Whats the BEST thing to put in meatloaf, besides any vegetables?

Question

For example, bread crumbs, or a certain type of broken cracker....

Answer 1

I mix mine with catchup, crackers, and eggs. When it is done.. I then separate it, put the biggest part into my roaster pan (yes~big meat loaves) put a valley through it, then add onion, velveeta, and pepperoni into the valley, take the rest of meat mixture and put on top. I call it my stuffed meatloaf... it is wonderful.

Answer 2

Dad's Meatloaf with Tomato Relish
Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence


Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
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Tomato Relish:
Extra-virgin olive oil
1 onion, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 bay leaves
2 red bell peppers, cored, seeded, and finely diced
2 tomatoes, halved, seeded, and finely diced
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 (12-ounce) bottle ketchup
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Meatloaf:
3 slices white bread, crusts removed, torn into chunks by hand
1/4 cup whole milk
11/2 pounds ground beef
1 pound ground pork
3 eggs
Leaves from 2 fresh thyme sprigs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 to 4 bacon slices
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Coat a skillet with a 2-count of oil and place over medium heat. Saute the onion, garlic, and bay leaves for a few minutes to create a base flavor. Throw in the red peppers and cook them for a couple of minutes to soften. Now add the tomatoes; adding them at this point lets them hold their shape and prevents them from disintegrating. Stir in the parsley, ketchup, and Worcestershire; season with salt and pepper. Simmer the relish for 5 minutes to pull all the flavors together. Remove it from the heat; you should have about 4 cups of relish.
Place the torn white bread in a bowl and add the milk to just barely cover, swish the bread around in the milk and let it sit while you get the rest of the ingredients for the meat loaf together.
This is where you get your hands dirty! In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground beef and pork with 1 1/2 cups of the tomato relish, the eggs, and thyme; season with salt and pepper. Squeeze the excess milk from the bread and add the soaked bread to the meat mixture. To test, fry a small "hamburger" patty of the meatloaf until cooked; the patty should hold together but still have a soft consistency. Taste the patty for seasoning.
Lightly oil a cookie sheet. Transfer the meat mixture to the center of the cookie sheet and form into a log about 9 inches long and about 4 inches wide. Coat the top of the meatloaf with another 1/2 cup of the tomato relish. Lay the bacon across the top lengthwise.
Bake the meatloaf for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until the bacon is crisp and the meatloaf is firm. Rotate the meat loaf while it's baking every now and then to insure that the bacon browns evenly. Remove the meatloaf from the oven and let it cool a bit before slicing. Serve with the remaining tomato relish on the side. Unbelievably moist!

Answer 3

I like to use an egg to keep it together, mix in a little heinz 57 steak sauce, fresh bread (one slice finely crumbled per pound of meat) and since I don't care for chunks of onion, I use onion powder. Then I cover it with a thin coat of ketchup and bake! D-double-icious! How much 57 sauce depends on your taste, experiment a bit starting with about 1/4 cup per pound.

Answer 4

had it one time with hard boiled eggs - your slice of meatloaf would have a slice of hard boiled egg in the middle. Moms made it once with the stove-top stuffing when she didn't have bread or bread crumbs - it was better. She always puts in onion soup mix.

Answer 5

Imake an Italian meatloaf with green peppers, onions, mushrooms, some Italian sausage, and mozzerella cheese.

Answer 6

I like a mixture of 2/3 ground beef and 1/3 mild sausage.

Answer 7

You have to have an egg or two and breadcrumbs, or it will not old well. You can also add fresh chopped onions (one), garlic (three), and then cheese if you like that (I don't). I also like a fresh bunch of parsley chopped fine. Nice spices are fresh ground black pepper and Allspice.

Answer 8

Italian bread crumbs
Broken saltines
I even seen a recipe with cooked rice in it!!

Answer 9

Haggis

Answer 10

parmesan cheese, onion, 2 eggs, 1tsp salt, 1/8 tsp pepper, and 1 crushed garlic clove