20-Minute Meatloaf

Growing up, I ate this at least once a week...maybe every other week. It's so good, comes together quickly, and is a snap to freeze for later.

Meatloaf ingredients

1.5 lbs ground beef (lean or extra-lean)

2 eggs

1 cup bread crumbs

2 T dried minced onion (don't get creative and think you should use fresh onion)

8 oz tomato sauce

Sauce ingredients

8 oz tomato sauce

2 T parsley flakes

2 T brown sugar

1 t Worcestershire Sauce

Directions

Preheat oven to 450F.

Line jelly roll pan (or a standard cookie sheet that has sides) with foil.

Combine ingredients for meatloaf in a large bowl.

Shape into 8 oval loaves and place on foil.

Bake for 15 minutes.

While loaves are baking, combine sauce ingredients.

After 15 minutes, spoon sauce over loaves.

Bake 5 more minutes.

Notes

• Do not use raw onions. The point of the minced, dried onion is to keep the cooking time short. 
• I have made this with all turkey, 1/2 turkey & beef, 1/3 beef, turkey, & pork. All work, leaner meat is better no matter the protein source.
• I have also used lentils and brown rice (2 cups each).
• Normally, I make a double recipe and freeze the loaves until I'm ready to cook them. Now that I have an air fryer, this works even better because I just pop a single loaf in the fryer and fry it at 450 for 10-12.