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It worked out very well. My best meatloaf ever. I don’t claim to be a chef. I’m just an engineer who makes meals for his kids. #engineerdadcooks #ninjafoodi #dadcooking #dadcooks #comfortfood #dadlife Form meatloaf Bread crumbs (I used shredded stale biscuits) 1 Egg for binding (I used egg whites and a banana) 2 lbs beef Half an onion chopped Salsa (tomato paste or ketchup whatever) Brown sauce Soya sauce Chili sauce WorChester sauce Maple syrup Salt Spices Mix thoroughly Prepare topping mix Brown sauce. Ketchup. Brown sugar Prepare vegetables Slice 4 potatoes in half. Wrap in foil. Chop carrot (or two) into chunks. Wrap in foil with salt, spices and butter). Form meatloaf into a pressure pot friendly pan Add 1 cup of broth to pan Pressure cook Put meatloaf potatoes and carrots into pressure pot. Set for 35 minutes of pressure cooking. Slow release for additional 10 minutes Remove meatloaf, vegetables and broth in pot. Prepare scalloped potatoes Cut potatoes into slices Place at bottom of pot. Spread around. Add back in 1/4 cup of same broth Add 1/4 cup butter Add 1/4 cup creme or milk Mix and spread potatoes level Top with shredded cheese Air fry meatloaf and potatoes Uncover meatloaf, place on tray in pot Cover with topping mix Add back in potatoes and carrots Air fry for 8 minutes @ 320° Remove meatloaf and plate Air fry potatoes only Cook the potatoes for 5 more minutes at 395° Remove potatoes and plate Add paprika to potatoes Serve

Canning Tomato Cucumber Onion Salad (in less than 60 seconds). I don’t claim to be a chef. I’m just an engineer who makes meals for his kids. #engineerdadcooks #dadcooking #dadcooks #comfortfood #dadlife Makes 18 500ml jars 5 lbs tomatoes 4 lbs pickling cucumbers 2 lbs onions 20 cups water 8 Tablespoons granulated sugar 8 Tablespoons sea salt Bring to boil Remove from heat Add 3/4 cup distilled white vinegar Mix Fill jars 10 Tablespoons sunflower oil (top with 1 Tablespoon per jar) Boil jars for 10 minutes

Easy Chicken Chow Mein in less than 60 seconds. It was very good! I don’t claim to be a chef. I’m just an engineer who makes meals for his kids. #engineerdadcooks Marinate Chicken 1.5 tsp White pepper 1 tsp Baking Soda Soya Sauce 1 tbs Soya Sauce Prepare Sauce Hoisin Sauce Sweet Chilli Sauce Sesame Oil Soya Sauce Sugar Mix & add to Taste Prepare Noodles Boil for 1 minute Shock in Cold Water Dry them out Vegetables whatever you have on hand. I used Carrots Peppers Brussel Sprouts Onions Fry Chicken Fry Veggies FryNoodles Add Chicken in Coat noodles with Sauce Add in Vegetables

Kids Simple Greek Pasta & Chicken Nuggets in less than 60 seconds. Quick and simple dinner for the kids. They like chicken nuggets and very simple pastas. The pasta is a basic Greek pasta using butter and Greek yogurt and spices. The chicken I used are the solid breaded chicken pieces from Costco. 20 minutes in the air fryer (including warm up) and done. It worked out well. I don’t claim to be a chef. I’m just an engineer who makes meals for his kids. #engineerdadcooks #ninjafoodi #dadcooking #dadcooks #comfortfood #dadlife

Finnish Beef Cabbage Casserole in less than 60 seconds. “Kaalilaatikko”. #EngineerDadCooks. Tuire had a craving for some Finnish comfort food. Very Basic. Very tasty. #finnishcooking Olive Oil Half a Large Onion Garlic to taste LB of Ground Beef Simmer 20 minutes ——— Olive oil Half cabbage Cover & Reduce 15 minutes ——— 1/2 cup of Rice Basmati is best I cooked 7 minutes in instant pot Mix in Cabbage to Beef Mix in Rice Add maple Syrup to taste Add 1/2 cup Broth (Beef is better) Cook 40 minutes @375 Let cool 10 minutes Serve with ligonberry or sour cream

