add our toasted nuts,
a cup of walnuts and a cup of pecans.
I'm gonna pulse up these nuts.
Now I'm gonna add the wet stuff ... and some thyme.
Luckily I have some growing in the garden.
(Auri sniffing)
(processor clicking)
Now I'm gonna pulse everything again,
but I don't wanna overdo it 'cause I don't wanna puree.
(processor whirring)
Now I'm gonna add two cups of green lentils
that I cooked up in some salt and pepper.
(processor clicking)
(processor whirring)
Voila.
Plop 4 tablespoons of tomato paste,
and 1 tablespoon of Coco aminos
and one more tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce.
Now we're gonna mix it up.
The modern American meatloaf has its roots
in a dish called scrapple,
which was made by Pennsylvania Dutch settlers.
And they used the leftover bits from pork slaughters
to make meatloaf.
So since its inception, meatloaf has been a way
to make undesirable scraps tasty.
Next we need breadcrumbs.
(bread crunching)
Oh, too hard, let's crumb it!
(processor whirring)
Crumbly.
Here's my 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs.
All this mush is supposed to fit
into this standard loaf pan.
(mysterious music)
Now I'm gonna
(pan tapping)
to let it settle at the bottom.
I'm gonna lay some parchment paper over it.
I'm even gonna take this Mason jar
and do a little rolling,
a smoosh and roll, smoosh roll, smoosh roll, smoosh roll.
Okay, I think it's packed in there.
I'm gonna bake my loaf uncovered for 45 minutes at 350.
The same gnomes that are stealing my socks
are putting these in my drawers.
Now that the loaves in the oven, were gonna make the glaze
and combine 12 ketchup packets with three hot sauce packets.
It's hard to recycle things like this
because it's contaminated with the ketchup sauce
inside of it.
And for recycling to work, you need it to be dry.
That's our sauce packets.
Now we're gonna make it a little more upscale
and add 1 tablespoon of Coco aminos
and 3 tablespoons of honey.
1, 2, 3.
Next, mix.
Hm.
Now that our loaf has been baking for 20 minutes,
I'm gonna add the glaze and then put it back in the oven.
(timer ringing)
It's done and it cooled for 10 minutes.
And now I'm going to unwrap it.
♪ Love at first sight ♪
And this is my compost, and this is my trash.
This would make some great dog poop, pooper picker upper.
(dog barking)
And this is my recycling.
- Let's try it.
- Okay.
- This looks beautiful.
(utensils scraping)
(man screaming)
- I always thought meatloaf was pretty gross,
but this is good.
- Another iteration of the all time American classic.
- You can't see your eyes.
We can't see your eyes at all in this, that's okay.
(symphony music)