Mom's Italian Meatloaf

From: mums the word

On Mar 27, 2008

This was pretty good, I liked this better than the ketchup topping that so many meatloaf recipes have. I tried using half ground beef and half ground turkey and try as I might, I can't get myself to like the ground turkey or chicken - yuck. I will try next time with just the beef. Thx.

From: NcMysteryShopper

On Mar 24, 2008

Everyone loved this meatloaf! I thought there was going to be too much breadcrumbs, but it was just fine. I actually ran slices of bread through the food processor and made them crumbs instead of cubes. The only thing I changed was to omit the salt because I knew it was too much for our salt sensitive palates and did not want it to reflect in the rating. There was plenty of salt from the tomato sauce, cheese and butter for us. Thanks SweetsLady!

From: Susiecat too

On Mar 3, 2008

Man, oh man, is this good! It got a resounding 5-star rating from everyone at the dinnertable tonight, and they were even trying to sneak bites off each others' plates when someone wasn't paying attention. I had to leave out all dairy products for dietary reasons, so soaked my breadcrumbs in homemade vegetable stock instead. I used olive oil to saute the onions, and just skipped the cheese altogether. But let me tell you, this doesn't need the embellishment of cheese — it is a fantastic meatloaf recipe. Thanks, SweetsLady!

From: WI Cheesehead

On Oct 23, 2007

Very moist and Italian tasting! I used 20 oz ground turkey and made up the difference with some TVP. We were too lazy to use real onions, so we threw some dried minced ones in and didn't have the mozzarella, but it was really tasty. I would say one loaf is about 6-8 servings, so using the turkey and leaving out the cheese significantly reduces the fat.