When I was a kid something I heard about but never tried was meatloaf, either from t.v. or from the kids at school. I always got the notion that meatloaf wasn’t that great from the reaction I would see, when the mom would tell the kids that’s what was for dinner, but that didn’t stop me from wanting me to try it. This recipe really is moist and delicious, I always get asked for it, when meatloaf tastes this good, it actually gets requested for dinner.
As for the sweet potato mash its my moms way of making it, its half white and half sweet, makes a nice balance or as she says, Swedish style.
What you will need:
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 onions chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 2 lbs lean ground beef
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1 tbsp mustard or dijon mustard
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp fresh chopped parsley
Heat oil in pan add onions and garlic, cook until tender, reserve. Combine all ingredients including onions and garlic. Place in a greased 9×5 2 L loaf pan cover with foil cook at 375 F for 1 hour.
Topping:
2 tbsp ketchup 1 tsp mustard mix together and spoon over loaf, return to oven and cook an additional 1/2 hour uncovered.
For mashed potatoes:
5 medium Yukon gold or white potatoes
1 large or 2 small sweet potatoes
2 tsp butter or margarine
3/4 cup milk
Peel and cut potatoes add to pot of salted water bring to boil. Cook until tender, drain. Mash with potato masher, add butter and milk, continue to mash until well blended.
sounds delicious. I wonder if adding a 1/4 to a 1/2 cup of olive juice to the meatloaf mixture would be ok. I have typically added olive juice and olive pieces in my meatloaf mixture–as I love the taste it imparts.
On another note, I wonder about using too lean a beef. While I understand the health benefits of doing so, I found that the last time I made meatloaf and went with a very lean beef (4% fat) the end result was not as flavorable as when I had previously used a higher fat content ground beef. Perhaps it is just the brands I am purchasing (Meijer brand or Laura's lean beef brand–sold in Michigan), or if not that then maybe I need to compensate with other ingredients for the loss in flavor that seems to occur when using a less fatty meat?