Busy Days Favorite Family Meatloaf
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2 pounds of ground beef Can substitute 1 pound beef for 1 pound ground vension, turkey, or veal 1/2 pound of ground sausage (optional) 1 whipped egg 1 small onion diced fine (I use a Pampered Chef quick chopper, but a food processor works great too!) 1/4 cup ketchup 1 TBS. mustard 1 sleeve crackers crumbs approx 1 and 1/3 cup ( We uses Ritz or Club. The kids love to help with this part. I place the crackers in a zip lock bag ( make sure the air is out or it will pop open) and let the kids stomp on them. make sure their are not large crumbs) 1/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper Mix together all the above ingredients in a large bowl using your hands...  I use a thin plastic cutting board with a little amount of water and flatten the meat loaf in a rectangle shape |
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| We get creative with this recipe everytime sometimes we use cheddar cheese, jalapenos, red peppers, shredded carrots, zucchini..ect In the one above we did 1 jalapeno, green pepper, asiago, pepper jack, and parmesan cheeses |
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| Put into a loaf pan and press down on the top to seal it all together Sauce 1/3 cup ketchup 3TBS brown sugar 1tsp mustard dash of allspice, cloves, and nutmeg Heat together till sugar is dissolved Pour over meat Loaf |
Bake at 350 for approx 1hour and 10minutes
To serve lift out of the loaf pan with with two spatulas and place on a platter. Garnish with thyme...
This recipe can be made a day ahead and frozen
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