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Top 27 Best Meatloaf Recipes

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Meatloaf has long been a popular American dish, and many consider it a comfort food. The meatloaf is versatile as well. Change your everyday meatloaf up with different seasoning or herb blends or use a combination of meats. And it’s easy to sneak veggies into a meatloaf mixture. Grate carrots finely and throw them into the meat mixture; they add both nutrients and slightly sweet flavor to the loaf.

Toppings can refresh a plain meatloaf as well. Finish it with a layer of ketchup, chili sauce, or gravy. Or choose seasoned diced tomatoes, pizza sauce, or a marinara sauce.

Are you looking for a fresh take on your basic meatloaf? Add some of these meatloaf recipes to your list.

Cajun-Style Meatloaf

cajun meatloaf sliced on a plate
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This meatloaf features loads of flavor and chopped vegetables. The “holy trinity” of Cajun and Creole cooking—celery, onions, and bell peppers—along with Cajun seasoning give it that Louisiana flavor.

Simple Meatloaf With Optional Topping

Simple Meatloaf With Optional Topping
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Use the topping mixture included in the recipe or use plain ketchup to top off this tasty meatloaf or serve it plain with ketchup on the side. This simple meatloaf is made with ground beef, breadcrumbs, dried onion, and seasonings. This makes a large loaf, enough for a family of 6.

Bacon-Wrapped Meat Loaf

Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This delicious bacon-wrapped meatloaf is enhanced with grated natural Parmesan cheese, Cajun spices, and a tasty barbecue sauce glaze. Finely chopped onions and bell pepper are added to give the meatloaf extra color and flavor.

Grilled Meatloaf

Grilled Meatloaf
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This flavorful meatloaf is easy to prepare and cook on the grill, so you get a tasty meatloaf and don’t have to heat up the house. Whether you use a gas or charcoal grill, try to keep the grill temperature steady at a medium heat of 350 F if your grill has a thermostat. Use a heavy-duty disposable aluminum pan or a double thickness of heavy-duty foil.

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Meatloaf Muffins

Meatloaf muffins recipe
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Meatloaf muffins are easy to make with a basic meatloaf mixture along with ketchup for flavor and topping. The recipe makes a dozen meatloaf muffins. The kids—and your inner child—will love them!

Meatloaf With Gravy

Meatloaf With Gravy
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

A simple purchased brown gravy or gravy made from a mix transforms this everyday meatloaf. The meatloaf makes a wonderful and comforting meal with mashed potatoes and a side vegetable. Use brown gravy, mushroom gravy, or onion gravy.

Tex-Mex Meatloaf

Tex-Mex Meatloaf
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This Tex-Mex meatloaf’s flavor, texture, and heat come from the cilantro, chili powder, and jalapeño peppers. Top the meatloaf with extra ketchup, taco sauce, Picante sauce, or enchilada sauce. Serve this nicely-seasoned meatloaf with Mexican style rice or mashed potatoes for a satisfying family meal.

Green Chile Meatloaf

Green Chile Meatloaf
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

Mild green chile peppers flavor this tasty meatloaf, along with some cilantro and chile-seasoned diced tomatoes. Top this meatloaf with cheddar or pepper jack cheese slices.

Classic Heinz 57 Meatloaf

meatloaf
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This vintage meatloaf recipe includes Heinz 57 sauce for flavor along with seasoned breadcrumbs, some chopped onion, and an egg.

Instant Pot Meatloaf

Instant Pot meatloaf in serving dish sliced.
Diana Rattray

If you need to cut a bit of the cooking time on your meatloaf, the instant pot is your friend. This meatloaf is full of flavor, combining ground beef with minced vegetables, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce. Once the meatloaf is cooked, it is topped with a rich glaze including Dijon mustard and brown sugar.

Southwestern-Style Meat Loaf

Southwestern-Style Meat Loaf
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This Southwestern-style meatloaf is loaded with flavor and texture, with ingredients like corn, ripe olives, and salsa. Use all ground beef or a combination of ground beef and pork or veal.

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Savory Meatloaf With Oatmeal

Savory meatloaf with oatmeal
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Ground beef, oats, garlic, and onions make up the mixture used in this classic meatloaf. The ketchup topping is fabulous, but feel free to use chili sauce or barbecue sauce on the loaf.

