Meatloaf

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How do you make your meatloaf? I use meat, oregano, Italian seasoning, Italian breadcrumbs, relish, paprika. Then I mix it together. I then put 1/2 in the cooking pan and then layer Parmesan and mozzarella or Italian and Parmesan cheese. Then I layer the last 1/2 on top. I wait to add the sauce

If it’s 2lbs, I cook for 100 minutes than add sauce on top then cook for 20 minutes. If it’s 1lb, I cook for 60 minutes than add sauce and cook for 30 minutes

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I buy the meatloaf and mashed potatoes meal at Costco and cook that.

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Relish? That’s a new one to me.

I have my kid making one meal a week. He made meatloaf a while back.

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Couple of ingredients that you may want to add are onions and eggs. Also seems as if you may be overcooking it a bit. If you don’t have one, get yourself a meat thermometer.

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Ditto on both ingredients. Eggs help it bind together and onions add flavor.

And always garlic. More garlic.

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Thanks I forgot to mention the 2 eggs.

But I will think about adding onions and garlic

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I also add a package of meatloaf seasoning, like this.

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Yes my grandma’s recipe. Gives it a sweet taste

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I (my wife) always add a packet of onion soup mix (we do for chilli too).

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Not meatloaf, but meatloaf adjacent.
I have made this a few times, better have a defibrillator around if you eat more than one peice.

Bacon Explosion.

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Do you use ground beef or meatloaf mix (combo ground beef, ground lamb, and ground pork) for your meat loaf?

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Have to disagree, I like old school meatloaf made with beef, veal and pork. Veal is getting harder to find and more expensive, but the flavor is excellent. Very roughly 50% beef and 25% each pork and veal.

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Is it good? When my son was playing sports in high school we tried Costco’s stuffed peppers, enchiladas, rotisserie chicken Alfredo pasta and the chicken tacos. They weren’t bad for a quick dinner, my son liked the chicken tacos the best and they were ready in 5 minutes.

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I’ve made something like that, a 1lb roll of sausage seasoned with your favorite BBQ rub and wrapped in bacon. They call it a smoked fatty.

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I have found almost all of Costco’s quick cook food is really good.
As an aside, I also bought the Kirkland brand of wedges for my golf game and they are excellent.

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My kid uses the Kirkland balls, I’m not sure who makes them but he’s says they play fine.

They’re better than frozen or fast food and most ready in an hour.

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I think it is Bridgestone, but not 100%.
Oddly enough, they also made Nike balls when Nike tried to get into the golf business with Tiger.

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I use the onion soup mix with ground beef when making hamburg patties.

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I used to season my burger patties.
But lately have just been using salt an pepper on the outside right as I put them on the griddle.

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My husband is on a low sodium diet because he was afflicted with congestive heart failure a few years ago as a life threatening side effect from the chemo he was getting to treat his Amyloidosis. So when I make meatloaf I do a few things to reduce the amount of sodium it contains. I mix the meat with unsalted seasoned bread crumbs, no salt added tomato sauce, garlic, and various Italian seasonings. Then I put the remaining tomato sauce on top of the meatloaf before I bake it.

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