Sausage & Peppers Meat Loaf March 4, 8 servings, 410 calories, tested March 6
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups barilla sweet peppers & Garlic Pasta Sauce, I used 4 cloves of garlic and regular INEXPENSIVE pasta sauce like less then two bucks, and just threw in 1/2 24 ounce jar
1 lb hot or sweet italian port sausage, removed from casings, too much work, I used turkey sausage from a tube...easy peasy
1 lb lean ground beef, I went for it
3/4 cup fresh bread crumbs, just grabbed some bread I had sitting around and pulverized it in my bitty NINJA (I bought for 19 bucks)
3/4 cup finely chopped onion (too much measuring, cut an onion in half an yea for the NINJA)
1/4 cup grated romano or parmesan, one of my staples threw in a handful
1 large eggs, ok I threw in 2 medium
2 tsp minced garlic (NINJA pulverized 4 cloves or was it 5, I have a bag of whole peeled garlic cloves I froze from Costco, you know, the place where you buy something and you have enough for an army)
2 tsp fennel seeds (optional) 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper), once again, fennel seed, oops I forgot but I threw in a bunch of black pepper to spice it up, maybe a teaspoon, NO SALT)
DIRECTIONS
To ease removal of loaf from cooker, fold two 24 inch long pieces foil in half lengthwise twice. Place strips across each other, forming a "+" in bottom of a 3/14 qt or larger slow cooker. Press strips against inside of cooker letting ends hand over outside.
Mix 1/2 cup pasta sauce with remaining ingredients in a large bowl until well blended. Form into a 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/ inch loaf. Place in cooker
Cover and cook on low 5 to 8 hours or until a meat thermometer inserted in center of loaf registers 165 F
Heat rest of sauce, serve at table. SERVE with pasta salad as side dish.
leftover makes great sandwiches.
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| this is my favorite dish, it's like spaghetti and meatballs... the meatloaf tastes salty to me, probably a combo of the sausage and the cheese, like to make it again, but a little concerned.... |
1 1/2 cups barilla sweet peppers & Garlic Pasta Sauce, I used 4 cloves of garlic and regular INEXPENSIVE pasta sauce like less then two bucks, and just threw in 1/2 24 ounce jar
1 lb hot or sweet italian port sausage, removed from casings, too much work, I used turkey sausage from a tube...easy peasy
1 lb lean ground beef, I went for it
3/4 cup fresh bread crumbs, just grabbed some bread I had sitting around and pulverized it in my bitty NINJA (I bought for 19 bucks)
3/4 cup finely chopped onion (too much measuring, cut an onion in half an yea for the NINJA)
1/4 cup grated romano or parmesan, one of my staples threw in a handful
1 large eggs, ok I threw in 2 medium
2 tsp minced garlic (NINJA pulverized 4 cloves or was it 5, I have a bag of whole peeled garlic cloves I froze from Costco, you know, the place where you buy something and you have enough for an army)
2 tsp fennel seeds (optional) 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper), once again, fennel seed, oops I forgot but I threw in a bunch of black pepper to spice it up, maybe a teaspoon, NO SALT)
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| Just 7 more hours to go!!!!!!! |
To ease removal of loaf from cooker, fold two 24 inch long pieces foil in half lengthwise twice. Place strips across each other, forming a "+" in bottom of a 3/14 qt or larger slow cooker. Press strips against inside of cooker letting ends hand over outside.
Mix 1/2 cup pasta sauce with remaining ingredients in a large bowl until well blended. Form into a 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/ inch loaf. Place in cooker
Cover and cook on low 5 to 8 hours or until a meat thermometer inserted in center of loaf registers 165 F
Heat rest of sauce, serve at table. SERVE with pasta salad as side dish.
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| That took a long time!! |
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| ready for the frig |
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