We have a special guest post today!! My brother (and Hannah's brother-in-law) was lucky enough to snag this amazing girlfriend - MEGAN! We are lucky to have her around, too. She makes delicious and nutritious foods, she's a heckuva sale spotter, plays a mean game of Bananagrams and is all-around fabulous.
When I was younger, my parents often had to
work late, so my brother and I would take turns cooking for the family. One thing I memorized at an early age
was meatloaf.
A lot of people turn their noses up at the thought of
meatloaf. But every person I've met who
claims to hate meatloaf changes their mind when they try the recipe I
make. Everyone that is, except my
boyfriend Jack. I’m not entirely
convinced he’s actually tried my recipe, but I will let him claim he doesn't
like it anyway
.
Last week, I came up with the brilliant idea of
recreating my recipe to Jack’s liking so that I could fulfill my craving for
meatloaf. “Recreating for Jack’s liking”
really just means making it spicy, so I decided I could convince him to eat meatloaf if I made
it spicy and bribed him with his favorite soda (Cherry Bawls).
Below is my mom’s original recipe for meatloaf followed by my new
experimental Spicy Meatloaf Recipe.
You’ll have to try both to truly understand what you like best!
Mom’s Meatloaf:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add the following to a mixing bowl:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 packet of Lipton Onion Soup mix
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1 egg
- 4 tbsp of milk
Mix the ingredients together with your hands (or a spoon if
touching raw meat grosses you out). You
want the mixture to be moist, but not wet.
Add more oats or milk to get the required consistency.
Put the mixture into a loaf pan. Top with sliced onions, cracked black pepper,
and 1 can of tomato soup mix. Bake for
45 minutes or until cooked through.
Spicy Meatloaf
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add the following to a mixing bowl:
- 1 pound ground beef
1 packet of Lipton Onion Soup mix (dry mix);
½ onion diced, 1 tsp garlic powder, and 1 tsp Southwest Seasoning mix (I used
the Pampered Chef variety), ½ tsp chili powder, ½ tsp paprika, ½ tsp onion
powder
- 1/2 cup
oats
- 1 green pepper diced
- 1 egg
- 4 tbsp of milk
Mix the ingredients together with your hands (or a spoon if
touching raw meat grosses you out). You
want the mixture to be moist, but not wet.
Add more oats or milk to get the required consistency.
Put the mixture into a loaf pan.
Top with sliced onions, cracked black pepper, and ¼ cup of
ketchup and 2 tsp tabasco
1 can of tomato soup mix. Sprinkle about 1tbsp
brown sugar on top. Bake for 45 minutes or until cooked through.
My Verdict
I enjoyed the new recipe, but still like the old one
better. I thought the new one had a good
amount of spice without being too spicy. I even got an “it’s actually not that bad” comment from Jack, which is
pretty good as far as I’m concerned.His
only complaint was that it wasn’t spicy enough. Maybe next time I will have to make two meatloafs.
