What They’ve Done to These Meatloaf Recipes Will Stun Your Tastebuds

Most of us have had either really great experiences with meatloaf or really bad ones. It’s true that when over-stuffed with fillers like saltines or oatmeal or bread crumbs and not enough moist veggies, meatloaf can be dry as dust. And when not properly seasoned, meatloaf can taste bland or, even worse, kinda gamey. That’s possibly because first meatloafs were created out of necessity rather than desire. Frugal cooks, needing to make a serving of meat go as far as possible and feed as many as possible, added cheaper ingredients and fillers like bread crumbs and grated vegetables to pad it out. That’s how meatloaf got it’s humble start. In the hands of an especially savvy cook, the balance was just right and the meatloaf was a big hit. And meatloaf done right can be the best kind of comfort food. So, let’s put past experience behind us and approach this with an open mind, because we’ve got 10 new-school recipes for meatloaf that will change everything we ever thought we knew about it.