Every so often, ground beef goes on sale at a pretty good price, so I buy huge amounts of it. Some gets cooked right away – like a batch of chili, or double lasagnas or casseroles, some gets wrapped and packaged up – all for the freezer.
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\nSometimes it’ll all go into the freezer in big packages, or as they were in the warehouse-sized packages I bought them in. <\/p>\n
And that’s when I make meatloaf… I don’t like doing it often, and the girls love it. It doesn’t seem to matter what recipe I use, they love ’em all. These are the three I’ve done the most though. Enjoy!<\/p>\n
Meaty Meatloaf<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 1 lbs extra lean ground beef Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.<\/p>\n Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Split into two equal parts, and fill Pam-sprayed loaf pans. Bake for 1 to 1\u00bd hours until completely cooked through.<\/p>\n If you won’t be using both loaves up immediately, one could be frozen if removed from pan and wrapped with foil, then placed in a freezer bag. Or, better yet, make meatloaf sandwiches for a day or two!<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Meal-in-One Meatloaf<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 2 lbs lean ground beef * The easiest way to get the flowers is to trim the flower ends from the stalks, bring to a boil in very lightly salted water, then remove from heat. In fifteen minutes, drain, then gently break them up with a fork.<\/p>\n Preheat oven to 350\u00b0. <\/p>\n Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Split into two equal parts, and fill Pam-sprayed loaf pans. Bake for 1 to 1\u00bd hours until completely cooked through. Mix the hot water with the HP Sauce, and spread over the top of the loaves, return to oven for ten minutes.<\/p>\n This one doesn’t make good sandwiches, but does freeze well.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Mexitali Meatloaf<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 1 1\/2 lb lean ground beef Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.<\/p>\n Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Split into two equal parts, and fill Pam-sprayed loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour. Mix the salsa and soup together, spread over loaves and return to oven for half to three-quarters of an hour, then top with cheese blend, and return only long enough to melt the cheese.<\/p>\n This one makes great sandwiches, if it lasts that long!<\/p>\n (I have occasionally modified this one to include rice: 1 c instant brown rice, double eggs, half the bread crumbs.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every so often, ground beef goes on sale at a pretty good price, so I buy huge amounts of it. Some gets cooked right away – like a batch of chili, or double lasagnas or casseroles, some gets wrapped and packaged up – all for the freezer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[871,1,799,73],"tags":[865,718,862,864,863,866,861],"class_list":["post-1413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-general-pondering-on-writing","category-miscellania","category-recipes","tag-all-in-one","tag-bacon","tag-ground-beef","tag-ground-pork","tag-ground-turkey","tag-leftovers","tag-meatloaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1437,"href":"http:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413\/revisions\/1437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1 lb ground turkey or chicken
\n1 lb bulk sausage or ground bacon
\n1 onion, chopped fine
\n2 celery stalks, chopped fine
\nsalt & pepper, to taste
\n2 tsp garlic powder
\n1\/4 tsp cayenne pepper
\n1 tsp oregano, dried (not ground)
\n1 tsp ground sage
\n1 sm can tomato sauce
\n3 tsp Worcestershire sauce
\n1 egg
\n1\/2 cup bread crumbs<\/p>\n
\n2 eggs, beaten
\n1 c instant brown rice
\n1 c brocolli flowers*, cooked
\n1 pkg onion soup mix
\n1 tsp garlic powder
\n1 tsp sage
\n1\/2 tsp pepper
\n1\/4 c HP Sauce
\n1 tbsp hot water<\/p>\n
\n1 lb ground pork
\n1 pkg onion soup mix
\n1 tsp oregano
\n1 tsp cumin
\n2 tsp garlic powder
\n1 c fine bread crumbs
\n1 egg
\n1 c hot salsa
\n1 can Campbell’s Tomato w\/Basil & Oregano Soup
\n2 c Kraft TexMex and\/or Italiano shredded cheese<\/p>\n