So I wanted to share one of our family's favorite recipes. It is meatloaf. My kids LOVE it. When I was a kid I remember meatloaf being the meal to dread, but from the first time I made it for my kids they all LOVED it (Well except for Lilli but she doesn't like anything so I really don't take it personally)
It is funny that they all love it so much because other than meatloaf most of them won't really eat ground beef at all. When it is other dishes they usually eat around it. Explain that one. ;) So here is the recipe for the BEST meatloaf ever. The sauce is a MUST. We usually eat it with rice, it is oh so delicious!
Meatloaf*
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
2/3 cup finely crushed saltines
1/2 cup chopped onion**
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp rubbed or ground sage
Dash pepper
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
Sauce***
1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
In a large bowl, beat the eggs. Add milk, saltines, onion, salt, sage, and pepper. Add beef and mix well. Shape into an 8 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in loaf in an ungreased shallow baking pan. Combine sause ingredients and spread 3/4 cup over meatloaf. Bake at 350 degrees for about an hour (I usually check it with a meat thermometer until it is at 170 degrees in the middle of the loaf.
* I usually double the recipe so we have a loaf leftover. you can freeze it but we like to leave it in the fridge for leftovers for the week. The kids love to take it to school and I love it the next day for lunch.
** I substitute onion powder here, my family doesn't like chunks of onions
***I ALWAYS double the sauce even if we don't make two loaves, if I make two loaves I triple it. We all love the sauce SO much, so it never goes to waste.
Well, since I'm posting something wonderful I thought I'd post one of my failures as well. I don't know if it is from being tired or having pregnant/mommy brain but here's what happened. I was making rolls the other day. Rolls that I have made a billion times before. They are light and delicious and buttery. What is not to love about them?
I threw the ingredients into my bread machine and then when it was time went to take the dough out and it had not risen AT ALL! How is this possible...I wondered. And then it hit me. I forgot the yeast! Of all the things I did that day, that was surely the silliest. How could I forget the yeast? There was no way to save it, so we didn't have rolls for dinner. Somehow we survived without them, but it wasn't easy.
Here is the recipe for the rolls that usually turn out so well.
Butter rolls-
6-7 oz of milk (Use closer to 6 oz if it is humid out, use closer to 7 if it is dry. Seriously that makes a difference.)
1/4 cup warm water
1 egg
2 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 3/4 cup flour
2 tsp active dry yeast.
I put it in my bread machine pan in the order listed and put it on the dough setting. When time is up shape as desired and let rise for 20-30 mins. Bake for 20 mins at 350 degrees.
DON'T forget the yeast and ENJOY!
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