Meatloaf Recipe - Beaumont,CA

hahaha, are you my long lost sister? I still have NOT eaten meatloaf since I was a kid...I was traumatized by mom who would force me to eat it (I would pour mayo, mustard relish, just about anything on it to make myself believe it was a juicy burger). And whatever I couldn't eat because I was full was served for breakfast...pure torture.

I just take my husband out to a restaurant (he loves Claim Jumpers meatloaf) and let him have at it, I tell him to order liver and onions while he is at it (something else that I refuse to eat).

There was a HUGE response to nearly the same request just a few weeks ago (i think, something like 70 replies), so I'd scroll back through and have a look.

My suggestion though, is this:

Have your husband make it his'darn'self while you go out for girls night!!! :)

I love a few things my husband can't stand...so I make them when he's out/gone. Same thing in reverse. That way everybody gets favorites and no one gets nauseous.

We love meatloaf at our house. Here is my recipe:

1 lb ground beef
1 lb bulk sausage (I use Jimmy Dean Sage Recipe)
2 eggs
1/2 cup plain breadcrumbs
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 onion diced fine
1 bellpepper diced fine
2 teaspoons Worstershire Sauce
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons black pepper
2 teaspoons garlic powder

Add all ingredients to a large bowl and mix thoroughly. Line a casserole dish or jelly roll pan (anything with raised sides) with aluminum foil. Form into a loaf shape and place into the dish/pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 75-90 minutes. Enjoy! Note: My ingredient amounts are approximate. I never measure, I just eyeball it. No need to get too serious about it. Good luck!

Here's the best way to make meatloaf! No ketchup, ever.
2 lbs of lean hamburg
1 egg (has to be there, holds everything together)
1/2 to 3/4 cup of italian bread crumbs(the leaner the meat, the less bread crumbs you'll need)
1/4 cup parmesean cheese
1 Tbsp. Garlic Garlic mix from Tastefully Simple
1/2 can of Campbells Golden Mushroom Soup (do not dilute)
Mix all together, form into loaf and put in loaf pan
Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour.
At 30 minutes, pull from oven and top with the rest of the Golden Mushroom Soup. Continue to bake for remaining 30 minutes.

You won't be able to resist it! If you substitute garlic powder for the Garlic Garlic mix from Tasetfully Simple, take it down to no more than 1/2 Tbsp. But, it's worth buying the mix from Tastefully Simple even if you only ever use it for meatloaf. (I don't sell T.S., so this is not push for their product, it's just a great product I love to use in my meatloaf.)

If you try this recipe, I'd love to hear what you think!
Best, G.

Dear J.:

The bread/oatmeal/panko is always added so that the meatloaf doesn't come out as a meatbrick.

The egg is always added so that the loaf stays in one piece. Otherwise, the juices convert it to meatsauce.

The ketchup was just something your mom must have liked and, you're right, it sounds more like hamburgers than meatloaf.

You can probably come up with a better way to make it if you think about something similar which you probably like: meatballs.

I use super lean ground turkey or beef; vegetables such as fresh spinach, onions, finely chopped garlic, and carrots (finely chopped in the processor); spices such as pepper, salt, and oregano; and tomato paste and olive oil.

Yes, I add egg and oatmeal (rolled oats, not steel cut) because super lean meat is tough and needs to be softened with the oatmeal. The alternative is meat full of fat and you don't want that.

You can work out the recipe to your husband's taste but basically, it's good for both meatloaf AND meatballs. I can't give you exact proportions because I always cook different amounts and eyeball the whole thing. Close enough is close enough!

You can make both in the crockpot but the meatballs need to be seared first and served right away when they're done or else you get what we talked about before: a terrific meatsauce! It's probably more consistent to prepare in the oven so start there.

I wish you the best!

M.

