For a summer BBQ, picnic, or potluck, a straightforward cauliflower salad with a homemade vinegar dressing is the ideal side dish. I was motivated to write this since I adore giardiniera. For a milder version, feel free to eliminate the red pepper flakes.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 40 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 kid-size servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 ½ cups crispy wheat cereal squares
- 1 ½ pounds ground beef
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the ketchup, brown sugar and mustard and mix well. Remove 4 tablespoons of this mixture and reserve for later for the top of the loaves. To the mixture in the bowl, add the Worcestershire sauce, salt, onion, garlic, egg, milk and ground black pepper and mix together well.
- Stir in the wheat cereal squares and let stand for 5 minutes. Then break up the cereal squares and add the ground beef, mixing well. Shape the mixture into the mini loaf pans you’ve decided to use.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 65 minutes. Brush on reserved ketchup mixture and bake for 15 more minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 334 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 15 g |
| Cholesterol | 96 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 16 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 612 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 24 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Delicious!! My grandma made it and we are making it again soon. Love, Annie (MLM’s Granddaughter)
It’s the only meat loaf I make! I really wasn’t a big fan of meat loaf, now I love it! This is a must make!!!
I went with a cup of plain bread crumbs I had on hand.
I’ve been making this for years. I discovered it on Allrecipes. It’s tasty, foolproof & adaptable. I’ve never made it in muffin tin due to the fact I love a leftover meatloaf sandwich. I’ve substituted all kinds of binders for the wheat square cereal, bread crumbs, crackers, oatmeal with the same great results. I’ll add diced green peppers, diced green chilies- whatever I have on hand. Excellent meatloaf. I come back to this over & over again.
I’m now the only one in the family allowed to make meatloaf – says the kids!
This was so very easy to make. My husband does not like meatloaf at all!!!! I said come on babe try it this way. He did and he LOVED IT!!! He has asked me to make it again. Thank you for sharing this!!!
I love the addition of brown sugar. I mean. Who knew??!! I used quinoa in place of cereal. Otherwise I followed the recipe. I love playing with food in recipes, so unless I’m baking, I don’t measure most ingredients. Nummy. Thanks for the recipe.
This is great! I did add mozzarella cheese like one reviewer suggested simply because my kid loves cheese but I followed everything else as above and they turned out great. I cooked them in a mini muffin pan, also just because my kid thinks that is cute. So I only had to cook for 25 minutes and they were done…. I will make this again and again!
My son loved it! I didn’t have the wheat cereal… so I used quick cooking oats and corn flakes. Didn’t have onion powder and used fresh garlic. It turned out great! A sign of a strong recipe in my opinion… adaptations don’t significantly change the recipe’s deliciousness… but tweak it to the chef’s limitations/preferences. 😀 Thanks for the recipe!
This is the only meatloaf my kids will eat. Husband loves it too. I leave out the cereal and it still taste great. I make it as 1 large loaf.
This is the best meatloaf recipe!!! The first time I made it I did not have cereal squares, I rarely do, so I used chopped up croutons! It works amazing and if you get the seasoned ones it gives it a little extra kick! This is my go to recipe for meatloaf now! Sure to please any crowd!
The best! Yay!
I add a cup or so of mozzarella to the meat mixture, then form two loafs by hand, place on a wire rack on top of a foil lined baking sheet for easy clean up. My husband raves about this meatloaf, and he is the pickiest man I have ever met!
Made recipe as posted with one exception being used 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs instead of cereal (based on recommendations of other raters). Came out way too dry, although taste itself was fine. If making it again (which I won’t…have much better meatloaf recipes), would definitely reduce cook time!
I hated meatloaf growing up, but both my picky eater and I love this recipe.
We love this meatloaf!! We put it in muffin pans so we get more of the outside crunchy/gooey!!
it is delisious!:)
too sweet
I am always looking for recipes to incorporate hidden vegetables into my dishes in order for my kids (ages 3 & 5) to secretly eat their veggies. This was the perfect recipe. Instead of using onion & garlic powder, I used finely chopped fresh onion, garlic and red bell peppers. Once mixed into the rest of the ingredients, the kids never knew they were eating veggies. They absolutely LOVED these. I cooked them in a regular sized muffin tin (made 15 muffins) and called them “Super Hero Cups.” Big, big hit. They have already asked me to make them again. P.S. Even hubby liked them enough to eat four of them.
SOOO good! My kids do not even like meatloaf and they LOVE this!! Its a usual around our house
I wanted to try this recipe as I wanted a Gluten Free meatloaf..so I used rice and corn Chex Mix instead of the wheat. My husband declared this the best meatloaf he had ever had..and I agreed! I used 3/4 of the mixture to make one small meatloaf and added rice to the rest of the mixture and stuffed 2 red peppers..added a little spaghetti sauce to the pan and those were fantastic too!! Can’t wait to make again..was gone too fast. Just the right combination of spices..