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Dad's Meat Loaf

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Written By: The Old Farmer’s Almanac Editors The Almanac Editors and Staff
Yield
8 servings
Category
Meat
Course
Main Dish
Preparation Method
Bake
Sources
User Submitted

The best meat loaf recipes have a taste of nostalgia as you gather around the dinner table with your family. This meat loaf uses a mixture of sausage and ground beef for a delicious meal that everyone is sure to enjoy! We love preparing the meat loaf ahead of time and popping it in the oven when our families start to get hungry in the evening.

From the recipe’s author: “This is how my dad used to make it. Everyone who has eaten it just loves it. I love it because it reminds me of him.”

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Ingredients
2 pounds ground beef
1 pound hot or mild sausage
2 eggs
1 onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Worcestershire sauce, to taste
2 sleeves saltines
ketchup

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Using your hands, mix beef, sausage, eggs, onions, bell peppers, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, salt and pepper, and Worcestershire sauce. Add saltines until stiff enough to form a loaf and place in a loaf pan.
  3. Bake for 60 to 90 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted into the loaf reads at least 160°F. Spread ketchup on top of the loaf during the last 15 minutes of baking time.

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Comments

<span>Jlbs</span> Tue, 06/04/2024 - 08:43
What is a good substitute for the saltines, and what amount? I'm gluten free. Love saltines, but can't have them.
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/editors">The Editors</a> Wed, 06/05/2024 - 10:32

Hi, jlbs. We love saltines, too! You could substitute with 1 cup of gluten-free oats.

 <span>Tom Chase</span> Tue, 06/04/2024 - 07:38
Regarding Cindy Ivey. Some people are confined to thinking in a box and many think out of the box. Love the recipe
<span>Susan Papais</span> Mon, 06/19/2023 - 10:56
Just wondering. When you put this in a pan, is there a lot of grease?
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/editors">The Editors</a> Tue, 06/20/2023 - 08:44

Hi, Susan. Much like most meatloaf recipes, yes, this one will produce grease from the meats. If this is objectionable, there are special meatloaf pans that you can buy that help to keep the grease away from the meat by draining it underneath the loaf.

 <span>Russell Martin</span> Thu, 07/21/2022 - 20:09
I submitted this recipe many, many years ago and enjoy reading everyone's kind comments! Happy to hear many has enjoyed as much as me and my famiy has over the years. God Bless!
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/editors">The Editors</a> Tue, 06/20/2023 - 09:38

Hi Russell, It's great to hear from the son who submitted “Dad’s Meatloaf." We're glad to see you are enjoying the readers' comments, and we all thank YOU for sharing your Dad's delicious recipe! Sincerely, The Old Farmer's Almanac

 <span>Paul Lais</span> Mon, 02/07/2022 - 09:49
A classic, very similar to my moms family recipe. Its a KEEPER!
<span>Neil Mascola</span> Fri, 04/30/2021 - 19:35
None Better!!! Made me cry...
<span>Madge</span> Mon, 01/11/2021 - 09:28
For those of us accomplished cooks, this recipe is a down-home keeper. Thanks for sharing this recipe for one of the many comfort foods we go to again and again!