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It’s always amazed me that my husband Craig, son Dillon, and son Cody - don’t like meatloaf!

I grew up with meatloaf as a weekly staple in my mom’s dinner rotation …

I always LOVED it!

I don’t know what is wrong with my guys? 

They don’t know what they are missing!

Mom’s Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaves:

(not my mom’s … it’s just the name of the recipe)

Ingredients

9 slices bacon

3/4 lb lean ground beef

3/4 lb ground portk

3/4 lb ground veal

1 egg

1/4 cup chili sauce

1/2 cup rolled oats

1/2 cup frozen chopped onions

2 tsp crushed garlic

1 packet (1 oz) beefy onion soup mix

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  Poke holes in the bottom of 3 (5 x 3 inch) disposable foil loaf pans.  Line each pan with 3 slices of bacon lengthwise, set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine ground beef, ground pork, ground veal, egg, and chili sauce, mix well. Add rolled oats, onions, garlic, and soup mix, mix well.  Spoon meat mixture evenly among bacon-lined pans and smooth the tops.
3. Place pans on a wire rack over a foil-lined baking sheet.  Bake 35 - 40 minutes, or until an instant thermometer inserted in the center of the loaves registers 160 degrees F.
4. Slice and serve hot or prepare to freeze.  If freezing, cool on a wire rack for 20 - 25 minutes.  Place each meat-loaf and pan in another foil pan and cover loosely with aluminum foil.  Cool completely in refrigerator.  Once cooled, remove the foil and wrap each loaf in pan tightly with plastic wrap.  Over wrap with aluminum foil. Label and freeze.  Makes 6 servings (3 loaves)

I found this recipe in the January 2009 issue of Redbook magazine. 

It is from Sandra Lee’s new cookbook Money Saving Meals.

I’m not sure who she is … but her meatloaf recipe is what Craig, Dillon, Cody, and I are having for dinner tomorrow night!  Maybe this one will finally win them over!

Have a terrific week!

dawn @ iowahippiechick

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