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Pop's Homestyle Meatloaf Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 ½ - 85% ground chuck
½ lb. ground Italian sausage
½ cup finely chopped bell pepper
1 cup finely chopped onion
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
1 cup crushed saltine crackers (about ¾ of a sleeve)
2 slices white bread torn into tiny pieces
1 4 oz. can sliced mushrooms (drained)
1 cup Monterrey jack cheese finely shredded
3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp salt
1 tsp fresh ground black pepper
½ cup tomato sauce
2 eggs beaten
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350*. Spray meatloaf pan with cooking spray.

In large mixing bowl add ingredients and mix on low speed for 5 minutes, or until well mixed. Shape into meatloaf pan leaving sides about 2 inches high.

Bake at 350 for 1 ½ hours or until inside temp is 165*
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Optional glaze and then do a light broil for 5 minute or until toasty brown.

Glaze: 1⁄2 cup ketchup or 1⁄2 cup chili sauce
4 tbsp. brown sugar
4 tsp cider vinegar or 4 tsp white vinegar
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I would like to say that this is my fathers recipe. But the fact is that my father, as much as we liked his meatloaf, never had or used a recipe. We used to joke about making sure the fridge and kitchen were already cleaned out before he made his meatloaf or many unusual things would end up in it. Eating one of Dad's meatloaf was like opening Pandora's box. You never knew what might be in there. For example, one time it had a crunchiness that we had never tasted before. When we asked Dad , he claimed he didn't have anything to hold its firmness so he used crunchy peanut butter. Uncle Bob's kids liked it, if he didn't put 'those funny little green things in it." (Bell Pepper) So the meat portions are what my Dad started with, the rest of the recipe is mine.

 

 

 

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