Wondering how to make Meat Loaf ? Well, wait no more ! Ship Shape Mama can tell you how !
So lets start what will you need to make you fantastic meal for yourself or family. Personally, my family loves it. I love to see my son eat mommy's cooking and hear him say yum yum yum lol
Ingredients :
* 1 pound of ground beef
* 1/4 of a medium size onion cut into mince style pieces
* 1/4 of a medium size fresh minced garlic (or 1/2 tablespoon garlic)
* 1/2 cup of saltine crackers or animal crackers ( smashed into small crumbs )
* 1 large egg
* 1/2 of a medium size green pepper cut into small even pieces
* 2 teaspoons of Lawry's all season salt
* 1 cup of pure tomato sauce
* 1/2 cup of mixed vegetables ( type of vegetables are optional )
* 1/4 cup of ketchup
* 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
* 1 can of non-stick spray
* 1 large mixing bowl
* 1 square like baking pan
Okay people ! So lets start by grabbing our large mixing bowl and adding in our fully thawed out ground beef. Than we are going to set this to the side so we can grab our onion, garlic and green pepper to cut into small even pieces. Once you have diced your vegetables into even pieces, you can go ahead and add this to the bowl of ground beef.
Than your going to add you seasons like your ground pepper and your all purpose Lawry's season salt. Once you have accomplished this. Your going to grab your crackers and put then into a separate bowl or into a napkin folded and start smashing them into pieces with a cup. For example laying your crackers flat and start smashing.
Next, once your complete with this process, your going to throw your crackers into the bowl. After this, crack open you egg and add this to your mixture.
Next your going to add your tomato sauce and 1/8 cup of ketchup. Your going to use the rest of your ketchup later on. By this time, all your ingredients should be added into one large bowl. Your going to next wash your hands and use which ever hand preferred and start hand mixing your mixture of meat very well in your bowl. You want to make sure that everything is mixed properly.
Your going to next set your oven on 400 degrees Fahrenheit, while your oven is per-heating. Your going to grab your square baking like pan and spray it lightly with your non-stick spray. Once you've done that, your next step is adding in your meat loaf mix into the baking pan.
Then, with you hand, your going to even out the meat through out the whole pan.
By this time your oven should have pre-heated, so your going to throw in you meat loaf into the oven for about 30-35 minutes.
After 30-35 minutes have past, your going to check on your meat loaf. It should look pretty close to looking well done. Your going to poke the center with a tooth pick or knife and check the center for pinkness. You should see just a little, like if you only need about 15-20 minutes more.
You can also drain your meat loaf of any excess oil if you used a high in fat ground beef mix, you can take the pan out and slightly drain into a cup or your sink.
So next ! Your going to next going to add the rest of you ketchup on the surface to your meat loaf. You can squirt a design of your own, I usually do an zig-zag line. After this step.
Your going to allow your meat loaf to cook for another additional 15-20 minutes more until its well done to your liking.
By this time, your meat loaf should be ready for consumption !
Dig in, eat up ! And thanks for cooking with Ship Shape Mama !
Bon Appetite !
Thanks for Reading !
So lets start what will you need to make you fantastic meal for yourself or family. Personally, my family loves it. I love to see my son eat mommy's cooking and hear him say yum yum yum lol
Ingredients :
* 1 pound of ground beef
* 1/4 of a medium size onion cut into mince style pieces
* 1/4 of a medium size fresh minced garlic (or 1/2 tablespoon garlic)
* 1/2 cup of saltine crackers or animal crackers ( smashed into small crumbs )
* 1 large egg
* 1/2 of a medium size green pepper cut into small even pieces * 2 teaspoons of Lawry's all season salt
* 1 cup of pure tomato sauce
* 1/2 cup of mixed vegetables ( type of vegetables are optional )
* 1/4 cup of ketchup
* 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
* 1 can of non-stick spray
* 1 large mixing bowl
* 1 square like baking pan
Okay people ! So lets start by grabbing our large mixing bowl and adding in our fully thawed out ground beef. Than we are going to set this to the side so we can grab our onion, garlic and green pepper to cut into small even pieces. Once you have diced your vegetables into even pieces, you can go ahead and add this to the bowl of ground beef.
Than your going to add you seasons like your ground pepper and your all purpose Lawry's season salt. Once you have accomplished this. Your going to grab your crackers and put then into a separate bowl or into a napkin folded and start smashing them into pieces with a cup. For example laying your crackers flat and start smashing.Next, once your complete with this process, your going to throw your crackers into the bowl. After this, crack open you egg and add this to your mixture.
Next your going to add your tomato sauce and 1/8 cup of ketchup. Your going to use the rest of your ketchup later on. By this time, all your ingredients should be added into one large bowl. Your going to next wash your hands and use which ever hand preferred and start hand mixing your mixture of meat very well in your bowl. You want to make sure that everything is mixed properly.Your going to next set your oven on 400 degrees Fahrenheit, while your oven is per-heating. Your going to grab your square baking like pan and spray it lightly with your non-stick spray. Once you've done that, your next step is adding in your meat loaf mix into the baking pan.
Then, with you hand, your going to even out the meat through out the whole pan.
By this time your oven should have pre-heated, so your going to throw in you meat loaf into the oven for about 30-35 minutes.
After 30-35 minutes have past, your going to check on your meat loaf. It should look pretty close to looking well done. Your going to poke the center with a tooth pick or knife and check the center for pinkness. You should see just a little, like if you only need about 15-20 minutes more.
You can also drain your meat loaf of any excess oil if you used a high in fat ground beef mix, you can take the pan out and slightly drain into a cup or your sink.
So next ! Your going to next going to add the rest of you ketchup on the surface to your meat loaf. You can squirt a design of your own, I usually do an zig-zag line. After this step.
Your going to allow your meat loaf to cook for another additional 15-20 minutes more until its well done to your liking.By this time, your meat loaf should be ready for consumption !
Dig in, eat up ! And thanks for cooking with Ship Shape Mama !
Bon Appetite !
Thanks for Reading !
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