I deconstructed meatloaf to make it easier and faster to fix.
1lb hamburger
1 cup water (with beef cube dissolved)
2 cups frozen peas/carrots
1 small can tomato sauce
1 small diced onion
1/2 cup oatmeal
1 packet meatloaf seasoning
1/4 cup ketchup
Brown the hamburger and then add the onion. Drain most of the grease off, but leave a little in the pan. Add the water, tomato sauce, seasoning and peas/carrots. Cook until the peas and carrots are hot, add the oatmeal and the ketchup. This will thicken your meat mixture and make it scoopable.
Serve over rice and add a side of your choice or make mashed potatoes.
This was very good and I didn't have to heat up the house with the oven to make it.
As a variation, you could leave the oatmeal out, add a couple cups of a cooked pasta, 1 to 2 cups of cheese and you have a homemade version of that boxed helper stuff!
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2 comments:
Hey this is a smart idea!! I love it! I've been doing a goulash dish smimilar to the boxed helper stuff for years but never even thought of doing meatloaf like this! That's a great way to do it without heating the house up in this extreme heat of summer. Thanks!!
It's different but don't know if we'd like this. I do not care for oatmeal in any meatloaf. If you made it I would taste it though!
dette
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