Country Dilled Meatloaf and Gingered Yams - I Feel Like Cooking

Ingredients

• 2 lbs 85% lean ground beef
• 1 medium shallot, chopped finely
• 1 C sliced white onion to place atop meatloaf as it cooks
• ½ yellow pepper chopped
• 1/2 orange pepper chopped
• 1 t fresh dill chopped
• 1 egg
• 2 slices of wheat bread
• ¼ to 1/3 C 2% milk
• Dash of paprika
• Dash of cayenne pepper
• 1 t Salt and ¼ t black pepper
• 3 very large yams, about 4 C, cut into 1 inch chunks
• 1 T minced fresh ginger
• 2 T butter
• ¼ C cream
• Salt and pepper to taste