Mom’s Basic Meatloaf

Mom's Meatloaf
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This basic, great tasting meatloaf is an uncomplicated mixture of lean ground beef, cracker crumbs, ketchup, and seasonings. Basic doesn’t have to mean bland!

Cheddar Meatloaf With Tangy Sauce

cheddar meatloaf recipe
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

Cheddar cheese and a combination of ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and chili powder give this meatloaf fabulous flavor.

Keto Meatloaf

Keto Meatloaf
 The Spruce Eats / Leah Maroney

Most meatloaf recipes include bread or breadcrumbs to bind them together, but this keto meatloaf is gluten-free and grain-free. It’s also ultra-meaty, with chorizo and bacon adding lots of flavor.

Quick and Easy French Onion Meatloaf

French Onion Meatloaf
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

Condensed French onion soup makes the onion flavor stand out in this moist meatloaf. Top it with ketchup or barbecue sauce, or leave it plain. Leftovers make great sandwiches.

Onion Soup Meatloaf

Onion Soup Meatloaf
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This meatloaf is an old-fashioned favorite. Dry onion soup mix and ketchup flavor the loaf. The recipe is made with only 6 ingredients.

Grandma’s Meat Loaf

Grandma's Meatloaf
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This meatloaf is another old-fashioned favorite, with ground beef, chili sauce or ketchup, oats, and seasonings. If you use all ground beef, a ratio of 85/15 is a good choice for a juicy meatloaf.

Meatloaf With Black Beans

Meatloaf With Black Beans
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This delicious meatloaf is made with the addition of black beans and optional cilantro, along with cumin and chili powder for flavor. Use shredded Mexican cheese or pepper jack cheese in the loaf, and top it off with salsa, if you like.

Parmesan Meat Loaf

Italian meatloaf recipe
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Parmesan cheese and a dried Italian herbs season this Italian-style savory meatloaf. The meatloaf is topped with tomato sauce and extra Parmesan cheese.

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Meat Loaf With Mushroom Gravy

Meat Loaf With Mushroom Gravy
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This flavorful, savory meatloaf is served with homemade beefy mushroom gravy. Serve this excellent meatloaf with mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables for a fabulous family dinner. If you’re short on time, use a mushroom gravy mix.

Country Meatloaf

country meatloaf
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This classic everyday meatloaf is made with lean ground beef or ground round. Vegetable additions include sauteed sliced mushrooms, onion, celery, and shredded carrots.

Home Style Meatloaf

meatloaf bbq sauce glaze
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

This flavorful meatloaf recipe is made with lean ground beef, chopped onion, oats, tomato juice, ketchup or barbecue sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and egg white.

Turkey Meatloaf With Cranberry Glaze

Turkey meatloaf with cranberry ad chili sauce recipe
​The Spruce Eats / Julia Hartbeck

This turkey meatloaf includes some ground pork, but you could also use part ground turkey thighs to keep it juicy. The meatloaf is topped with a tangy, delicious cranberry glaze.

Moist Applesauce Meatloaf

meatloaf with applesauce
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

The secret ingredient in this meatloaf is applesauce! It adds a bit of natural sweetness and makes for a moister loaf.

Old-Fashioned Homemade Meatloaf

Old-Fashioned Homemade Meatloaf
The Spruce

This excellent meatloaf features saltines and chopped onion and bell pepper. Paprika, garlic powder, and some thyme team up to season the loaf.

Good-For-You Meatloaf With Veggies

meatloaf on a bed of greens
The Spruce / Diana Rattray

Even the pickiest kids will eat their veggies with this meatloaf! Potatoes, carrots, onions, and peppers are among the vegetables in this nutritious meatloaf.

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How To Prepare Banana Pudding

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Ingredients

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1. Separate the yolks from the whites of 3 of the eggs; set aside the whites. Add the remaining whole egg to the yolks.

2  In a saucepan, whisk together 1/2 cup sugar, the flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir in the whole egg and 3 yolks, and then stir in the milk. Cook uncovered, stirring often, until the mixture thickens, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.

3  Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

4  Spread a thin layer of the pudding in a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish. Arrange a layer of vanilla wafers on top of the pudding. Thinly slice the bananas crosswise, about 1/8 inch thick, and arrange a layer of banana slices over the wafers. Spread one-third of the remaining pudding over the bananas and continue layering wafers, bananas and pudding, ending with pudding.

