Today was a quick shopping trip, a quick recipe to whip up, a quick meal and a quick post. Seems to be lots happening right now so just jotting this one down quickly. I wanted to choose one of the easiest in the pile. So here it is.
Meatloaf Recipe
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef (I typically use 85/15)
1 egg
1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 milk (just enough milk to cover lightly compressed bread cubes)
1 slice of bread torn into penny size pieces
salt & pepper ( I (Theresa) used 1/2 tsp and 1/4 tsp)
small amount if onion (I (Theresa) used 1 T)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl, tear apart the slice of bread into penny size pieces. Cover bread with milk. Set aside. In another bowl, mix meat, diced onion, egg, salt, pepper and worcestershire sauce. Add bread and milk mixture to the meat mixture. Place in loaf pan. Bake 1 hour.
This recipe took 8 ingredients and about 8 minutes to mix up. The only thing that took time was dicing the onion. It baked one hour and that was perfect. Terry said he liked it very much. “It does not have any of the things I do not like, such as green pepper and onion.” As you can see 1T of onion diced up was unknown to him. He did use ketchup and mustard while eating this meatloaf. This is only the third recipe that did not use ketchup. I was starting to believe that ketchup is one of those ingredients that make a meatloaf, a meatloaf. But not true, as this does not, but can be added later.
This recipe came to me via my sister, Melissa, via her mother-in-law, Joyce Myers. It seems to me that Joyce cooks often, and she is one of those moms/grandmas that cook lunch for any family that come home on Sundays. I know a few people that do that and I always think it is special. ‘Come as you are, when you can’. I wonder if how much food to make is ever and issue. Joyce is a no-nonsense, no frill kind of gal so this recipe makes perfect sense for her. It sounds like my sister’s husband/Joyce’s son, Scott, prefers this recipe from this childhood. It has been around awhile then! Not saying you are old, Scott. Well, maybe I am. I wonder if Joyce’s mom used this recipe too. I could so see that!
Thanks Melissa for sharing it with us for Meatloaf Monday. I have no quips or stories of lost or broken items this week. No wisdom to share. It has been a full week with lots of other activities, including the tournament trail for basketball. Terry has been home maybe 1 evening out of the last 10 or so. He always shows back up for Meatloaf Monday though!
P.S. I forgot to add. He did it again. The score was a 7.8 and he never gave that exact score before tonight. Week #17 and even he is shocked, as he is not tracking in any manner and has yet to repeat a score. He is so funny. But don’t tell him that. He gets all cocky when he thinks he is funny. Wasn’t this even a quick read?!
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