As you may have guessed, I love comfort food. There is nothing more comforting than meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Blue Plate Special, anyone?

Mini-Loaf Pan Meatloaf

Pre-Heat the oven to 350.

Meatloaf:

1 lb of ground beef

2/4 cup of minced yellow onion

½ cup minced celery

2 eggs

¼ cup soy sauce

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 tablespoon dried parsley

2 teaspoons garlic powder

Black pepper to taste

1 cup quick oats

Mix all the meatloaf ingredients together and place into loaf pans (I get 3 mini-loafs with this recipe, one for now and two for later).

Brush on the topping and bake for about an hour, the temperature should be about 160.

Topping:

¼ cup lightbrown sugar

¼ ketchup

3 tablespoons yellow mustard

½ teaspoon paprika

½ teaspoon pepper

Mix all the meatloaf ingredients together and place into loaf pans (I get 3 mini-loafs with this recipe, one for now and two for later).

Brush on the topping and bake for about an hour, the temperature should be about 160.

• You can buy meatloaf mix at the market. It’s usually equal parts of ground beef, pork and veal. I just used ground beef.
• I buy 5 packs of mini loaf pans at my local dollar store. I also make lasagna in the mini-loaf form.
• The topping seems sweet to some folks, you can back it off touch by reducing the brown sugar to 3 tablespoons.