Recipes

[Mz iMac]

*taking notes*

[DiAnne]

My children always hated meat loaf for dinner but they loved meat loaf sandwiches.  I found if I added quite abit of A1 steak sauce the meat loaf was very tasty cold in a sandwich. 

[Toppers]

Thanks for sharing your yummy recipes for meatloaves, and sloppy joes. 

I guess my variation meal would be pasta sauce. I like adding extra ingredients to it, to give it extra flavor. 

I have made it from homemade where you let it simmer for a long time, to where I have bought the dried packet of spaghetti sauce, and then added extra ingredients to it where I made that into a vegeterian option for a church potluck.

I added black olives and mushrooms to it, along with some extra canned tomatoes.

[rosehill]

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@qualitygal wrote:

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@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!   

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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~ thank you for sharing your meatloaf recipes. I have ALOT of very lean ground beef in the freezer. I cook for my son's family every Wednesday, since I watch their two little daughters. I would like to use some of this frozen gound beef. Do you think I could double your second recipe (the one you love) and make a large one for his family, and a large one for us? I am wondering if it would get done in the center. Also, what fat/meat ratio do you buy? Mine hardly has any fat, and sometimes a little fat makes things taste better, LOL!

[qualitygal]

@rosehill,

I haven't doubled the recipe, so I'm not sure how that would be.

On fat ratio, I do 80/20. You do need some fat in there. Good luck on that!

[Mothertrucker]

@rosehill, why not grind up some bacon for that meatloaf to add some fat?