Pepper Jack Stuffed Meatloaf

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Food H &P:
• 1 pound of ground beef or ground turkey
• ½ cup of diced onion
• 1 cup of oatmeal
• 2 eggs
• 1 T of Worcestershire sauce
• Salt and Pepper
• 2 cups of shredded pepper jack cheese
• ¼ cup of ketchup
• ½ tsp of chili powder

Food Rx
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a loaf pan.
Mix the 1st 6 ingredients, adding the amount of salt and pepper that you would prefer. Press half of mixture in the bottom of the pan, cover with the cheese. Then press the remaining meat on top of the cheese. Top with the ketchup. Lastly sprinkle the chili powder on top.
Bake, covered with foil for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake another 25 minutes or until the edges are bubbling and meat is no longer pink.

Let sit 5 minutes before slicing.

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This meatloaf takes comfort food to the next level! You could think of it as “impregnated” with cheese! Speaking of being pregnant, most people are surprised with the volume of patients that come into an Emergency Room requesting a pregnancy test. Although they passed multiple drug stores en route to the hospital a lot of my patients believe there’s something definitive about an official ER test. I explain every shift that my hospital test is no different than the one that could have been picked up at the patient’s convenience; thus saving a couple of hours and a hefty bill! Although there is also the other extreme, when a patient is asked what brings them to the ER I get the response of nausea, fatigue, and dizziness all the while getting no thought of the possibly of pregnancy. I never imagined how many times I would give the sex education talk. Most of my patients feel that if that are not wishing to become pregnant then it is not possible. After many years this trend remains; however, now I give my spill and heat up my leftover meatloaf and conclude that my routine day just got so much better!

Red Velvet Bundt Cake

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In honor of my baby turning one this week I wanted to share with you my new favorite cake. This is the easiest and tastiest cake I’ve ever made!

Food H & P:
1 box red velvet cake mix
1 small dark fudge instant pudding mix
4 eggs
½ cup of oil
½ cup of water
16 ounces of sour cream
12 ounces of chocolate chips

Food Rx:
Mix all ingredients together and place in Bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour or until toothpick is inserted into cake and clean when removed.

Another tasty option is using a devil’s food cake mix instead of red velvet.

It’s already a delicious cake so you can stop here and enjoy or sprinkle the top with a little powdered sugar, add a scoop of ice cream, or cool whip. You could also take it up a notch and add a buttercream frosting!

Optional Buttercream Frosting:
2 cups of powdered sugar
1 stick of room temperature butter, unsalted
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 Tablespoon of milk
Beat together with an electric mixer. If needed add more powdered sugar to thicken or another splash of milk to thin the frosting. I then place the frosting in a zip lock bag and cut the corner off. That allows me to pipe rows of frosting over the cake.

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Speaking of birthdays, our staff looks for any excuse to have a cake and celebrate anything while working in the ER. However, one thing that we do not wish to celebrate is actually birthing babies. There is something about an ER crew delivering a baby that gets the whole staff jittery. Our cut off for seeing pregnant patients in the ER for pregnancy related complaints is 20 weeks gestation. One would probably sense the urgency of a patient being whisked upstairs to Labor and Delivery for being 20 weeks and 1 day gestation. This is mainly due to the fact that an L & D unit is better equipped with supplies, monitoring, and expertise when delivering a baby. There is an occasional baby that makes his or her debut in the ER. It does bring about a lot of excitement; however, it’s still a joy that we would rather the L & D unit experience!

Crockpot Chicken Tacos

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Food H&P:

4-5 chicken breasts (I use frozen)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup of salsa
1 pack of dry ranch
1 pack of taco seasoning
½ cup of sour cream

 

Food Rx:

Mix the cream of chicken soup and salsa together. Place everything in a crockpot except the sour cream. Cook on high for 4 hours. Remove chicken and shred with 2 forks. Return chicken to the sauce in the crockpot and stir in ½ cup of sour cream.

The meat is ready! I usually place a couple of spoonfuls of the chicken taco meat in a soft tortilla and sprinkle with cheddar cheese and sliced green onions. Then roll the tortilla and grill on the stove. I also enjoy the meat in taco salads. This is a great recipe to double and freeze the leftovers.

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With English being the only language I’m fluent in I always get a little nervous when my Spanish speaking patients arrive. The extent of my 9th grade Spanish class that I retained was My name is… and dolor (for pain), past that it is a lot of charades! For a true emergency the treatment is very reliant on the physical exam. We can utilize interrupters and language phone calls; however, this can become time consuming and pertinent information can become lost in translation. Truth be told due to the language barrier additional testing might be utilized to truly rule out an emergency in patients that do not speak English.