Extremely Simple Meatloaf

[Listener]

Ingredients:

Salt & Pepper (to taste)
1 cup plain breadcrumbs
1/2 medium size jar of spaghetti sauce (your choice of brand/flavorings)
2 lbs ground beef, preferably lean
2 eggs, beaten
Ketchup in a squirty-bottle.

Steps:

1.  Preheat oven to 350.

2.  Mix all ingredients together (except ketchup, salt, and pepper) in a fairly large glass baking dish at least 2" deep.  Use your hands.  Once mixed, add salt & pepper to taste and mix again.

3.  Smooth out meatloaf mix until it's even around the dish.  I don't remember what size dish I used, but I guess about 12" by something, and the meatloaf mix was a little less than an inch thick.

4.  Squirt ketchup in an interesting design on the top of the meatloaf, then use a butter knife or spoon to spread it evenly over the top.

5.  Bake at 350 for 60 minutes.

6.  Serve with instant (or handmade) mashed potatoes and a vegetable of your choice.  Serves a bunch of people.

I used Classico tomato & basil spaghetti sauce, and 4C-brand plain breadcrumbs, if that helps any.

[sapphirehart]

Substitute Thick and Chunky Salsa instead of the tomato sauce and it adds a little more flavor.

[ReBurn]

Extremely Simpler Meatloaf:

Get in car.
Drive to Cracker Barrel.
Enjoy.

[swolt]

Super Extremely Simpler Meatloaf:

Tell wife "make meatloaf."
Enjoy.

[dazie]

Super Extremely Simpler Meatloaf:

Tell wife "make meatloaf."
Enjoy.
Sleep on couch.
Don't enjoy.

[nishi]

why do you make special designs with the special squirty bottle and then just smear the ketchup evenly over the top?

[swolt]

Super Extremely Simpler Meatloaf:

Tell wife "make meatloaf."
Enjoy.
Sleep on couch.
Don't enjoy.

"it is good for a woman to know her place. But it is better for a man to know his."

[Gamplayerx]

Back when I used to cook, my extremely simple meatloaf consisted of adding dried minced onion and worcestershire sauce, smooshing it all up the very minimum required to mix it and form it, throwing it under the broiler for a few moments to sear it and then baking.  The less you smoosh it up, the fewer binders like bread crumbs and eggs you need.

[Listener]

why do you make special designs with the special squirty bottle and then just smear the ketchup evenly over the top?

Because it's fun.

The same reason you make a mustard smiley on the bread before completing your sandwich.

[DownSouth]

Is there a hard meatloaf?

[Alice]

Is there a hard meatloaf?

Not really.  All meatloaf is pretty easy - if it were a harder dish to make, it would have a fancier name.

[meredith]

guh! all you people like meatloaf?   

[dazie]

I like to put a layer of mashed potato in my meatloaf- it's a surprise!

Also- put sausage in it.  Yum.

[Bennyhana]

Super Extremely Simpler Meatloaf:

Dupe some poor woman into marrying you.
Tell wife "make meatloaf."
Enjoy.
Sleep on couch.
Sleep with her friend/sister.
Get divorced.
Pay Alimony.
Repeat as desired.

Fixed.

[Beefy]

Is there a hard meatloaf?

I'm sure Hatt has his moments.

[meredith]

Is there a hard meatloaf?

I'm sure Hatt has his moments.

[dazie]

I'm having meatloaf for lunch.  TV Dinner meatloaf.

Not so good.   

[dazie]

Yeah.  Not so good.

All in all I'd rather have had cheese pizza.

[Mr. Ubiquity]

Yeah.  Not so good.

All in all I'd rather have had cheese pizza.

quitcher dreamin woman..   

there are no has in these brownies.. we are simple dutch bakery

[dazie]

Yeah.  Not so good.

All in all I'd rather have had cheese pizza.

quitcher dreamin woman..   

there are no has in these brownies.. we are simple dutch bakery

Took ya long enough.