Kalyn's Best Meatloaf

At the risk of losing all credibility as a food blogger, I'm going to admit that I really like meatloaf. What I don't like is meatloaf with ketchup painted on top, or meatloaf with bits of veggies showing. This meatloaf doesn't have either one of those, but what it does have is delicious flavor. Put a little ketchup on when you eat it if you insist. I'm posting the recipe for a meatloaf I've been making for years at the request of a friend who once ate this at my house. The name "Kalyn's Best Meatloaf" was given to it by my sister Pam, who submitted it as a favorite when her school made a faculty cookbook. The amounts given make two loaves, and I cook the meatloaf on a broiler pan as shown, so that the fat runs out and the loaf is crispy on the outside. Be open-minded about the mushroom soup and the Lipton onion soup mix and give this recipe a try if you like meatloaf at all. Although I am cooking with more fresh ingredients and less packaged foods now, this recipe is one I will probably still keep to use whenever I want to make really flavorful meatloaf.

KALYN'S BEST MEATLOAF
2 pounds lean ground beef (I like ground chuck best)
12 oz package reduced fat pork sausage (I use Jimmy Dean 50% less fat sausage)
1 cup whole wheat bread crumbs (I make my own from low carb bread. If you want to reduce the carbs even more, you could use less.)
1 pkg. Lipton onion soup mix (dried mix)
1 can Campbells cream of mushroom soup
1 egg
1 T garlic powder
salt-pepper to taste

Take meats out of the refrigerator and let come to room temperature. Preheat oven to 375 F. In food processor, blend onion soup to grind up onion pieces, then add bread crumbs and buzz a few times so bread is in small particles. In large bowl, combine all ingredients and mix together by squeezing with your hands so all ingredients are well combined. Shape into two loaves and bake about 1 hour, or until instant read meat thermometer reaches at least 170.

This freezes very well. If you have any leftover brown gravy in your freezer, it 's great over the meatloaf.

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