Convert “Healthy” to “Good Tasting”

My sister in law works as a nurse for the elderly.  She cooks meals for my mother in law every week.  If you taste one of these meals, unless you’re 80, you’ll find them quite bland.  But don’t be fooled, she is a good cook.  Her recipes just need some slight modifications in my humble opinion.  That’s the case for a lot of health conscious people.  I’ll bet every one of us has at least one recipe book called “Healthy Eating” or “Cooking for Health” or something of the sort.  One I have on my shelf is called “Joan Lunden’s Healthy Cooking”.  Like my SIL, Joan’s recipes just need some slight modification to make them tasty…probably not as healthy as Joan’s but tasty.  You can see a meatloaf recipe below complete with my modifications.  The premise is basic.  Ground turkey (I hate that crap!) is substituted with a mix of ground beef, pork, and lamb.  Skim milk (I hate that crap!) is substituted with heavy cream.  Egg whites (WTH?) are substituted with a whole egg (go figure).  What results is one of the best recipes for meatloaf recipes ever.  Don’t thank me, thank Joan Lunden.  Remember, unless you’re baking, there’s no reason to leave ingredients you hate in a recipe...or ingredients you love out of one.