5  To make the meringue, beat the reserved egg whites with a pinch of salt until they are stiff. Gradually beat in the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and continue beating until the whites will not slide out of the mixing bowl when it is tilted.

6  Spread the meringue over the pudding with a spatula, making a few decorative peaks on top, and bake until the meringue is lightly browned, 5 minutes.

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Buckwheat pancakes with smoked salmon and citrus cream cheese

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Buckwheat is a naturally gluten-free flour with a subtle nutty flavour that lends itself well to savoury pancakes. This thin, crêpe-like pancake recipe is perfect for stuffing with savoury fillings.

Ingredients

  • 400ml/14fl oz dairy-free milk or apple juice
  • 125g/4½oz buckwheat flour
  • 40g/1½oz gram flour
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • pinch salt
  • 200g/7oz soya or regular cream cheese
  • 1 lemon, juice and zest
  • rapeseed oil, for frying
  • 200g/7oz smoked salmon
  • small bunch of chives, chopped
  • 25g/1oz pumpkin seeds, toasted
  • 1 tbsp caperberries, roughly chopped

Method

Step 1

Whisk together the dairy-free milk, flours, salt and 65ml/2¼fl oz water in a large bowl. Leave the mixture to rest for at least 1 hour.

Step 2

Meanwhile, mix the cream cheese, lemon juice and lemon zest together in a bowl. Beat until smooth and creamy then store in the fridge until ready to use.

Step 3

Heat a 20-25cm/8-10in non-stick frying pan over a medium heat until hot. Brush lightly with oil and pour in a little of the batter, swirling it around so that it forms a thin layer on the bottom of the pan. If the batter isn’t thin enough you can add a little more liquid to the mixture.

Step 4

When the top of the pancake is dry (about 1 minute) flip the pancake and cook the other side for a further minute, the pancakes should colour just slightly. Repeat with the remaining batter. You can keep the cooked pancakes warm by wrapping in foil and placing in a low temperature oven.

Step 5

Spread a generous layer of cream cheese over the pancake and top with a slice of smoked salmon, chives, pumpkin seeds and caperberries. Roll the pancake to enclose the filling and serve.

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Chocolate and stout cake

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Ingredients

For the cake

  • 150ml/5fl oz stout
  • 75g/2½oz good-quality dark chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces
  • 100g/3½oz unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
  • 275g/10oz soft light-brown sugar
  • 2 free-range eggs, lightly beaten
  • 175g/6oz self-raising flour

For the icing

  • 100g/3½oz milk chocolate, broken into pieces
  • 50g/2oz unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp stout
  • 100g/3½oz icing sugar
  • 50g/2oz chopped roasted hazelnuts, to decorate

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease a 20cm/8in cake tin with butter.

  2. For the cake, bring a little water to the boil in a pan. Reduce the heat until the water is simmering, then suspend a heatproof bowl over the water, making sure that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water.

  3. Add the stout and dark chocolate pieces to the heatproof bowl and heat gently until melted. Once melted, remove the bowl from the heat and set aside to cool.

  4. In a separate bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light, fluffy and well combined, using either a food processor or electric whisk.

  5. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition.

  6. Pour in the cooled chocolate-and-stout mixture and beat until well combined. Fold in the flour.

  7. Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the middle of the oven for 30-35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

  8. Remove the cake from the oven and set aside to cool in the tin for a few minutes, then remove from the tin and set aside to cool completely on a wire rack.

  9. Meanwhile, for the icing, repeat the process of bringing a little water to the boil in a pan. Reduce the heat until the water is simmering, then suspend a heatproof bowl over the water, making sure that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water.

  10. Add the chocolate, butter and stout to the bowl, stirring until just melted. Remove the bowl from the heat and set the mixture aside to cool slightly.

  11. When the melted chocolate mixture has cooled, transfer it to a food processor, add the icing sugar and pulse until smooth and well combined. (Alternatively, whisk in the icing sugar using a hand-held electric mixer.)

  12. When the cake has completely cooled, spread the icing evenly over the top and sides, then sprinkle over the chopped hazelnuts. When the icing has dried, serve.

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