Need Some Inspiration? Try Meatloaf and Meatballs!

               

 

Food on Friday: May was another petite collection. Thank you to everyone who participated.

The pic at the top was brought over by Jean of Delightful Repast – Swedish Meatballs

 

 

Christoph of James & Everett contributed his Bacon Topped Meatloaf – everything tastes better with bacon they say…

 

Dorothy of Shockingly Delicious brought us her modestly named World's Best Turkey Meatballs

 

 

And she also brought over Mexican Turkey Meatloaf

 

 

For some really easy and great looking Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs just hop on over to see Tina from Squirrel Head Manor's recipe.

 

For other inspiration head over to this Pinboard for Meatloaf and this one for Meatballs – you'll find entries from earlier Food on Fridays on these boards as well – there are 66 meatloafs and 110 meatballs.

Food on Friday: May 2021

 

It's the second Friday of the month so here is Food on Friday. 

 

As you can see, there are 2 new themes – Meatloaf and Meatballs.  I hope you'll find some great stuff in your archives to share.  Vegetarian versions are most welcome.

 

Feel free to add a number of things under each category and come back later in the month to add more if you would like to.   

 

To add your dishes, just put the name of the dish together with your blog name/name into the first Mr Linky box you will find below.  Then paste the url for your post about it into the second box. Mr Linky now makes you tick a compliance box which I always forget first time!

 

I'll be pinning your creations to the relevant Pinboards – Meatloaf and Meatballs.

 

Have fun! And stay safe!

Meatloaf in capsicum containers

For some reason I thought it would be fun to do meatloaf by cooking it inside capsicums (you might know them as bell peppers).  And it actually worked out quite well.

The meatloaf filling was made with equal quantities of lamb mince, chicken mince and pork sausage meat.  To that meat I added some softened onion, garlic and chilli.  For other seasoning I added a splash of Lea & Perrins sauce, and, of course salt and pepper.

I had some leftover paneer cheese which I cut up into cubes and included in the mixture.  After all these has cooked up a bit I let it cool and then mixed through some chopped spring onion (scallion) and then spooned it into the capsicum, put a bit of grated cheese on top and then cooked it in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes.

Meatloaf sort of a la Mary Berry

I noticed a Mary Berry recipe for meatloaf that was quite different from anything I've done before.  This is a link to a version of her recipe on another blog.

Of course I didn't follow it exactly – I didn't have bacon rashers only bacon bits so that affected things.

It turned out ok – maybe a tad bland for our taste – and didn't slice well… but will be worth working on further.

Ingredients:

500g beef mince

1 can of chopped tomatoes (I used about ¾ of it)

1 cup of breadcrumbs (instead of herbed stuffing mix)

½ red onion, chopped

¾ carrot grated

2 Brussel sprouts, sliced (leave out next time?)

No garlic or parsley

1 egg, beaten (next time 2?)

1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Salt and black pepper

Bacon pieces

Method:

Preheat your oven to about 200C

Mix everything except the bacon together in a bowl

Line a loaf pan with the bacon – I could only put it in the bottom of the pan and a bit up the sides – no delicate overlapping possible.

Fill the loaf pan with the meat mix – I pushed it in and then put cling film on top and cans on top of that – trying to weight it down.

Turn out into a roasting pan and roast for 1 hour.

I forgot to give it another 15 minutes on a bit higher heat – maybe that would have firmed it up!

The addition of the chopped tomatoes didn't make it too sloppy so I'll be doing that again.

 

This is what it looked like going into the oven.  Sorry about the quality of the pics – taken with the lights on in the evening – not the best.

Meatloaf cooked in Bell Peppers – Retro Fun

For some reason I thought it would be fun to do meatloaf by cooking it inside capsicums (you might know them as bell peppers).  And it actually worked out quite well.

The meatloaf filling was made with equal quantities of lamb mince, chicken mince and pork sausage meat.  To that meat I added some softened onion, garlic and chilli.  For other seasoning I added a splash of Lea & Perrins sauce, and, of course salt and pepper.

I had some leftover paneer cheese which I cut up into cubes and included in the mixture.  After all these has cooked up a bit I let it cool and then mixed through some chopped spring onion (scallion) and then spooned it into the capsicum, put a bit of grated cheese on top and then cooked it in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes.

Need Some Inspiration? Try Meatloaf!

Tabasco Dijon Glazed Lemon Meatloaf

  

Food on Friday: January  was also a meatloaf lover's delight.  For more meatloaf hop on over to Food on Friday: Meatloaf

The pic at the top is from Cooking on the Ranch – a lovely Tabasco Dijon Glazed Lemon Meatloaf

Copycat Cracker Barrel Meatloaf by The Midnight Baker

Sweet and Sour Meat Loaf by Margaret's Morsels