{"id":19223,"date":"2018-07-11T16:07:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T11:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nasimword.ir\/?p=19223"},"modified":"2018-07-11T16:07:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T11:37:52","slug":"if-youve-never-made-meatloaf-in-a-crock-pot-youre-missing-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nasimword.ir\/?p=19223&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve never made meatloaf in a Crock-Pot, you\u2019re missing out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To my mind,\u00a0meatloaf\u00a0really has an unfair bad rap (the dinner, not the singer). It\u2019s often dissed as a lesser evening meal unless it\u2019s dolled up with some pricey cuts of beef or wrapped in pancetta with a veal reduction or something. I\u2019ve always been a fan of the basic domestic dish, which is unsurprising since the only person who likes ground-beef-based family dinners more than I do is Carol Brady. Tacos, sloppy joes, spaghetti and meat sauce? I am\u00a0down<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So I was already on the meatloaf train, but my ardor increased several levels once I started making it in the Crock-Pot. I don\u2019t even remember how I got the idea, except at the time, with twin babies crawling around, I was putting every thing in the Crock-Pot, from my\u00a0garbage chicken dish\u00a0to applesauce. Now I can say straight up that it\u2019s the dinner I most enjoy with the least amount of prep work. Yes, even more than garbage chicken. I don\u2019t know why, exactly (something something science), but the dryness that plagues regular oven-cooked meatloaf is nowhere to be found in the delectable moistness of the Crock-Pot meatloaf, which practically falls off of your fork. It has to be tasted to be believed. Mash some potatoes, boil some frozen peas, and you have a dinner classic.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m including my recipe honed over several years below; I\u2019ve learned to saut\u00e9 the vegetables in butter before I stir them in and toss in some cream of balsamic (reduced balsamic vinegar with some brown sugar and black pepper added) for some added flavor. But if you have a beloved meatloaf recipe already, go for it; just suit it up and throw it in the Crock-Pot. The only caveat is that this is not one of those set-it-and-forget-it dishes. A one-pound meatloaf only needs about five hours in the Crock-Pot on the low setting. If you let it go all day, it will resemble shoe leather. And nobody wants a ruined meatloaf on their hands, when they could be having the greatest, easiest dinner of their lives. I made this in the Onion, Inc. kitchen last week and people actually turned away from watching the World Cup to taste it, that\u2019s how good it was. Meatloaf fans unite.<\/p>\n

Crock-Pot Meatloaf<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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