My mom's Meatloaf. Chazz screaming to his mom for some meatloaf in the movie Wedding Crashers starring Will Ferrell and Owen Wilson. Mom made the best meatloaf, and now I do, too. When I first met my husband, he didn't care for homemade meatloaf, but this won him over. —Michelle Beran, Claflin, Kansas.

Meatloaf is one of the classic, quintessential. My Mom's meatloaf wasn't this good. I added chopped green pepper and some crushed red pepper for even View image. You can have My mom's Meatloaf using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of My mom's Meatloaf

You need 3 lbs of ground beef at least 87 lean.
Prepare 3 tablespoons of butter.
You need of Ritz crackers.
It's of Green pepper diced.
Prepare of Diced yellow onion.
Prepare of Sliced yellow onion.
You need of Onion mix.
It's 2 of eggs.
It's 1 of big can of whole peeled tomatoes.
Prepare 3 tablespoons of flour.
Prepare Teaspoon of parsley.
Prepare Teaspoon of basil.

Mom's Best Meatloaf. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet. What is My Mom's Meatloaf if it isn't comfort food? This, my friends is the classic meatloaf I grew up eating. My mom's meatloaf is juicy, has delicious flavor and that red sticky sauce on the top (I didn't.

My mom's Meatloaf instructions

In a small pan, heat some olive oil and brown the onion and green pepper until tender. Set aside to cool.
Mix beef, some cumin, salt and pepper, crushed Ritz crackers, cooked onion and green pepper, onion mix.
Form into a loaf this is what it should look like. In oven 1.5 hours 375 degrees.
Now for the sauce: in a new and deeper pan melt 3 tablespoons of butter and cook 1 sliced onion until clear. Add some basil and salt and pepper.
Add the 3 tablespoons of flour and stir constantly for about 3 mins (medium heat).
Dump all the canned tomatoes with medium high heat and cut up the tomatoes as they cook.
Fill the tomato can up with water and add stepwise until it's empty. Stir frequently.
Let simmer for a while then turn off heat..
When meatloaf is done take out of oven and let it rest for 5 mins, put in new dish then pour sauce on top of it. Cook in oven same heat for 10 mins.
Remove and let it rest for 10 mins. Serve with rice and a green veggie. Garnish with parsley. Enjoy.

I wish I could take credit for this recipe, but it's my mom's. I've honestly never had a meatloaf I didn't like, but this one is definitely my favorite. The combination of ground beef, stuffing and bruschetta-style ingredients makes this meatloaf comfort food at its most delicious. This basic meatloaf will remind you of your mother's or grandmother's loaf. Be it ever so humble, the Double the recipe and cook it in two loaf pans for a larger family.