Meatloaf Recipe

This is not a food blog.. there will be no pictures of me baking or the finished product.  But today I wanted to share our meatloaf recipe.  We've made this and enjoyed this with so many of our friends that I thought I would post the recipe here.. so that anyone who wants the recipe has a place on the Internet to reference back too.

This recipe is from Steve's mom.. who got it from her mom.. who may have even gotten it from her mom.  It is our "go to" meatloaf and really the only one we make. 

If you asked Steve what he wanted for his last meal, this might make the top 5.  He LOVES it. The first year we were married I emailed his mother and got this recipe and made it for his birthday as a special surprise (it was the first recipe I got from his mom and started making).  Now that I am home it is a meal we make at least once a month.

Ingredients:

1 lb. Ground Turkey
1 lb. Ground Beef
1 lb. Ground Pork
1 Envelope Onion Soup Mix (Lipton)
1 Egg
1/2 tsp Curry Powder
1 Tbsp Ketchup
1 Cup Plain Bread Crumbs (but I've been known to use Italian)

1 Onion Sliced
About 1 Cup BBQ Sauce
Grated Parmesan Cheese
Oregano

Directions:

1. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Mix the Turkey, Beef, Pork, Onion Soup Mix, Egg, Curry Powder, Ketchup, and Bread Crumbs together.  Form into a loaf. 

3. Put about half of the sliced Onion on the bottom of your pan of choice.  I use a Pampered Chef Deep Covered Baker, But if you don't have a good deep pan with a lid, just use a big baking dish  cover with tin foil (you can also line the pan with tin foil to help with clean up).  Just try and keep the tin foil from touching the top (to help with the crust).

4.  Put the meatloaf you formed on top of the onion.  Placed the other half of the onion on the top of the meatloaf.  Top with BBQ Sauce, the Parmesan Cheese, and then Oregano.  We just sprinkle a very generous amount of each. 

5.  If you use foil make sure bottom, sides, and top are covered with foil completely. 

6.  Bake at 350 for 3 hours.  Let rest for 10 minutes before slicing.

Tip: To help get a nice crust we like to drain any grease after 1.5 hour, and add more BBQ sauce to the top at that time.  It also depends on the fat content of the meat you use.  If you use all very lean meat there will not be very much grease draining out. 

I hope you enjoy this recipe!

Easter

Yesterday Ethan turned 17 months old.. and today I found another tooth!! This one is further back in his mouth.. good  news is sleep has been okay the last week though he has been more cranky and tired during the day.

This winter we've had several snow storms.. including some snow yesterday!! yesterdays was a sleet/snow/ice mixture and melted very quickly, but it was very strange to watch it fall from the sky.

Ethan says hi and waves hello and good bye very well.

He can sign a few words.  Eat, Nurse, Please, and More are his favorites.  He can follow simple directions and loves to help around the house.  He can help unload the dishwasher (clean or dirty ;), he can put his dirty clothes away, "help" clean up toys, and loves to pretend to wipe the floor and furniture. 

He is currently in size 24 months, and 2T clothing!

The last weight we got was for his 15 month check up he was 26 pounds. 

Last week we celebrated Easter.. Ethan had his first Easter Egg Hunt and we went to church on Sunday.  At LU Monday after Easter is a holiday for staff so Steve had Monday off.. it was a very nice time together has a family.

Here are some recent pictures