Back in the day
when I had to feed 7 kids and 2 adults with one pound (or there about) of hamburger (while I walked uphill bothways, in 10 feet of snow, to the store to get the stuff I needed), I mixed as many grated carrots, chopped onions, and bread crumbs into my meatloaf as I could and have it still be considered "meat". I also added a can of drained tomatoes, and finished it up with ketchup on top. When we were "in the money", I added a pound of sausage......that was our "gourmet" meatloaf.
Add a bowl of whipped (not mashed) potatoes and some tomato gravy, something green and it was a feast. Just recently, one of my older kids commented that they haven't had meatloaf that tasted like that, since they were kids. That could be taken either way, but I chose to take it as a compliment.
Since then our meatloaf has "evolved" into one of those healthy turkey sausage/lean ground beef things, so some of these recipes look like something I might try.
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"Life ain't easy. but it ain't that bad.
Sing the song that tell it,praise the man that sells it.
You're alive,you might as well be glad."
Neil Diamond...Surviving the life
8/26/08 A1C 6.4
Cholesterol below 100
BP 114/64
Still anemic
