Now I know what you are thinking! Meatloaf?! Yuck! Trust me, I was with you 100%. I hated meatloaf. But then my awesome mom made the Heloises Meatlof and that was it. I can't speak for other meatloaves but I can tell you, you will LOVE this one. The neat things about this meatloaf are, it has a sauce for it, the sauce is a sweet and tangy sauce which goes awesome with the ingredients, and for those that love spicy... you can make this sucker SUPER spicy if you chose. So try this recipe and give me your feed back! Ingredients: 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 Tbs yellow mustard 3/4 cup ketchup (this will be divided up) 1 dash hot pepper sauce 2 lbs ground beef 1 egg (beaten) 2/3 cup cracker crumbs (we use saltine) 1/2 cup milk 1/3 cup finely chopped onion 1/4 cup chopped bell pepper 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp sage 1/2 tsp black pepper ***optional crushed pepper*** So a little back story on the "optional crushed pepper". My mom's recipe she wrote to me says "chopped red pepper". Well the first time I made this I thought that meant crushed red pepper. I am blond after all. LOL. Anyway, my husband and his dad love spicy so instead of doing 1/4 cup bell pepper I did 2 CUPS CRUSHED RED PEPPER!!! Yeah! It was crazy spicy, they loved it despite the physical pain it caused them...men. I have never been able to bring myself to make it that spicy again even though my husband begs me to. I just had to share where that extra ingredient came from. I have since edited my mom's notes to include the word "bell" before pepper so I remember. I'm fine with you laughing at me, haha. Preparation: (meatloaf portion) 1. In a large bowl combine ground beef, egg, cracker crumbs, milk, onion, bell pepper, salt, sage, black pepper, (crushed red pepper if you chose) and 1/2 cup of the ketchup 2. Mix all ingredients together until hamburger like consistency 3. Press meat mixture into a large, sprayed casserole dish (sauce portion) 4. In a large bowl with spoon, mix brown sugar, mustard, hot pepper sauce and 1/4 cup ketchup (I usually do 8x these amounts so people can put more on and if you have left overs it's nice to have extra sauce) 5. Spread half of the mixture over the top of meatloaf 6. Bake in pre-heated 350 degree oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Add remaining sauce on top while cooling for 10 minutes *** Glass casserole dishes and white ceramic will most likely take longer to cooks, especially if very thick! So keep that in mind.***
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I really wish I had thought to take pictures this week when I made this family favorite. That is something that I will have to remember to do, so I apologize for the lack of pictures on this post. LOL. So my husband and I have been trying to find ways to save money with three growing children, all around the same age, and two of them being boys. I have also been wasting a lot of food by planning meals all week but then forgetting about them or just being too tired to actually make them. So we came up with a solution and it worked great this week! Mothers you may want to follow suite with it. I will make a meal and we will eat it all that week (We always eat out on Wednesday nights and Fridays are family fun nights so that is usually frozen pizza; so it isn't really 7 days, more like 5). This worked so well this week! Two days ago I got sick and last night I had a mini anxiety attack about what to make for dinner since I was sick. It was awesome to remember that I didn't have to make anything but instead just had to reheat the casserole! So I am highly recommending this strategy mommies. What you will need (we are a family of 5): 6 chicken breast 1 container of chicken broth 8-10oz of cream 2-3 boxes of cream cheese 5 fresh jalapenos 16oz Mexican cheese salt and pepper to taste garlic powder to taste cayenne pepper to taste Preparation: 1. Place chicken breast, cream, chicken brother, salt and pepper, garlic powder and cayenne pepper into crock pot and let cook on low for the day 2. Once cooked remove chicken and shred it (I just pull it apart with two forks) 3. Layer chicken on bottom of casserole dish 4. Spread cream cheese over the top 5. Slice up jalapenos (if you want it really spicy leave the seeds in) 6. Sprinkle Mexican cheese over the top 7. Bake in oven at 350 degrees until cheese it bubbling (usually 40 minutes) This is a great recipe for reheating. If you know me you know I don't like any left overs that have meat in it, but this one I could reheat a million times and it just gets better each time! I hope you enjoy it. Leave a comment and share if you tried and loved this recipe. |
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