Mom's Meatloaf

I know I already have a meatloaf recipe on this blog...but this one is too good not to share.  THIS one is my mom's recipe.  (My other recipe is delicious as well.  It's like one big cheeseburger...Mmmm!)  But this recipe is more your traditional, saucy meatloaf and it is divine!  Not dry, not chunky...just homemade deliciousness.  And it's enough to feed a family!  I mean a meat-and-potatoes-man-lives-here kind of family.  Enjoy!

Meatloaf:
1 (13oz.) can evaporated milk

3lbs. ground beef

2 cups instant oats

2 eggs

2 tsp. black pepper

2 tsp. salt

Sauce:
2 cups ketchup

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly incorporate all of the meatloaf ingredients.  Take the meat mixture from the bowl and divide it in half.  Shape each half into a loaf shape and place each loaf side-by-side in a 9x13 baking dish.  (Don't allow them to touch though.)

In a medium size bowl combine the sauce ingredients. 

Pour enough of the sauce over the top of the raw meatloaf until the entire surface is covered.

Take the remaining sauce and place it in a small-medium size baking dish or oven safe bowl. (If there isn't much remaining sauce, make another batch of it.  Trust me!)

Place the meatloaf AND the extra pan of sauce in the oven and bake for 1 hour.  Once it's finished, take them out and let them rest for a few minutes before slicing.  Use the extra baked sauce for spreading on each person's meatloaf slice to their little heart's desire.  (And when leftover day comes...a slice of meatloaf on a bun with a healthy slather of sauce....ahhhhh-mazing!)

And for yummy side dishes, visit the Side Dishes portion of my blog.  There are tons of yummy veggie recipes that are the PERFECT companion to this meatloaf.  Enjoy!