I prefer turkey meatloaf. Try this recipe.. healthy, tasty and oh so easy
1 lb (or more if you want a big one) ground turkey
1/2 cup chopped red onion
1 cup oats old fashioned
1 cup fresh salsa (spiced as you like it)
pepper to taste
1 egg

I use either tomato sauce or marinara sauce on top of mine, but NEVER ketchup... too high in sugar

J. I wasn't a fan either until I found this recipe. Try it you'll like it.

1 2/3 to 1 3/4 Lbs of ground turkey
1 medium onion cut into chunks
2 ribs celery from the heart cut into 2 inch pieces
1 red bell pepper cut into chunks
1 lg egg plus a splash of milk, beaten
1 cup bread crumbs
2 Tbs Montreal steak seaoning
1 cup smoky BBQ sauce
1 Tbs worcestershire sauce (wowo sauce)
Bacon

Preheat oven 350 degrees F

Put onion, celery,and bell pepper in the food processor and pulse until veggies are finely chopped. Mix veggies, turkey, egg, bread crumbs, grill seaoning, wowo sauce, and BBQ sauce until just combined. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray. Mold into a loaf. Place bacon on top and around the load. Bake for 1hour @ 350 degrees or until internal temp is 165 degrees

Here is the recipe I use: (http://www.recipesecrets.com/recipeDisplayMRS.aspx?recipe...)

1 envelope Lipton® Recipe Secrets® Onion Soup Mix
2 lbs. ground beef
3/4 cup plain dry bread crumbs*
2 eggs
3/4 cup water
2/3 cup chopped green and/or red bell pepper
1/3 cup ketchup
** I also usually sprinkle a little Parmesan on top in the last 20 minutes of cooking...

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Combine all ingredients in large bowl.
2. Shape into loaf in 13 x 9-inch baking or roasting pan.
3. Bake uncovered 1 hour or until done. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

*Substitution: Use 1-1/2 cups fresh bread crumbs or 5 slices fresh bread, cubed.

SLOW COOKER METHOD: Arrange meat loaf in slow cooker. Cook covered on LOW 6 to 8 hours or HIGH 4 hours. (HELPFUL HINT...Place meat loaf on a piece of cheesecloth, then on a rack to help hold meat loaf together while lifting in and out of slow cooker.)

Also terrific with Lipton® Recipe Secrets® Beefy Onion Soup Mix, Lipton® Recipe Secrets® Onion Mushroom Soup Mix, Lipton® Recipe Secrets® Savory Herb with Garlic Soup Mix.

hi J.,

all these recipes sound delicious. i always cook fresh smash potatoes and gravey to side with it, since to me, i feel like im eating a fat hamburger with no bun, lol.

one day i was making meat loaf and i accidentally spilled cinnamon powder thinking i was holding onion powder. i tried scooping as much out, but the taste of cinni was in there. husband kept saying taste cinnamony. wasnt until after the whole family finished, is when i mentioned it, lol. there was no meat loaf left to my surprise. i couldnt eat it, yuck. good luck, im sure your husband will appreciate the effort.

Hi J.:
Our family loves meat-loaf. Especially the day after, when they can make cold meat loaf sandwiches. I make mine with a half an onion.chopped. I chop half of a green pepper,to mix in and cut strips with the other half to garnish the top of the meat loaf.2 or 3 pounds of ground beef. 2 raw eggs. I use a (third) or (half) of a (large can) of Campbell tomato soup to mix in the meat.Then thin out the remaining soup to pour on top of the loaf before baking.I blend a cup or two of raw Quakers oatmeal into the meat,you don't want to much,but don't want your meatloaf to mushy,so you can mold the loaf,and it will cook evenly. I mold it into a loaf,put the strips I cut of green bell pepper over the top,add a little water to the remainder of the tomato soup,and pour it over the meatloaf. I cook it at 350 for about 55 minutes,uncovered. You'll be able to tell when its done.Let it cool for about 15 to 20 minutes. It will be easier to slice.I normally put some foil over it,so I don't have to reheat before i serve. You may change your mind about meat loaf,minus the ketchup. lol. J. M

Here is a link to "cheeseburger meatloaf" by Paula Deen. I made it for my husband and he loved it. It's not a traditional style meatloaf and I even liked it despite the fact that I don't even like cheeseburgers! The sauce that goes with it was really yummy to. Give it a try!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/cheeseburge...

