My Thousand Island Meatloaf Recipes

MY THOUSAND ISLAND MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients thoroughly, with your hands, in a large bowl.
• Pour/plop meat mixture in a NON-STICK standard 9X5 loaf pan, patting it down evenly; if you don't have non-stick pan, then you must spray inside of pan with PAM cooking spray.
• Bake at 375° for 45-60 min (your oven time may vary), checking for doneness every 5 minutes, starting at the 45min mark, baking until done. The internal temperature should be at least 165ºF (74ºC).
• Let sit in pan for 10 min before removing and slicing.
• TIP: Excellent for cold meatloaf sandwiches, simply cut into 10 slices and refrigerate until well chilled.

KATE'S HEARTY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Use a food processor on pulse to finely chop the celery, onion,green pepper, and carrots until finey chopped or shredded. Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and divide equally into two separate meat loaves. Add a squirt of ketchup to the top of each in a zig- zaggy design. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for about an hour (depending on oven) or until bubbly and center is no longer pink. During the last 15 minutes of cooking, remove the foil covering and finish baking uncovered.

ZESTY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 350.
• Mix oil, diced onion, garlic, celery, and jalapeno in a pan on medium heat. Cook 10 minutes.
• Add salt, nutmeg, and cumin to pan. Stir to combine.
• In a bowl, mix eggs, milk, ketchup, and bread crumbs. Stir well.
• Then add the meat and cooked veggies and combine well.
• Put into 2 loaf pans and cook about 1 hour or until internal temp is 165.

" BIG MAC" MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except for cheese; mix well.
• Take approximately 1/2 of meat mix and flatten it out on a sheet of wax paper, sprinkle cheese on top.
• Take one end of meat and roll to other end like a jelly roll.
• Place in a cake pan of sorts.
• Repeat with remaining 1/2 of meat.
• If you like a type of crust on meat loaf, I crush a few crackers add salad dressing and a bit of cheese.
• Spread it on top of the meatloaves.
• Bake at 350°F for about 45 minutes.