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Making meatloaf again...

qualitygal — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:16:16 GMT

I find that a dinner (meatloaf), is one that I have the most variations of. Does anyone else have a dinner that has a lot of variations too? Sloppy Joes could be another.

How about you?

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Bellabutterfly — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:07:08 GMT

For me it is Pasta. You can make it a million different ways. Plus, all the different shapes. It is endless.

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Mothertrucker — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:14:03 GMT

i am interested to hear about your many variations of sloppy joes!

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beckyb1012 — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:27:50 GMT

I know it is early yet, but in Texas when you wake up on a Sat. morning in the 50's and you need to take a couple of dishes to your sons for a family dinner you get a bit carried away with the cool weather.

Anyway I put first layer chili with beans, then topped with tater tots and sliced up frozen breaded onion rings into bit size pieces, then a layer of montery jack cheese, then poured one can of Manwich on that. For my last layer I took a Betty Crocker Cheesy Hash brown side dish and put on top and baked per hash brown instructions.

We were falling out of our chairs trying to get more before anyone else could. My son had made pot roast and all the fixings but the chili disappeared first!!

The onion ring bites mixed in with tater tots and the hash browns were so good.

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beach-mom — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:15:18 GMT

@qualitygal wrote:
I find that a dinner (meatloaf), is one that I have the most variations of. Does anyone else have a dinner that has a lot of variations too? Sloppy Joes could be another.

How about you?

Chicken. We eat it a lot, and I'm always trying to find different ways to cook it!

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ChynnaBlue — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:39:19 GMT

Chicken. Chicken + whatever usually winds up bring pretty good.

Last week I had almost nothing in the house for dinner except a package of chicken thighs, some condiments, and an untouched 6-pack of Pumpkin Cider. I knew you could make chicken with beer, so I Googled for recipes and found one that called for chicken, beer, stone ground mustard, soy sauce, and honey. I swapped out the soy sauce for some ginger and the beer for the pumpkin cider and marinaded my chicken for two hours, then simmered the chicken in the remaining liquid and served it over brown rice. It was good enough that I'd make it again.

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AuntG — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:38:42 GMT

Tator Tot Casseroles have many variations. I just downloaded a free cookbook on my Kindle that has 40 Tator Tot recipes. Probably won't be making any of them. They all seem to call for a pound and a half of ground beef and two cans of condened soup.

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TuesdayTaylor — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:41:42 GMT

QualityGal, I just love meatloaf! I even order it in restaurants, I love it so much. I still haven't found my perfect recipe, though. If you have any good, really flavorful yet EASY recipes for a bad cook like me, please pass them along!

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TuesdayTaylor — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:42:45 GMT

becky! That sounds so delish! Do you do mail orders?

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Mothertrucker — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 02:14:51 GMT

I, too, made a meat loaf over the weekend- tonite I am having a meatloaf pattymelt..slice the meatloaf, rye bread, sharp cheddar, caramelized onions, grill the sndwich in garlic butter..yum...

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qualitygal — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 09:15:07 GMT

@TuesdayTaylor wrote:
QualityGal, I just love meatloaf! I even order it in restaurants, I love it so much. I still haven't found my perfect recipe, though. If you have any good, really flavorful yet EASY recipes for a bad cook like me, please pass them along!

This is #1 we had last night.

3/4 C. bread crumbs

3/4 C. milk

1.5 lbs. ground beef

1 onion, chopped

salt to taste

pepper to taste

1/2 C. catsup

2 T. mustard

2 T. brown sugar, packed

Combine bread crumbs and mix in a large bowl. Add ground beef, onion, salt, pepper, and sauce; mix well. Shape into a loaf and place in an ungreased 9" x 5" loaf pan. Stir catsup, mustard and brown sugar together; spoon over meatloaf. Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees for one hour. Makes 8 servings.

#2 Love this meatloaf the best (to me).

1.5 Lbs. ground beef

1 egg

1/2 C. seasoned dry bread crumbs

1/4 C. finely chopped onion

1/4 C. milk

1/4 C. Heinz 57 sauce

3/4 tsp. salt

1/8 tsp pepper

Thoroughly combine ground beef, slightly beaten egg, bread crumbs, onion, milk, sauce, salt & pepper. Shape into laft pan (8 x 4 x 1 1/2) in shallow baking pan. Bake

for one hour. If you like top with 1/3 C. catsup, 2 T. brown sugar and 1 T prep. mustard. (The combo of the same above is great too, just different measurements.)