I can totally sympathize with you on the smell of cooked meatloaf front. It seems that yours has more to do with the fact that you were forced to eat something that you didn't like (I'm sure that you won't do that to your kids), whereas mine, well, I just think I'm a natural born vegetarian.

Anyway, having married a real meat and potatoes kind of guy and having a son who has allergies to wheat, dairy and soy has forced me to reinvent some of our family recipes and meatloaf has been one of them. I really don't have a recipe to share with you for meatloaf because I'm always experimenting with it but I did want to tell you that meatloaf is one of those wonderful entrees that does not necessarily have to be made the same way each and everytime. Basically, what you need is a binder (that would be your egg or egg substitute), some kind of filler to give it a good texture, some kind of flavoring and a wet ingredient. Here are some things that I have thrown into our meatloaf at random intervals that you can pick and choose from:

Fillers:
Ground corn or tortilla chips
Ground potato chips
Ground crackers or pretzels
Rice
Breadcrumbs (Wheat-free)

Flavoring:
Dried Soup Mix
Dried (Vegan) Straganoff Mix
Taco Seasoning
Whatever herb or spice that is in our cabinet

Wet Ingredient:
Spaghetting Sauce
Salsa
Beef Broth
Tomato Sauce

I think you have the idea. Experiment a little and I'm sure that you can find a variation that suits your palate. If mixing the ingredients together is a bit too icky for you (as it is for me), then maybe this should be your husband's pet project. He can become the meatloaf king and you can just know that for this one meal, you will probably eat your own special meal and light a lot of candles around the house for lighting and smell control.

Hope this helps. Bon apetit!

I'm not a fan of it either. I don't have a recipe, but the hormel ready made at the grocery was good. It wasn't too tomatoey. So if anything I would look for a recipe that uses less ketchup.

J.,

Sounds like your mom and my dad had the same recipe! I didn't like meatloaf either until I found this great recipe(and it is healthy!). I hope you enjoy it!

3/4 cup quaker oats
4 egg whites
1c salsa
1 Onion chopped
1 1/4 pd lean ground turkey
1pkg Knorr dry vegetable soup mix

Mix turkey, oats, egg whites, salsa, onion, and soup mix together. Mold into or onto pan. I like to use a sheet pan and just form it into a loaf, the grease is drawn away from the loaf instead of on top. If you want you can use ketchup on top or you can cover with gravy. Either way I think you will find that this is not your mom's meatloaf and the testure is a lot better b/c of the turkey burger. Make sure you don't let your husband see what goes into it until he tries it....some men don't like the idea of turkey burger. I had to trick my hubby to start eating it. Hope this works for ya!

S.

Hi. Here is a simple recipe that my family loves. It does not take many ingredients. You probably won't make it around to all of the recipes that you received, but I will tell you that this is simple and yummy.

1 1/2 Lb. Ground Beef (does not have to be exact)
1 egg
3/4 cup oatmeal
1/2 Tsp. salt
Pepper to taste
1 small can tomatoe sauce

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. (save 1/4 of the tomatoe sauce for later). Pour into a loaf pan and flatten out. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. During the last ten minutes of baking spread the rest of the tomatoe sauce over the the top. Let cool 10 minutes.

My family does like to put ketchup on our meatloaf before eating it...but each to their own.

Good luck.

There is a wonderful recipe on the back of Lipton's Beefy Onion Soup Mix. I use saltine crackers and add a little season salt to this recipe.

Here is the recipe my parents gave me and both my kids love it when I make it

1LB lean ground meat-we use 4%
1/2 pack ground pork or I use a quarter of a pack
1 egg
sprinkle some bread crumbs-maybe a 1/2 cup-I never measure-just go by texture
I dice up onions and bell peppers-not the green ones-the yellow and orange
then a splash of A1 sauce-
mix it all together-put it in your pan and bake
350 for an hr hr and a half.
Good luck-let me know if you try it.
L.:)

I don't know if anyone else would consider this "meat loaf" but I take a packet of dry onion soup mix and blend it into the meat, form a mound and bake it till it's done. I never liked traditional meatloaf much either, but this way it just tastes like a well seasoned burger that you happened to cut off a loaf. Hope it helps.

cooks.com has multiple recipes for everything. I love that website...
Good luck
R.

