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This week, I made meatloaf from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook.
( recipe )
Thoughts and Variations
I used dry bread crumbs, one very small onion (probably still more tham a quarter cup), roughly 1 teaspoons dried parsley (because I didn't have fresh), sage, and 800g ground beef (which is almost 2 pounds rather than 1 1/2). My pan was also closer to a 9x4x4, which worked out well because I had slightly more meat mixture than expected. The instructions on this one were easy to follow, and the dish came out rather well, even though I totally forgot to add the pepper.
It was very tasty and I think I shall make it again. This was my first time making meatloaf, so I wasn't sure it would be worth it, but it turned out well enough that I will keep this in mind for the future, especially since it's so little work up front, and the long oven time gives me the ability to do other things at the same time. I do need to figure out how to make the top crispy though; the ketchup mixture stayed more liquid than I expected, and I really like the caramelized texture that happens when my gram makes meatloaf.
( recipe )
Thoughts and Variations
I used dry bread crumbs, one very small onion (probably still more tham a quarter cup), roughly 1 teaspoons dried parsley (because I didn't have fresh), sage, and 800g ground beef (which is almost 2 pounds rather than 1 1/2). My pan was also closer to a 9x4x4, which worked out well because I had slightly more meat mixture than expected. The instructions on this one were easy to follow, and the dish came out rather well, even though I totally forgot to add the pepper.
It was very tasty and I think I shall make it again. This was my first time making meatloaf, so I wasn't sure it would be worth it, but it turned out well enough that I will keep this in mind for the future, especially since it's so little work up front, and the long oven time gives me the ability to do other things at the same time. I do need to figure out how to make the top crispy though; the ketchup mixture stayed more liquid than I expected, and I really like the caramelized texture that happens when my gram makes meatloaf.
