Mearas Marvelous Meat Loaf Recipes

MICHELLE'S MARVELOUS MINI MEAT LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Stir ground beef, onion, oats, Cheddar cheese, milk, egg, and salt together in a bowl; mix well. Divide meat mixture into 8 equal portions and form each into a loaf shape. Place loaves in prepared baking dish.
• Stir ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard together in a bowl until smooth. Spread ketchup mixture over meat loaves.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 40 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

MARVELLOUS MINI MEATLOAVES (WITH OPTIONS!) OAMC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Mix meat, stuffing mix, or bread cubes,water, and seasoning (choose one: italian seasoning, OR chili powder, OR oregano OR garlic powder) until well blended.
• Press evenly into 12 greased muffin tins.
• Make a small indentation in the middle of each with the back of a spoon.
• Fill the indentation with your choice of filling. (Choose one: pasta sauce OR salsa OR roasted red peppers OR BBQ sauce following the version of your choice.).
• Bake for 30 minutes or until loaves are cooked through. Top with the cheese specified in the recipe of your choice and bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Let stand 10 minutes before removing from baking pan.
• For OAMC: Remove from baking pan and let cool. Flash freeze on a cookie sheet until frim. Transfer to a labeled ziploc bag. To serve: Defrost overnight, then reheat in oven or microwave until heated through.

MARVELOUS CHEESY MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Spray 5-quart oblong slow cooker with vegetable cooking spray.
• Make foil handles in slow cooker.
• Combine beef, eggs, chili sauce, and breadcrumbs and mix well.
• With your hands, shape half of the beef mixture into flat loaf and place in bottom of slow cooker sprayed with vegetable cooking spray.
• Sprinkle half of the shredded cheese over meat loaf and press into meat.
• Form remaining meat mixture in the same shape as the first layer and place over cheese.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours.
• When ready to serve, sprinkle remaining cheese over loaf and leave in cooker until cheese melts.
• Carefully remove loaf with foil handles and place on serving plate.

MARVELOUS MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Prepare a 9 x 5-inch baking pan and a baking sheet covered with foil to place underneath to catch any drippings.
• In small mixing bowl add the eggs, milk, garlic, Worcestershire sauce & Garlic Plus seasoning, stirring constantly until blended well.
• Using a large mixing bowl, dump in the mixed ingredients from the small bowl and add the diced onion, corn flake crumbs and chili sauce, mixing well.
• The apple cider vinegar, brown sugar and ketchup are for the sauce. DON'T mix them in with meatloaf.
• Last, using clean hands mix the beef and pork into the bowl, continuing until all ingredients are well combined.
• Pack the mixture into prepared pan.
• Place the pan on a foil-lined baking sheet to catch any spills.
• Bake for 1 hour.
• While baking, mix together the apple cider vinegar, brown sugar and ketchup for the sauce.
• After the 1 hour of baking, remove the meat loaf (at this point you can carefully drain off some of the fat if desired) and spread the sauce over the top.
• Place back in the oven and bake for another 20-30 minutes, or until the meat loaf is pulling away from the sides of the pan. (Meatloaf should be 140°F at centre.).
• Enjoy!

MEARA'S MARVELOUS MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Mix all the meat loaf ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Place meat mixture in a 5 x 9 loaf pan.
• Bake in a 325 F oven for 75 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine sauce ingredients and mix well.
• Remove loaf from oven and turn it out into a larger, oven-proof dish.
• Make several cuts in the loaf (but do not cut all the way through.).
• Using a spatula or brush, spread sauce over the scored meat loaf.
• Return sauce-covered loaf to the oven and bake for an additional 30 minutes.