It's the week between Christmas and New Year's and it's a time when emotions run high and nostalgia sets in. My Dad passed away on New Year's Eve two years ago so it's an especially hard time of year.
Emotions, cold, and snow can only lead to one thing - nostalgic comfort food!
After several days of delicious and special holiday meals, I'm turning back the pages and bring out one of my favorite family recipes - Great-Grandma Rasmussen's Meat Loaf. It's not a frilly meat loaf, coated with ketchup But it's delicious, easy, and filling. Especially if you get one of the fought over end pieces. Mmm...end pieces.
Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf 
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Ingredients 1 pound ground beef 1 egg 3/4 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard 1/4 teaspoon sage 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 cup cracker or bread crumbs 2 teaspoons salt 2 Onion to flavor if wanted |
A couple of tips that I haven't added to the recipe yet:
- My Mom often used 1.5 pounds of beef and left everything else the same, it bulks it out a bit.
- She recommends beef around 90/10. 85/15 will shrink up too much.
- Grandma always ran a little water over the meat loaf before putting it in the oven, just to help keep it moist.
- Don't over mix it!
We usually serve it with baked potatoes or acorn squash. It makes for great leftovers, even cold. Meat loaf sandwiches, here we come!
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