I've never seen a meatloaf recipe without egg and bread (or breadcrumbs). However, I drizzle a layer of barbecue sauce over the top while it's cooking, instead of ketchup. You could try substituting BBQ sauce for the ketchup in the mix, or maybe tomato sauce. Also, to cut the calories and fat, I make meatloaf using half ground beef and half ground turkey. That might alter the taste enough that you like it better. Good luck.

I hear you on the meatloaf, yuck. I only like the banquet frozen kind, although I don't eat mat anymore so it doesn't matter. However with that said, my Mom and Dad both made an okay meatloaf.

1) Ground beef, eggs, italian bread crumbs then bake

2) Ground beef, dry soup mix, two layers, american cheese slices in the middle of the layers. Bake.

Pretty simple. My dad's was a bit better because it had that bit of a better taste. I think he only made it twice too. But I remember liking it a bit better.

Good luck.

If your husband likes meat loaf, he may enjoy spinach/ sausage loaf. Same idea-Use ground sausage or turkey, frozen cut spinach (squeeze out excess water), Italian bread crumbs, and yes an egg too. Mix all ingredients together and bake and add cheese on top. I do not have measurements to this, since I change it all the time. I hope this helps.

Hi! A wonderful and easy recipe that my mom always made is to just add a package of onion soup mix to the hamburger meat..add 1 egg to bind together and it is great!

Alton Brown and Rachel Ray both have some yummy recipes. check them out on foodnetwork.com. I like Rachel's recipe for meatloaf baked in a muffin tin.

Check out www.allrecipes.com. They have lots of wonderful recipes. I tried one for meatloaf called "glazed meatloaf II" and although it has alot of the ingredients you don't like, it had a great brown sugar (and ketchup) glaze that had a wonderful taste! Hopefully the brown sugar will help you forget about the ketchup!

Good luck,

M.

i get the meatloaf in a bag seasoning from the grocery store. it's where all the packaged seasonings are like tacos, sloppy joes, etc. there's no ketchup in at all. i do sometimes use the ketchep if i want it to be the sweet tomatoey meatloaf. otherwise, i use brown gravy over the meatloaf once it's cooked. my family enjoys both ways.

Hi J.,

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just want you to know, there's light at the end of the tunnel! There are so many things that make me gag at the smell, chicken nuggets from McDonalds, Anything Frying, Fish. I also can't stand meatloaf, I thank God I don't need to make it! I have had it no bread crumbs or egg but bell pepper onion and just a prepackaged spice pack or tomatoes if you like them. I like cooked tomatoes but not raw, i didn't like spaghetti til I was 30 or Pizza til i was 25. Good Luck hunt around google meatloaf no ketchup or egg.

I don't know where you live but if you have a butcher shop in your area they usually have meatloaf pre-mixed and ready to pop in the oven. I am in San Diego and go to Siesels Meats or Iowa Meats. Their meatloaf is delicious and does not have fillers or anything weird.

Instead of just ketchup, I use 1/2 ketchup and 1/2 BBQ sauce, plus some Worcestor sauce (about 1/4 the amount of ketchup and BBQ you use). I was never a fan of meatloaf until I had this. Mix some in with the meat, then slather a good amount on top, and there should still be some leftover to serve with the meatloaf. It is amazing and somehow it makes the meat come out so moist, and delicious!

I like "fast and easy". My mom can't beleive that I cook my meatloaf in the microwave. I simply mix
ground beef
1 egg ( for every 2 lbs of beef)
look around my pantry and crush and sprinkle a couple of crackers (whatever is available ;-)
add a packet of NOH'S BRAND TERIYAKI FLAVORING.
Mix and shape in microwave round bowl. Cook for 15 minutes.
Drain and cook for 10 minutes.
Drain again, spready ketchup on top and cook 5 more minutes.

Meatloaf done in 30 minutes.

The first time I tried it, my kids and husband ate the whole tray.

For extra dipping sauce (for my husbands taste buds) I have Tastefully Simple Bayou Bourbon Glaze on the side as a dipping sauce.

www.tastefullysimple.com/web/dvillaruel

Have the best day !