I feel like an idiot----I'll do a search......
Wait, wait, come a little bit closer, so I could hit you harder.
In all the truth i do not make meatloaf either. Just doesn't taste good without pork.
I cook a lot of things but one thing has me stumped - I need a good no fooling Meatloaf recipe. I have tried to make it the way my mom makes it--never works.
Come on--hit me with a great recipe!
There are probably a gazillion "recipes" for meatloaf. I change it out every time. Can you give us an idea of what your Mom's ML was like/included, and what part did not work. BTW, try my TNT recipe, you'll be glad you did.
Paula Deen Barbeque Meat Loaf Recipe
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1 cup fresh bread crumbs
1 onion, diced
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 (8-ounce) cans tomato sauce
3 tablespoons vinegar
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup water, to thin sauce if necessary
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix together the beef, bread crumbs, onion, egg, salt, pepper, and 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce. Form this mixture into a loaf and place it in a shallow pan. Stir together the remaining tomato sauce, vinegar, sugar, mustard, Worcestershire and the water (if too thick). Pour this sauce over the meatloaf. Bake for 1 hour, basting every 15 minutes with the pan juices.
Cook's Note: Try serving as a sandwich with mayonnaise.
That reminds me - I forgot to mention, I use what my grocery store calls "meatloaf mix" - 1 pound of ground beef and 1/2 pound ground pork. It definitely improves the flavor.
I have been using Betty Crocker's recipe for years: Savory Meat Loaf Recipe from Betty Crocker
The only thing is I never use lean ground beef, always ground chuck or ground round. DH once brought home some ground sirloin for meatloaf and it was very tight and dry.
After baking, I take it out of the oven and pour off the drippings so they don't redistribute in the meat. It stays nice and juicy but not too fatty. I just keep enough of the drippings to make gravy with. HTH.