Comments on: 10 Tasty Meatloaf Tips & Tricks

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:52:46 +0000

I use thick cut onions on the bottom of a regular loaf pan for my meatloaf. The drippings fry the onions, the aroma and flavor travels up into the meatloaf and the texture of onions is completely missing! As another bonus, a half inch slice of onion rather than dicing an onion means way less onion-weeping, which is the real reason I do it this way.

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:54:21 +0000

My mom used to do this and I’ve made it for my children hundreds of times.
Make the meatloaf as usual, whatever ingredients you’d like; then I make 2 or 3 hard boiled eggs, remove the shell, make a well deep enough in the meatloaf to place the eggs on their sides, length wise. Be sure to cover them with meat you’ve set on the sides to cover the eggs. Cook as usual. It’s a bit different and my kids love it.

By: barb

barb — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:22:54 +0000

I don’t like the feel of cold, raw, ground meat between my fingers. So, when I make meatloaf I use the dough hook on my Kitchen-Aid mixer to incorporate all the ingredients. Now I love to make meatloaf. Be sure to use the dough hook though, because over working the the mixture will make it tough.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:06:23 +0000

Take a hint from Americas’s Test Kitchen and do’t put the meatlof in a pan. Instead mold it like a loaf and place on a cookie sheet. You will find that not only does it cooker faster but more evenly.

By: sara

sara — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:44:22 +0000

Pizza meatloaf is a big hit with kids..use your favorite meatloaf recipe, put half the meat mixture in the pan, then layer pepperoni, pizza sauce, onions, mozzerella cheese, (any favorite pizza toppings)over it, then cover with the rest of meat mixture. Top with remaining pizza sauce and cheese, and bake as usual.

By: nancy s

nancy s — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:59:14 +0000

I use grated zucchini and carrots, W sauce, or sometimes a layer of spinach leaves when filling the pan. Ground turkey is a standby. Since my husband is a deer hunter, ground venison is also good made into meatloaf. Enjoy!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:10:38 +0000

You can add bead slices to the bottom of the loaf to suck up the grease just peel and toss when you’re ready.

Shapping into oval patties bake on a broil pan, when done surve with brown gravy and you have salisbury steak.

You can also add left over baby cereal as a filler.

TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) soaked in a bit of beef broth to soften can be added to yuor beef and it really stretched the budget.

Hope this helps someone.

By: isabel durrance

isabel durrance — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:43:28 +0000

this is my husbands favorit

hambuger ( about 1 lb.)
one egg
handfull of rolled oats
onions (diced)
dry mustard about 1 teaspoon)
tablespoon of gound flax
pepper
put in loaf pans cover with ketchup and bake. if you liek a couple of slices of bacon is also nice.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:11:16 +0000

After mixing the ingredients, I form the meat into small loaves by hand and then set them in a cookie sheet (ones with sides) and bake. I love the crunchies and like the fact that the grease can be pushed away.

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