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qualitygal — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 09:26:58 GMT

@Mothertrucker wrote:
i am interested to hear about your many variations of sloppy joes!

The first one I had when I was a teenager and we camped, so here it is:

Sloppy Joes

Just take about a pound of ground beef or 1 & 1/2 lbs. and some diced onion, and can of undiluted chicken gumbo soup. Mix it all together after you brown onion in the hamburg. It really was good!!

This one, is like same ingredients for meatloaf, only do it stove top.

1 lb. ground beef

1/4. C. chopped onion

1/4 C. chopped green bell pepper

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. prepared mustard

3/4 C. ketchup

1 T. brown sugar

salt and pepper to taste

Brown the ground beef, onion and green pepper. Drain off the liquids. Stir in garlic powder, mustard, ketchup and brown sugar; mix thoroughly. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, season with salt and pepper to taste.

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qualitygal — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 09:33:54 GMT

@beach-mom wrote:
@qualitygal wrote:
I find that a dinner (meatloaf), is one that I have the most variations of. Does anyone else have a dinner that has a lot of variations too? Sloppy Joes could be another.

How about you?

Chicken. We eat it a lot, and I'm always trying to find different ways to cook it!

This is a chicken salad one:

5 C. chicken, cooked and cubed

2 T. salad oil

2 T. orange juice

2 T. vinegar

1 T. salt

1, 11 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained

1, 13 oz. can pineapple tidbits, drained

1 C. toasted slivered almonds

1 1/2 c. small green grapes

1 1/2 c. mayonnaise

1 1/2 c. celery, sliced

3 c. cooked rice

Combine chicken, salad oil, orange juice, vinegar, and salt. Let stand while preparing remaining salad ingredients or overnight. Gently toss all ingredients.

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qualitygal — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 09:44:00 GMT

@AuntG wrote:
Tator Tot Casseroles have many variations. I just downloaded a free cookbook on my Kindle that has 40 Tator Tot recipes. Probably won't be making any of them. They all seem to call for a pound and a half of ground beef and two cans of condened soup.

I have one (or two) of these too and I love those. Simple and good. Sounds like you have that covered.

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Pook — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:25:36 GMT

I make an Italian Sloppy Joe using spaghetti sauce. My Italian grandmother used to do this and made homemade hard rolls. I also make a version with gravy that I used to bring to work when we would have covered dishes that everyone loved.

I don't like traditional meatloaf but make one using sauce. I add sauce to the meat/egg mix and add seasoned breadcrumbs and mozarella shredded cheese and poor more sauce over to cook. Pizza meatloaf is good also. Just add pizza sauce to the meat/egg/seasoned bread crumb mix, ground pepperoni and put a hunk of mozarella cheese in the center. Bake with pizza sauce and grated parm and shredded mozzarella on top.

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qualitygal — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:50:40 GMT

Here's a S. J. recipe I just came across, for 8.

3 lbs. browned and drained, ground beef

1 finely chopped onion

1 green pepper, chopped

28 oz can tomato saucce

3/4 C. catsup

3T. Worchestershire Sauce

1 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp garlic powder

8 buns, split

Combine all but buns in a slow cooker. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours. Can do on high for 3-4 hours.

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Mothertrucker — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:12:53 GMT

Oh, those sound good QG! I used to do "Taco Joe's" for my son when he was little..kind of like the old Taco Bell "Bell-Beefer", basically taco sesoning intead of the usual seasonings in the ground beef...top woth shredded lettuce, tomtaoes, cheese nd blck olives on a bun...

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Tee4u — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:04:17 GMT

Bay Area California Meatloaf: This is our family meatloaf recipe from the 60's. Secret ingredient is dry oatmeal!

Mix in large bowl:

1 1b of ground hamburger meat

one packet dry onion soup

2 Tablespoons Dash or any seasoning you like

1 egg

1 cup dry oatmeal

Pepper to taste

couple spoons of ketchup or any tomato sauce to moisten

I just use my hands to mix, and add more oatmeal or ketchup if needed

Mound like a bread loaf in a rectangular baker or bread pan. I always make it higher in the center and don't press into edges of pan. I like to put a ketchup "stripe" along the top. You can decorate with sliced olives. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a knife comes out clean when inserted in the center.

Let cool 10-15 minutes, then slice prior to serving

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TuesdayTaylor — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 19:04:46 GMT

Thanks so much, QualityGal!! You're so helpful with sharing your recipes, thank you for all of them!

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TuesdayTaylor — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 19:05:45 GMT

Tee4u, sounds delish!!