I was cheese-traumatized young. Neighbor made grilled cheese sandwiches. I had never had them and thought that was apricot jam. Spoiler alert! It wasn’t.Made it on a regular basis too when kids were home. Would mix it up by adding mushrooms or by putting a layer of cheese in the middle, etc. Didn't matter what variation I used, it disappeared fast. Always used 3 to 4 lbs of meat. Now I make a 1 lb version for us but grown kids expect meatloaf to be one of the meats at every family get together. A with-ketchup batch and a without-ketchup batch. Couple of the grands were ketchup traumatized in childhood.
It knows you!I might try my favorite recipe in same. Autocorrect keeps changing it to crackpot.![]()
It teaches you patience and advance planning.I've been looking for new recipes, and to my surprise, most foods that are cooked in the oven can be cooked just as well in a crockpot. I found several casserole recipes that are made in crockpots. I love it, because there is no messy cleanup afterwards if you use liners. I don't see why you can't use your own meatloaf recipes in the crockpot. If I had only one choice between a microwave and a crockpot, I'd choose the crockpot.
I learned a valuable lesson when I made meatloaf the other day. Never tell himself all of the ingredients in the meatloaf.
I used the recipe in the OP with one exception, I used half beef and half ground turkey. We had a nice dinner. After we ate himself said that was the best meatloaf I ever made for him.
Then I said that it was made with half ground turkey. Wrong thing to say. Himself wouldn't touch it after that!
It was a very tasty meatloaf and it didn't fall apart. Oh well, live and learn...
It knows you well?I might try my favorite recipe in same. Autocorrect keeps changing it to crackpot.![]()