Here’s a great recipe for delicious meatloaf - and it’s enough to make three meals. One to enjoy now, and two to freeze for later.
Carol’s Meat Loaf
Carol’s Meatloaf
3 1/2 lbs lean ground beef (I use no more than 4% fat)
1 large onion, finely diced
1/2 cup finely diced peppers (any combination of red, yellow and green peppers)
3 tablespoons finely diced parsley
2 stalks celery, finely diced
4 eggs
1 12-ounce can evaporated milk
bread crumbs (approximately 3 cups - I save hamburger buns, rolls and the heels from loaves of bread in the freezer - and then take them out to use when I make meatloaf. If you use commercially prepared bread crumbs, use less since commercial crumbs are so fine. I prefer larger pieces of bread crumbs in my meatloaf.)Place all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
Diced vegetables ready to be mixed with the other ingredientsMix well - using your hands. (I always put gloves on for this step).
Put those hands to work! Using a spoon just doesn’t work as well!Form the mixture into three meatloaves. To bake, cook for each loaf for approximately 1 hour in a 350 degree oven.
This recipe makes three meatloaves. Each loaf will provide 4 generous servings.If you’re freezing the loaves, wrap them in aluminum foil and mark with the date. I keep a Sharpie in a kitchen drawer for this purpose.
I always make a tomato sauce to go with my meatloaf. Here is the recipe that I use.
Sphere: Related ContentTomato Sauce for Meatloaf
1 large can petite diced tomotoes
1 Tablespoon dried onion flakes
1 Tablespoon dried parsley flakes
salt/pepper to taste
1 small can tomato sauceMix all ingredients well. Bring to a boil in a small saucepans. Simmer for 15 minutes. Spoon over meatloaf before serving.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Carol, both these recipes sound delicious. I am going to give them a try. Glad you and RT are both on the mend.
November 16th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Carol…Good meat loaf recipe. Tell Ron I like his poetry. Perhaps you and he can do a book of his poetry and your recipes?
November 16th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Carol…I love the pictures and the way you explain each step. This is great, especially for the novice cook.
November 16th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
I love meatloaf, thanks for sharing this recipe. I am bookmarking this page.
November 16th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Thank you, Ruth, for the comment about Ron’s poetry. He will be thrilled to hear that you like his poetry. I might remind you that I also have written poetry. So the book could contain poetry from both of us!
November 16th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
I had no idea you wrote poetry, Median Sib! Too much hidden talent there!
November 17th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Sure, Janice, I’ve written a few poems over the years. However, it’s been a long time since the last one.
November 18th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
I have a favorite sweet-sour meatloaf that I always use, and because there’s just the 2 of us, I rarely cook quantity–we eat even a normal recipe for days!
Speaking of food, please stop by for my take on the new hunger report.
http://collectingmythoughts.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-there-were-more-hungry-children-in.html
November 19th, 2008 at 1:03 am
I love the pictures and your easy to follow steps. I also like that you wear a glove to mix the meat. When we watch Food TV and I see the chefs putting their bare hands in something to mix it just grosses me out.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Norma, I hope you will share your sweet-and-sour meatloaf recipe. That sounds delicious. RT and I eat normal recipes for days, too. I will finish up that first meatloaf at lunch today. We’ve had it for dinner twice. So that one loaf has provided three meals for us. In a few weeks I’ll probably cook the second one - and the third one probably won’t be cooked till sometime after Christmas.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:22 am
Beth, I use gloves fairly often when I cook - simply because I’m so persnickety. LOL!
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:20 pm
thanks for the recipe - especially the photos. I followed your recipe (cut it in half) to make a meal for company Friday night. It turned out very well - and everybody liked it. The sauce was really good. Thanks.