Yep, that’s meatloaf shaped into a baby, complete with bacon diaper. I originally saw it on This is Why You’re Fat. Of course, this should be reason ‘not’ to make it, but come on, it’s a meat baby!

Mine isn’t as fat as the one on TIWYF. The meat is also half ground beef and half turkey. I was afraid that using all beef would cause it to shrivel up and become deformed (and I like mixing in turkey anyway because it’s healthier, so all the more reason here). That also explains the slightly lighter, more yellow color as it browned.

The diaper is made of bacon, the eyes of sweet pickle ends (I had also made some potato salad, so I just used the ends I cut off), and the mouth is drawn on with ketchup.

As this was finishing up, a friend of mine kept sending me pictures via text of the foods they were eating. They went out to a lovely restaurant and all the pictures were of drool-worthy foods placed perfectly on their beds of lettuce on white plates.

Typical.

And I, being the one that gets jealous and envious of everyone else’s delicious food, popped into competitive mode and said “I can do that!”

I chopped off the arms and legs, and served those for supper. The baby already reminded us of the Gingerbread Man, but as I started cutting the arms/legs off, it became clear that it was just like the Gingerbread Man in Shrek.

I almost felt bad for it, but my food envy got the best of me and I moved forward with my plans to have the same thing someone else had.

So.

I chopped off the head and placed it carefully on my own bed of lettuce and white plate.

Pfft. Mine’s better. ;)