Another controversial question: What do you put in your meat/veggie loaf?

[JessicaS]

I do

1/3 ground beef
1/3 ground turkey
1/3 veggies (carrots, celery, peppers, onion, zuccini I cook the veggies first)
breadcrumbs
eggs
garlic
salt
pepper
some parsley
thyme

Then I do a glaze with ketchup, honey, hot pepper sauce. Sometimes I use soy sauce or Worcestershire, sometimes balsamic. It just depends what I feel like doing

[velochic]

I make it the way my paternal grandmother taught me, except I've updated it all natural by replacing some ingredients that contained HFCS, artificial stuff, and MSG. That side of the family are farmers, so this is a fairly rustic way of making it.

2 parts ground beef (we get this when we buy a side each year, so it's lean)
1 part sausage (from a pig we get each year)
1 part ground veal
homemade lipton's onion soup mix
crushed saltines
egg
ketchup
caramelized onions and peppers (in olive oil)
lots of black pepper

Smear ketchup on top and bake.

[Alyantavid]

Mine is:

1 lb ground beef
1 egg
breadcrumbs
salt
pepper
garlic salt
lemon pepper
parsley
ketchup

Mix up and top with ketchup. And bake.

[Plaid Leopard]

ground beef
chopped onion
egg
oats
ketchup
worcestershire sauce
salt
pepper

[CherryBomb]

I don't measure anything. I use two pounds of ground meat (I like beef and lamb), an egg, some breadcrumbs or crushed saltines, season salt, diced onions (sometimes) , ketchup and mustard (right into the mix), pepper, and some dried basil. I don't top or glaze it with anything but I like to put some ketchup and mustard on mine after it's sliced. There are never leftovers

I usually press it into a loaf pan and then turn it onto onto a baking pan to cook so it doesn't get too greasy. But if I'm using very lean meats (like bison) I leave it in the loaf pan so it's moist.

[rhiOrion]

ooh, I love these types of threads.

I use ground turkey, because I don't like beef.


This is my recipe that I used before I had to go dairy free for DD.

1lb ground turkey
bread crumbs (or a couple of slices of bread soaked in milk. sometimes some oats)
milk
egg
onion
garlic
cheddar cheese
salsa

I have no idea the amounts... I just go with the "looks right" method.

I either mix all the ingredients together, or I mix everything but the cheese, spread everything out and then sprinkle the cheese, and then roll it up.

Bake in a loaf pan.

Top with ketchup.

Always top with ketchup.

Sometimes I might add other things in depending on what I have handy.

[Arduinna]

We don't eat meatloaf very often but this is what we do. I am generally too lazy to grind pork too, so it's just ground beef ( although I grew up with the beef/pork mix). Vegies are onions, garlic and sometimes a small amount of green pepper. Must use fresh bread crumbs and worcestershire. Must have bbq sauce on top. Never cooked in a loaf pan, I have a larger, shallower ceramic pan I prefer to use, as it provides more topping per serving.

[mumm]

Ground turkey
shredded raw veggies (squash, carrots, onions, whatever green stuff...)
quick oats (not the steel cut thick stuff) or leftover cooked brown rice
sometimes leftover lentils or split peas
egg
crumbled bread crusts cut off the mornings sandwich makings
worchester sauce (sure that is spelt wrong! )
dry mustard
onion and garlic flakes
anything else sitting around that seems good at the moment.

I don't do a loaf or meatballs but cook them in muffin tins. Easy eating for the kids. Sometimes it is great, sometimes it is palatable. When it is delish I wish I could remember what I had used an hour earlier!

[JessicaS]

I shape mine on a sheet pan. I don't put mine in a loaf pan.

[ThisCat]

Same thing my mom did.

1 egg
1/4 cup fine dry bread crumbs
1/4 cup milk
1/2 an onion, finely chopped
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 lb ground beef
No ketchup and no bbq sauce!

Beat the egg. Mix in everything else except the beef. Mix in the beef. Form in a loaf. Bake on a shallow pan at 350 for about 45 minutes or so.