Yumm! Who doesn't love Meatloaf? Well, I didn't think I liked meatloaf, until I finally tried it this year. One night, I went by my sister's house. I don't remember why, but she was making this delicious meal! I had to have her recipe. She told me she didn't have a "recipe" she just threw things together.So, here's the recipe (my sister's recipe). I alter mine based on what I have in my fridge at the time. This is tonight's version!
My kids love this, even my 2 year old ate it!
Here's what you will need:
1 1/2 Pounds of ground beef (grass feed beef)
1 cup Bread Crumbs (I usually pulse Italian style croutons in a food processor)
1 Onion, diced. (I generally us a yellow)
1/2 Cup Baby Spinach, chopped up.
2 Carrots (finely dices)
2 Cloves of Garlic. ( I generally use my minced for this)
2 Eggs, lightly beaten.
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
2 Tb Dijon Mustard
2 Tb Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 Cup BBQ Sauce or Ketchup ( I prefer BBQ Sauce)
How to make it:
Preheat over 350 degrees F.
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a pan on med heat. Saute onion and garlic until translucent, then add celery and carrots, cook for 5 min. take off stove, let cool.
In a seperate bowl. Mix together the beef, bread crumbs, onion mixture, egg, salt, pepper, mustard, Worcestershire. Form this mixture into a loaf and place it in a shallow pan. Pour BBQ sauce or ketchup over the meat loaf.
(I generally use a bread loaf pan. I put the entire mixture in pan, then with my fingers, make a sort of ledge around the entire mixture, then pour sauce on top)
Bake 1 hour.
If you are making these fries. Get these prepped and throw them in at the same time as the meatloaf. I baked them for 1 hour @ 350 degrees F. They were perfect!
In the meantime:
I made my homemade balsamic vinaigrette (look under salad dressing).
Cut up a tomato.
Grab some Baby Spinach.
Enjoy!