Yes basic and simple. It is a re-edit of my first ever food video. I did it for the kids. They like the wrap but they like the videos more. More recent food shorts at: #engineerdadcooks

Thomas & Annika received TVs this week for their rooms. Previously enjoyed commercial 47” LGs from an Ottawa Bank. I am super impressed with the picture quality. This video shows the installation of Thomas’ TV mount. A shout out to my buddy Lyle for the TVs. Because it is a commercial tv, it only worked with a massive 800x400 VESA mount. 1. Mount side arms on TV. 2. Figure out how far to screw in wall plate from ceiling. I measured from top of plate to 6 inches above TV. 10 inches in my case. Higher up than normal but I wanted space below it. 3. Found two wall studs (24 inches apart in my case). Marked the hole placement 10 inches from ceiling. 4. Screwed in top place offsetting it slightly to get it level. 5. Screwed in bottom 2 screws, also in studs 6. If I didn’t have access to studs I would have put at least 6 drywall anchors instead. 7. Mounted the tv on the bracket. 8. Cleaned up cables. Notes: 1. This “BigAssMount” was $45 from CanadaComputers. Similar units are on Amazon for $40-50. This was a 800x400 VESA due to the holes. It is unusual. Your tv will vary. Most TVs of this size or smaller can get buy with a smaller $18 mount. 2. The commercial tv has every input possible but only one HDMI, so I added a HDMI switch) $10 from CanadaComputers. One input being the firestick 4K, the other input being my son’s Nintendo Switch. Now he can switch back and forth. 3. The Firestick 4K requires a high power USB plug or else you may experience no volume. 4. The cable cover is $14 (Home Depot) 5. The two way tape is $9 (HomeDepot). #tvinstallation #tvwallmount #tvwallmounting

One Minute Setup and Review of new Amazon Fire TV 65" Omni Series 4K Smart TV. Now available for $629cad/$500us. My 5 year old big Visio bit the dust so I bought a new TV for Family Day. Being a Mac guy I never used Alexa but liked Amazon prime. The TV is actually really good especially for the price and everything it can do. It’s not a Videophile’s TV but close to a Hisense or TCL class 4 or 5. Since I kind of like editing and don’t mind negative comments, this is a crazy one minute version of the setup/review video. Long version on our YouTube page. TV tech is getting better. BUT will the TV last? Thomas, Annika and I had fun setting it up. #amazonfiretv #amazon #amazonprimeusa #bestbuycanada #bestbuy

Amazon Fire TV 65" Omni Series 4K UHD smart TV with Dolby Vision, hands-free with Alexa Purchased from Best Buy for $629 CAD, same price as Amazon online Initial Setup and play around Overall pretty good. Next I’ll need to adjust the picture. Not a “Videophile” TV but great for my everyday use. At regular price a budget Hisense/Visio/LG etc is better. However at a price of $629, it is excellent value considering all the software features. The “Alexa” feature works well in switching between the streams/channels etc. I tend to use the remote microphone. Video Sections: Sign on to any streaming services you may have or some new free ones. Mainly I use Amazon Prime, Netflix, AppleTV and Over the Air TV Do an antenna over the air scan. In Ottawa I generally get 23 stations. CTV1, CTV2, Global, CBC, CHCH, OMNI1, OMNI2, TVO, YES, PBS, CBS, FOX & CITY Doing a test run through Amazon Prime. Adding my AppleTV box to hdmi3 and tested. I will move the AppeTV box to another TV once I test out the streaming version on this TV. Installed and logged in to the streaming version of AppleTV Do not use the ethernet input if you have Wifi.

