Thursday, April 14, 2011

Meatloaf

Sometimes meatloaf is disgusting. And yes, I'll admit that I've made a nasty meatloaf a time {or two} There's something about finding just the right combination of ingredients. Buuuuut here's the 'issue' I have with meatloaf, baked ground beef by itself with minimal ingredients can be a little unhealthy and bland. So imagine my excitement when I baked up my meat loaf tonight and was completly happy with the result! I got in some extra veggie and it was tasty!! I got the ideas from food network, but of course I made my alterations to said recipe and here's what I came up with....

Meatloaf 
{I feel like something catchy should be added to the title of the recipe, but I can't think of something}
1 lb of lean ground beef 
*note: use more of everything if you're feeding more than 3-4 people (duh! HA!)
1/2 cup[ish] of grated carrots
1/2 cup[ish] chopped onions
3/4 cups of bread crumbs
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp of Thyme
1 tsp of Garlic Powder
1 tsp of Onion Powder
Salt and Pepper to taste

stir this all up and pour over the meatloaf after its cooked for about 10mins. 
{to be honest I didn't measure any of these seasonings cause I never measure.....so these measurements are simple guesstimates so you should alter as needed!}
Directions:
Mix all ingredients up together and form into a loaf. Use your hands people it makes you feel really domestic and gooey. Bake at 325* for 45 mins to an hour 


Glaze
1/2 cup ketchup
some Worcestershire Sauce {does anyone really know how to pronounce this?!!}
a dash of hot sauce {I used tapatio}
a squeeze of the honey bear

Enjoy {easy huh!?}
Delicious too!

In fact its so good I didn't get an after picture, sorry! Make it yourself and you can see the after. 


3 comments:

  1. That looks not so yummy! lol. But I am sure the baked product looks much better. You think it would work with ground turkey?

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  2. this would totally work with ground turkey. I might add an extra egg since its so lean to keep it from falling apart...in fact I might do just this sometime!

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  3. My dad used ground turkey, zucchini, onions, and some other really yummy things too! Soooooo good, and healthy!
    Sounds delish Aubrey...I'll have to try carrots next time!

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