Smoked Quinoa Meatloaf w/Butternut Squash & Pear Puree

[BBQ Grail]

This months 4 Ingredient Blogger's Challenge had the follow ingredients:

Ground Meat
Quinoa
Winter Squash
Pear

The idea is to come up with a meal that uses all four ingredients. This was my take:

Meatloaf with ground beef and turkey and quinoa as the binder. Worked great. Won't use turkey again, the color just ain't right.

The butternut squash and pear puree was very tasty...

More pictures, details (along with explanation of what qunoa is) and recipes:

The BBQ Grail Blog

 

[Phubar]

Pear!?

 

[BBQ Grail]

Pear!?

Yes, pear!

It actually worked quite well with the butternut squash...

 

[Phubar]

I thought you didn't like pear.

Looks great BTW Larry!

 

[bigabyte]

Gotta admit, that is a good take on some adventurous combos.:thumb:

 

[BBQ Grail]

I thought you didn't like pear.

Looks great BTW Larry!

I'm not a huge pear fan. I wouldn't just eat a pear. But the squash/pear combo worked for me.

 

[zydecopaws]

I've come to the conclusion that ground turkey doesn't belong in a meatloaf. Not only do you get the strange color, but the greasy stuff that always seems to leak out the top is downright unappetizing.

Nice job on working all the ingredients in.

 

[Big George's BBQ]

That sounds great. Had a pear @ lunch My M-I-L use to put pears in her apple pie- it was wonderful

 

[LT72884]

bbq grail and zydecopaws. great job on your entries. Pear suace is awesome. I had a pear pie the other night that tasted exactly like apple pie. the lady who made it is allergic to apples.

how does one get involved with this 4 ingredient challange thing?

 

[BBQ Grail]

how does one get involved with this 4 ingredient challange thing?

You have to have a successful blog AND be invited.




Sir Larry of Rocklin

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[zydecopaws]

You have to have a successful blog AND be invited.

Makes you wonder how I got included... :heh:

 

[LT72884]

successful! ouch. haha please define
OH, ok i thought it was another blog or forum that was sponsoring it. i get it now. thats cool

 

[BBQ Grail]

successful! ouch. haha please define
OH, ok i thought it was another blog or forum that was sponsoring it. i get it now. thats cool

If you have a blog that 99% dedicated to outdoor cooking you can email me the link and I would be happy to put you on the waiting for if someone drops out.



Sir Larry of Rocklin

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[LT72884]

If you have a blog that 99% dedicated to outdoor cooking you can email me the link and I would be happy to put you on the waiting for if someone drops out.



Sir Larry of Rocklin

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oh ok thats cool. Every forum and site i belong to has a different definition for succesful blog. Thanks for the clearifacation BBQ grail. i dont think mine is 99% yet. maybe 75% of it outdoor cooking. its 90% cooking(general not outdoor) with one page dedicated to photgraphy.

Thanks for the info.

cant wait to see the other entries from you guys

 

[BBQ Grail]

Some of the group are members of this forum but we are not sponsored by anyone.



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[btcg]

Nice presentation, and it looks tasty.

 

[BBQ Grail]

Makes you wonder how I got included... :heh:

You got the sympathy vote...

 

[zydecopaws]

You got the sympathy vote...

Wow, shameless begging pays off after all... :becky:

 

[Ron_L]

I agree with you on the turkey, Larry. I put it in our meatloaf sometime since it is lower fat that the ground beef or pork, but it just doesn't look right.

I would, however, hit that meat loaf! :-D