Engineer Dad Cooks. How I make easy pizzas for my kids using Costco frozen dough. I use to make my own dough. Sometimes good. Sometimes OK. I stumbled upon Costco’s frozen dough. It is excellent and $29.99 for 48. Not worth making my own. One box lasts a long time. I bake the dough for 5 minutes at 400°. Put the topping on and then bake it for another 20 minutes at 500°. Works every time! Although you can use anything you have on hand. I’ve made some weird ones. This pizza has an approximate price of: Dough 62.5¢x2=$1.25 Pepper 1/2= 30¢ Onion =15¢ Tomato sauce=40¢ Bacon =¢62 or coldcut Cheese = $1.00 per 110 grams Total=$3.72 1 pizza pie = $1.86 8 pieces=0.46¢ per piece I don’t claim to be a chef. I’m just an engineer who makes meals for his finicky kids. #engineerdadcooks #dadcooking #dadcooks #comfortfood #dadlife #pizza #pizzalover #pizzalovers #pizzas #costcocanada #costco #costcofindscanada #costcopizza

Engineer Dad Cooks. Easy Spaghetti Sandwich. As a kid, my favorite school lunch sandwich, my mom prepared was a Spaghetti Sandwich. I loved them. It was a rare treat in the forest of Baloney and Peanut Butter. They are best prepared with spaghetti that is at least 1 or 2 days old. It also is best cold. In this case I didn’t have any leftover spaghetti so I made some for supper and used that. Also it tastes better with plain white sandwich bread, I only had healthier light rye. Good enough! I don’t claim to be a chef. I’m just an engineer who makes meals for his kids. #engineerdadcooks #dadcooking #dadcooks #comfortfood #dadlife

This is why I installed an ice fence. The avalanches were truly earth shattering (and dangerous).

Tomatoes quartered. I used 38. Peppers chopped. I used 4. Onions chopped & fried. I used 3 yellow, one red. What I had on hand. Add to taste Soya Sauce - 1/3 cup Hot peppers - a handful 3 scoops of garlic 1 teaspoon of basil 1 teaspoon of celery seed A little salt A little hot pepper spice A little hot sauce A little dab of Maple Syrup I simmered the sauce a good 5 hours to reduce Process pints 40 minutes

Easy Kids Sloppy Joe Shepard’s pie. Normally I do it like my mom did with a basic beef bottom layer but decided to try it with sloppy joe mix. Middle layer for me is always creme corn and nice real mashed potatoes on top. I used sweet potato here because it was all I had. I much prefer normal potatoes. The sloppy joes made it more kid friendly. * chopped onion (1 ) * Chopped cabbage (1/8) * 1 lb lean ground beef * 1 can sloppy Joe sandwich sauce * Salt * 5 potatoes - quartered (medium) boiled until easy to pierce with fork * 1/2 cup milk or creme or evaporated milk * Large chunk of butter * 1 large can cream corn Bake at 375 for 30 minutes. You can then add more cheese and grill for a couple of minutes if wanted I don't claim to be a chef. Please don't dislike. I'm just an engineer who cooks for the family. #dadcooking #dadcooks #comfortfood #dadlife

Ingredients in order Onion -2 Cabbage -1/8 Ground Beef - 2lbs Tomatoes - Small cut with garlic - any type really Garlic - 1 TBS Worchester Sauce - a couple dabs Italian Spices - your choice basil, parsley etc... Yellow Peppers -1 Green Onion -2 Carrot -1 Yellow Sugar - 1 TBS A dab of Maple Syrup for the kids Oven Ready Lasagna - 1 box Spread a little sauce on bottom of pan - Lasagna - Sauce - Cheese 1 - Lasagna - Sauce - Cheese 2 - Lasagna - Sauce - Cheese 3 Bake at 375 for 30 minutes You can then add more cheese and grill for a couple of minutes if wanted I don't claim to be a chef. Please don't dislike. I'm just an engineer who can make a simple tasty lasagna.