Meatloaf Try #2!
This time I changed the ingredients just a tad to see if it would taste better, worse, or the same– mostly by using grass-fed beef instead of buffalo.
Takes 5 hours to cook. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
What you’ll need:
1 and 1/2 pound of ground grass-fed beef; We had the pleasure of buying ours locally from Deep Roots Meat where we took the farm tour last fall!
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1 cup ketchup; 1/2 cup to be used in the actual meatloaf, and 1/2 in the topping sauce
¼ cup water
¾ cup wheat germ (but feel free to use bread crumbs)
1 large egg
1 cup smoked real Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon mustard
How to make it:
1. Mix all ingredients together except brown sugar, mustard and 1/2 cup ketchup in a mixing bowl. (I used my hands.)
2. Flatten into a thick pancake covering the entire bottom of a 6-8 quart crock pot cooker.
3. Cook on high for 1 hour and then on low for 3 additional hours. Pour off grease.
4. Stir remaining ½ cup ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard together and spread over top of meat loaf to pretty-fy.
5. Cover and cook on low for one more hour or until the meat loaf registers 160 degrees.
End Result:
Which was tastier? The buffalo meatloaf or the grass-fed beef meatloaf?
I liked the buffalo better. My husband said the grass-fed beef. We’ll eat them both.
How do you make your meatloaf?
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Jennifer
you asked?…here is mine..venison but interchangeable with any ground meat..
2 lbs any fresh ground meat..–
1 cup bread crumbs or crushed cereal or crackers–
1 large onion cubed–1 shredded carrot,1cup sweet peas, garbanzo or beans–
2 large eggs, beaten–
1 cup tomato sauce–
1 cup milk–
salt, pepper–1tsp turmeric, garlic powder, thyme, sage.
large bowl–beat eggs, milk, tomato sauce, add veges.
other bowl, mix dry ingredients and assorted spices.
then smash it all up in big bowl with the meat–fingers clean…
put it all to bed in the crock-pot–slather some of the leftover tomato sauce on top..decorate with a light sprinkling of bread crumbs or dry grits. top with 3 bay leaves (for antibacterial/antiviral effect do not eat those)..
crock it on high till it smells good (1 hr) then leave it on low till dinner (5 hrs?) numbers and measures approximate..
veges and spices interchangeable and optional
results invariably delish! bon appetit!
Thank you for the link to my blog.