Easy old fashioned meatloaf from Massachusetts
Summary
Yield
Source
Prep time 1 1⁄2 hours Recipes Entrée Dinner Main meal Winter United States North America Meat Massachusetts Easy Central America Bake Autumn
Description
The beauty of meat loaf is that it can be comfort food or luscious entertaining; come to the table warm with vegetables, gravy, and mashed potatoes or cold with salad, bread and pickles.
Ingredients
2 Pound beef (ground) 2 eggs (large) 1 onion (medium size, chopped) 1⁄2 bell pepper (medium size, chopped) 1⁄2 Teaspoon oregano (dried leaves) 1⁄2 Teaspoon coriander (ground) 1 Can tomato sauce (small can) 2 Tablespoon Heinz 57 sauce 1 Teaspoon salt (or to taste) 1 Teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F.
- Using your hands, squeeze together all the ingredients. If the mix seems too wet, add up to 1 cup more of the bread crumbs.
- Form a loaf with the ground beef into a large bread pan, top with ketchup if desired. Place in oven and bake uncovered for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Cover with warm tomato sauce before slicing and serving.
Notes
Serve with steamed green beans, creamed corn, fluffy potato mash and tomato sauce on the side for a perfect New England dinner. Don't forget the cornbread.
Ingredients, metric
1 kg
ground beef
2
large eggs
1
medium onion, chopped
1
medium bell pepper, chopped
½ tsp
oregano
½ tsp
cilantro
1
small can of tomato sauce
2 Tbs
Heinz 57 Sauce
200 g
plain breadcrumbs
salt and ground pepper to taste
tomato sauce to cover (optional)
Nutrition facts
Serving size: 1/6 of the original recipe.
Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients
The following ingredients were not linked to the ingredient database and were not included in the nutrition information:
salt and ground pepper to taste
tomato sauce (optional)
Amount Per Serving
Calories
526.68
Calories From Fat (60%)
316.76
% Daily Value
Total Fat 34.26g
53%
Saturated Fat 13.41g
67%
Cholesterol 195.18mg
65%
Sodium 442.29mg
18%
Potassium 601.46mg
17%
Carbohydrates 19.62g
7%
Dietary Fiber 1.91g
8%
Sugar 4.91g
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g
Net Carbohydrates 17.71g
Protein 32.30g
65%
Most meatloaf recipes are recycled Italian meatball recipes, that is why a little tomato sauce can make it into the mix and they are usually topped with tomato sauce –to help form a crust- or the sauce is served on the side. As one travels to the midwest, the tomato sauce becomes ketchup.
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Summary
| Yield | |
|---|---|
| Source | |
| Prep time | 1 1⁄2 hours |
| Recipes | Entrée Dinner Main meal Winter United States North America Meat Massachusetts Easy Central America Bake Autumn |
Description
The beauty of meat loaf is that it can be comfort food or luscious entertaining; come to the table warm with vegetables, gravy, and mashed potatoes or cold with salad, bread and pickles.
Ingredients
| 2 | Pound | beef (ground) |
| 2 | eggs (large) | |
| 1 | onion (medium size, chopped) | |
| 1⁄2 | bell pepper (medium size, chopped) | |
| 1⁄2 | Teaspoon | oregano (dried leaves) |
| 1⁄2 | Teaspoon | coriander (ground) |
| 1 | Can | tomato sauce (small can) |
| 2 | Tablespoon | Heinz 57 sauce |
| 1 | Teaspoon | salt (or to taste) |
| 1 | Teaspoon | pepper (or to taste) |
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F.
- Using your hands, squeeze together all the ingredients. If the mix seems too wet, add up to 1 cup more of the bread crumbs.
- Form a loaf with the ground beef into a large bread pan, top with ketchup if desired. Place in oven and bake uncovered for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Cover with warm tomato sauce before slicing and serving.
Notes
Serve with steamed green beans, creamed corn, fluffy potato mash and tomato sauce on the side for a perfect New England dinner. Don't forget the cornbread.
Ingredients, metric
1 kg
ground beef
2
large eggs
1
medium onion, chopped
1
medium bell pepper, chopped
½ tsp
oregano
½ tsp
cilantro
1
small can of tomato sauce
2 Tbs
Heinz 57 Sauce
200 g
plain breadcrumbs
salt and ground pepper to taste
tomato sauce to cover (optional)
Nutrition facts
Serving size: 1/6 of the original recipe.
Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients
The following ingredients were not linked to the ingredient database and were not included in the nutrition information:
salt and ground pepper to taste
tomato sauce (optional)
Amount Per Serving
Calories
526.68
Calories From Fat (60%)
316.76
% Daily Value
Total Fat 34.26g
53%
Saturated Fat 13.41g
67%
Cholesterol 195.18mg
65%
Sodium 442.29mg
18%
Potassium 601.46mg
17%
Carbohydrates 19.62g
7%
Dietary Fiber 1.91g
8%
Sugar 4.91g
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g
Net Carbohydrates 17.71g
Protein 32.30g
65%
Most meatloaf recipes are recycled Italian meatball recipes, that is why a little tomato sauce can make it into the mix and they are usually topped with tomato sauce –to help form a crust- or the sauce is served on the side. As one travels to the midwest, the tomato sauce becomes ketchup.
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Meatloaf, vegetables and potatoes is a very typical East Coast dinner.
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