Meatloaf recipes wanted!

[shogunsquirrel]

Got a favorite family, or cookbook meatloaf recipe?  Please please please post here.  I am hungry for meatloaf, and off to call my Mom for the recipe she always made.

Also, I have a theory.  No two families make meatloaf the same way.

Any scaling-down hints, while we're at it?  Since we're looking at solo eating.

Comments

[amireal]

scaling down hint:

I always make my meatloafs in mini pans. It doesn't help you make LESS-- but it makes it a lot more freezable (also it cooks quicker).

[brendalu]

Large muffin tins work great too.

[amireal]

Oooh. That's INTERESTING.

[svilleficrecs]

Cooking the meatloaf in a muffin tray, rather than a bigdamnmeatloaf tray, that way you can freeze individual meatloaf muffins.

Italian Meatloaf

[wickedwords]

I like this one, the recipe is from hereFor 1 person, I'd cut the recipe in half, and bake them in mini-loaf pans or muffin tins, then freeze the individual loaves post-baking

Turkey Meatloaf

[shogunsquirrel]

That variation looks super tasty- I'll do it next time.
Tonight's meatloaf hodgepodge, thanks to my mom "umm, I don't really use a recipe" and ground turkey on sale.
Mix together:

1 egg
1/2 cup bread crumbs
a splash of milk
various seasonings- Oregano, garlic powder, dried parsley
1/2 small onion, finely chopped
a little splash of liquid smoke
--- until "it looks like oatmeal" says Mom. thick but still vaguely liquidy and not crumbly.
Then add the meat, a little at a time, by hand. Squishy!
Form resultant mass into long, skinny loaf in the middle of a glass pan. (Easier cleanup, says Mom)

Sauce- ketchup and brown sugar, slathered over. I added another shot of liquid smoke.

Notes for next time I do turkey meatloaf: I am totally, totally adding a little bit of chopped cooked spinach. About 1/3 cup or so. And going to try it with the Parmesan suggested above, and marinara instead of my sauce.

1.25 lb of ground turkey

[jesseh]

You can also do a loaf not in a loaf pan, on a cookie sheet or in a brownie pan. More of a meat lump, and can be any size.

[nwhepcat]

My ultimate meatloaf is the recipe on the Quaker Oats box. And I believe in liberal slathering of catsup before baking (it's the only thing I put catsup on at all).

Mmmmm.

Icon: my cat, doing his impression of a meatloaf.