WANTED: Meatloaf Recipes?

My new favorite is for a gyro loaf. Gyros are Greek sandwiches

my Meatloaf Recipe simple meatloaf recipe that your family will like Ingredients • 1 1/2 pounds ground beef (leaner is better) • 1 cup 2% milk • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce • 1/4 teaspoon dried sage • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard • 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 1 small onion, finely chopped • 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs • 1/2 cup ketchup or barbecue sauce Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients except ketchup in a large bowl, and mix well. Place mixture into an ungreased loaf pan or shape into a loaf in an ungreased baking pan. Spread ketchup or sauce over the top of the meatloaf. Bake uncovered for 1 to 1 1/4 hours until no pink remains at the center of the meatloaf. If using a meat thermometer, the internal temperature of the meatloaf should be 160 degrees. After baking, let sit for 5 minutes before removing from pan and slicing to serve.

Whenever I make meatload - I use what's available at the time. So it turns out different every time!

The constants are finely chopped onion, a teaspoon of spicy mustard and a egg or 2.

THe variables are:

Hamburger, Ground Turkey, Ground Veal, Ground Sausage or a mixture of these

Bread soaked in milk - any kind of bread - if it's too wet after the egg is added I used dry bread crumbs to get a better consistancy

Quick Oats

Bread or Cracker crumbs

Celery

Carrots (grated - I like to sneak in some veggies when the kids aren't looking!)

I might top the meat loaf or mix it in with:

Cream of whatever soup - chicken, mushroom, celery

Tomato sauce

Top with Turkey bacon or regular bacon

2 lbs ground chuck

1 /2 pound mild sausage

small onion diced into tiny pieces

1 egg

1/2 tube of saltines

salt and pepper to taste

ketchup to mix

add all ingredients and mix well. Bake in a 350 degrees Oven for about 2 hours.

when meatloaf is almost done, cover the top and sides with ketchup and bake for 10 minutes.

I serve this with cooked cabbage and potatoes and baked beans, OR potato salad,, baked beans , mac n cheese and hot dinner rolls.

to mine i add i onion,small bell pepper and 1 stalk of celery that i sautee till tender. also some bread crumbs,salt,pepper,garlic and a little dinosaur bbq foreplay seasoning. and of course the ground beef. i cook it for about 45 minutes at 350. i mix ketchup, a little brown sugar and a little hot sauce and pour it over the top and cook for 15 more minutes. i just started doing it this way and i am going to keep doing it. it is so much better than my old recipe.

edit: I forgot to say that i also add an egg to the ground beef mixture.