With summer right around the corner now is a good time to start clearing out the freezers. I know I won’t be able to can everything I grow, so I’ll need make room for all the fruits and veggies I plan to grow. We have two chest freezers in the garage and both are at about 2/3’s capacity. I figure by the end of the month I’ll be able to defrost, clean and unplug one of them. If I am going to make that happen, I’ll have to be a bit more diligent about using up my freezer goods.
Last summer {thanks to coupons} I ended up with quite a bit of ground pork, pork chops and pork roasts. I’m not exactly a huge fan of pork in any of those 3 forms, but I do like meatloaf. So that is what I made for dinner last night.
Here is my recipe:
Recipe: How to Make Meatloaf
Ingredients
1lb ground Pork
1.5 lbs ground Buffalo or Hamburger
1 cup Saltine Crackers
1 Egg
1/4 cup Ketchup
1/2 cup Homemade Salsa
Salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl combine all ingredients.
Pour into a loaf pan, shape and bake for 50-60 minutes.
Drain fat from pan after 30 minutes of baking and again when meatloaf is finished cooking.
Cool slightly, slice and serve.
Robin in SoCal says
Yes my crew loves meatloaf but only if smothered in a ketchup, mustard, brown sugar glaze that gets slathered all over during the last 15 minutes of baking. I do have some things in the freezer that need to be used up before gardening season is in full swing again. I grew a ton of green beans last year. Guess I need to start adding them to meals a couple of times a week. I have 4 hams to use up too. I’m not a huge ham fan but when they were on sale I couldn’t resist. We like to use pork roasts for shredded pork for tacos, burritos or slow cooker bbq pork sandwiches. I love your greenhouse!!
nancy says
i made meatloaf about 2 weeks ago. it got rave reviews! recipe from america’s test kitchen. definitely will become my standard go to meatloaf recipe.
as for the freezer…well, we cleaned it out at the end of last year because we then filled it with 1/4 beef from my brother. oh so good.
Mavis says
Thanks Nancy I’m going to look up the recipe.
Helen in Meridian says
Mavis, on Wed 9:00 PM your time on QVC shopping network, they are premiering your BlendTec Blender as the deal of the day. They will show you how to make lots of things. I know you are crazy busy, but try to watch this and find out what hours they may reshow the demonstrations.
Mavis says
Sweet! I’ll tell the HH & Monkey Boy as they love qvc!
Jules says
We had meatloaf on Saturday! Such a nice comfort food, with mashed potatoes;
In my freezer are too many bags of berries – mostly raspberries from our plants. I need to make some (a lot) of jam soon too since our beef will be filling the freezer in a couple of weeks.
Jennifer Jo says
Those are some cute looking Saltine crackers.