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Reviewing:

BBQ pork & apple meatloaf with garlic mashed potatoes & roasted green beans

Here's what you get:

Classic BBQ sauce 
Fry seasoning 
Apple 
Yukon Gold potato 
Ground pork 
Ancho chili powder 
Green beans 
Sour cream 
Garlic 

Not pictured:
Panko bread crumbs (not used)
Parsley
Parmesan 

The potatoes:

This was easy, just boil and complete as the recipe directs. I added some chopped curled parsley to mine.

The protein:

5 oz of the ground pork and half of the apple was used. There's a tip on the back of the card about using cheesecloth to get the extra moisture out of the Apple. I used a small sugar duster and pressed with a spoon, pictured below.


Other than this change the meatloaf prep went smoothly. To eliminate gluten product I omitted the Panko crumbs and substituted 1 tbsp parmesan. Total cook time was 25 mins. The entire meal was complete by this time as well. 

The Greenbeans:

These were also an easy prep just wash, oil, salt and pepper and put them on the baking sheet after the meatloaf is at the 10 min mark of cooking.

The sauce:

Just add some ancho to the bbq sauce.  I only used a little over a tablespoon of the sauce. The sauce goes on 3 mins before the meatloaf is done.

The plate!:


Out of all the Hellofresh meals I've tried so far this took the most prep. The majority of that time being focused on the meatloaf. 

If I try this again I won't squeeze as much of the Apple juice out of the grated apple. I think that would add more Apple flavor to the meatloaf which I would have liked more of. Prepping the meatloaf the night before would get this to the dinner table faster.

- Kris
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