Delicious and Easy Meatloaf Recipe
Italian-Style Meatloaf and Meatloaf Bruschetta Sandwiches
Bring new class to your favorite comfort food with two of the best meatloaf recipes you'll ever taste.
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While meatloaf may be considered a simple meal ... easy to make, simple ingredients, with the right amount of TLC, meatloaf can be the comfort of all comfort foods, bringing juicy, rewarding, homey taste that everyone will love. What I think makes a good meatloaf is the juice. A juicy meatloaf helps the flavors ruminate. This Italian-style meatloaf uses diced tomatoes as the juice base to steam the Italian flavors together for a great hearty dinner. And the addition of Mozzarella cheese rounds out the wonderful flavors.
As with every Mini Meal Plan, the goal is to make one night's meal into two while providing an entirely different flavor experience. It's not just leftovers, it's smart cooking.
Many are used to savoring their leftover meatloaf as a sandwich. This time, add a new level of class to your comfort food by topping meatloaf with a Caprese/Bruschetta topping. There's a reason the combination of the fresh bold flavors of Mozzarella cheese, Basil and tomatoes has become one of the most popular menu items in Continental as well as Italian restaurants.
Enjoy two great dinners with the effort of one this week.
Italian Style Meatloaf
Ingredients
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 lb. ground beef
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese
- ½ medium onion, diced
- ¾ teaspoon Italian seasoning
Mix together first five ingredients. Add beef until mixed through. Then blend in remaining ingredients. Form into loaf and place in baking dish. Bake about 1 hour at 350°F (175°C). Pour off fat and slice. Serve with potatoes or pasta.
Meatloaf Bruschetta Sandwiches
Ingredients
- Leftover meatloaf
- Fresh Mozzarella cheese
- 1 tomato (seeded and diced)
- 4 tablespoons sweet onion, diced
- 3 large fresh basil leaves, chopped (place leaves on top of each other, roll, slice thinly)
- 1 loaf French bread
- 1-2 cloves fresh garlic
- 4 tablespoons Olive oil
- Garlic salt, to taste
Mix chopped onion, basil, tomato, 2 tablespoons olive oil and garlic salt in bowl and let flavors blend. Split the loaf of bread, brush with remaining olive oil and lightly toast on baking sheet. When bread is toasted, remove from oven, and rub with peeled garlic clove. Slice bread into meatloaf slice-sized pieces. Place meatloaf on toasted French bread, top with Mozzarella cheese and bruschetta topping. Enjoy as an open-faced sandwich. Serve with a side salad.
