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spacer40 Best Recipe Contest for August's recipe contest is: Awesome Meat Loaf

Meatloaf is a dish of ground meat that has been combined with other ingredients, formed into the shape of a loaf, then baked or smoked. The final shape is either hand-formed on a baking tray or pan-formed by cooking it in a loaf pan. It is usually made with ground beef, although ground lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry, and seafood are also used, sometimes in combination. The cooked meatloaf can be sliced like a loaf of bread to make individual portions. It can easily become dry; therefore, various techniques exist to keep the dish moist, like mixing in bread crumbs and egg, covering it with sauce, wrapping it, or using moisture-enhancing ingredients in the mixture, such as filling it with fatty meats, cheeses, or vegetables.


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(#5705645) "Guess" Meatloaf

Posted by JanuarySnowAngel on 16 Aug 2025 at 5:43PM
I call this the "Guess" Meatloaf because I can only guess at the quantities since I never measure.



Ingredients:

Ground Beef (about 1-1/2 to 2 pounds?)

Sliced Bread (about 2 or 3 slices?) - sogged up with warm water (then squeezed to release the water; pull apart into small pieces when ready to mix into ground beef.)

Eggs (2)

Quick Oats (3/4 to 1 cup?)

Season with Salt, Pepper, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, and just a little Poultry Seasoning (maybe 1/2 tsp)

Ketchup



1. Mix all together with your hands until blended.

2. Shape meatloaf into oval (like a football)

3. Squeeze Ketchup over top of meatloaf (criss cross or your own design)

4. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes to 1 hr.



(I added the Quick Oats to my mom's recipe.  It seems to  make the meatloaf more moist.)



Nice option, especially for singles:

1. Instead of one large meatloaf, shape into smaller mini loaves

2. Put into glass casserole dish

3. Prepare two packets of dry beef gravy according to package directions. (no need to cook it.)

4. Pour the gravy mix over tops of the mini meat loaves.  (Instead of ketchup)

5. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes.  



*Note: If you are prearing for just one or two people, you can freeze the quantities of mini loaves that you want, before baking and without the gravy mix.  Add that after thawing and before baking, when ready.



This tastes so good with homemade mashed potatoes

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