LAILA ALI: Toi and Greg, this is a beautiful kitchen
you have here. BOTH: Thank you.
And I'm excited to cook in it with you.
TOI EVERHART: We are as well.
Because I know you don't cook that often, right?
BOTH: Yeah. - We don't have time.
Sad to say that.
Well, I know you have your hands full, being parents,
doing volunteer work, and everything you have going on.
So it's understandable.
I hear that a lot, right? - Yes.
But it is nice to try to make time to do some cooking.
So I want to show you a recipe that I know will be easy,
and I know you'll love-- - Yes!
- --it's one of your favorite. - Absolutely.
You like meatloaf, right?
I love it, love my mom's meatloaf.
OK, well, I'm not trying to compete with your momma,
but we are gonna make a good meatloaf.
And today we're gonna make Laila's meatloaf.
TOI EVERHART: All right. GREG EVERHART: Fantastic.
TOI EVERHART: We're ready--
GREG EVERHART: Looking forward to it.
TOI EVERHART: --let's do it.
All right, who's good at cracking eggs?
GREG EVERHART: You got it. - I'm the best.
All right, go ahead and crack those eggs.
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LAILA ALI: Perfect.
That's good, so I'm going to turn on the stove,
and we're gonna sauté the onions and the garlic
in a little olive oil.
Go ahead and put some onions in.
You're going to put the garlic in.
Garlic.
LAILA ALI: Just give that a nice stir.
That's good.
We're gonna let those cook a little bit.
We're gonna go ahead and mix these eggs up.
TOI EVERHART: OK.
And once those are mixed, we're
just gonna add everything to the bowl with the breadcrumbs.
And then you can get the veggie broth in there.
Mm-hmm
And the Worcestershire sauce. GREG EVERHART: Good.
TOI EVERHART: Looking good. - It is looking good.
Mm-hmm, and smelling good, too.
I'm gonna add in this Dijon mustard.
It really brings a lot of flavor.
Smelling good already.
Yeah.
Smells good, right?
So this is my soulful seasoning salt.
TOI EVERHART: OK.
This is my sassy seasoning blend, which is salt-free.
And then we're gonna use a little bit
of my spicy pepper blend. You like spicy?
- I do. - We do.
OK. LAILA ALI: Yes.
TOI EVERHART: Give it a kick.
And give this a nice mix for me.
OK, will do.
Tell me about the charity work that you do.
I do volunteer work with an organization called Dress
for Success Worldwide West.
It's a nonprofit organization that empowers women basically
to achieve economic independence by giving them
professional attire to wear on their first day of a job
interview.
It really helps, empowers women who have been
either homeless or single moms.
That's great.
I've actually donated to that charity before.
Have you?
Yeah, I really love that organization.
I love supporting their missions, so.
LAILA ALI: That's great.
Yeah.
We're gonna simply take this ketchup
and add the spicy pepper blend to it,
just give it a little kick so it won't taste like just ketchup.
Slap it on the top.
Even though that would be good also because ketchup
is good on everything, right? - For sure, for sure.
LAILA ALI: There's so many different ways
you can make meatloaf, and it pretty
much turns out good every time.
Absolutely, I love it.
OK, so why don't you go ahead and add the bread
crumb mixture into the meat?
OK.
OK, now these onions have cooled a little.
I'm gonna add them as well.
I went ahead and mixed this.
It smells good already, doesn't it?
- Yes. - It smells so good.
So good.
So how often do you cook when you get a chance to?
Yeah, no, I know.
It used to be a lot more before our second was born.
But, you know, right now it's probably about one--
- --to twice a week. - One to three times a week.
Normally just on the weekends when we're not working.
LAILA ALI: Right. But you know what?
This is a wonderful recipe that you'll be able to incorporate
into your rotation.
And for more recipes just like this one,
you can go to homemadesimple.com or search
Homemade Simple on Pinterest. - OK.
Yep.
That looks good.
So just pack it down nice and flat.
This look familiar?
Oh, yeah.
LAILA ALI: Does your mom hand-form hers?
She does, yeah.
She like to get in there with their hands.
So the next step is we're gonna
put our ketchup on the top.
So just pour it all on and spread it over the top.
GREG EVERHART: All right. LAILA ALI: That easy.
All right, that looks good.
Now we're going to put this in the oven, which
was already preheated at 375.
Now, I want to cover it so it stays nice and moist.
But I have some holes in it just to keep a little vent
to let the steam out.
All right, now we can clean up a little bit while that cooks.
All right, let's do it.
All right, let's get this meatloaf out the oven.
- All right. - Let's do it.
GREG EVERHART: Ooh, it looks good.
LAILA ALI: Ah, smells so good.
Doesn't that look great? - So good.
It smells--
It smells like my childhood.
Oh, I know that's a good smell.
All right, let's taste.
All right, taste it.
It smells so good.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm, seasoning's great.
It's full of flavor.
Absolutely.
Ah, the memories are coming back.
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TOI EVERHART: Now, thank you.
LAILA ALI: Mm-hmm.
That was really good.
Uh-huh, good.
Whoa.
Oh, what.
GREG EVERHART: Oh my, gosh.
Jenny, I can hardly see you back there.
I know.
I barely made it.
So our friends at Pampers heard about your family,
and they want to gift you with Pampers Pure.
TOI EVERHART: Oh, we're so excited--
GREG EVERHART: That's so kind. Thank you.
Thank you.
Yep, you're so deserving.
I know you need them, right?
GREG EVERHART: Definitely.
Yes, definitely come in need.
All right, well, we have a lot of work to do,
but first let's have a little bit more of this meatloaf.
All right, let's do it.
A lot more.