Currently cooking out of The Carefree Cook by Rick Rodgers.
I have mixed feelings about this recipe. It was easy and fast, but I didn’t really like the taste of the meatloaves. The recipe calls for meatloaf mix, which is a mixture of equal parts ground beef, pork and veal. None of the grocery stores around here carried mealoaf mix, so I made my own using just beef and pork. The finished dish was very porky, but not in a good way.
Other than that (which, admittedly, is my own fault, not Rodgers’), I really liked the concept of this recipe. Instead of making one big meatloaf, you make four mini ones, shaped like doughnuts, which puts the cooking time at about 30 minutes. You use barbecue sauce in the mix as well as on top of the meatloaves. This gives the meatloaves a nice flavor and isn’t nearly as sweet as the standard ketchup.
Oh this is a good idea. Easier to make them after work rather than having to let it bake so long. It looks really yummy and I love BBQ. I might have to give this a try!