The holidays are upon us and, with the myriad of activities, some days, when the stress gets to be too much, I crave comfort food. I also don’t mind having a recipe I can feed to unexpected guests that doesn’t take much prep time. One of Bryan’s favorite dishes is meatloaf, he has fond memories of home cooked meals on Christmas Eve, featuring his favorite dish. The downside to his favorite dish? No one else in the family is as fond of meatloaf as he is. Thanks to Mezzeta, who is sponsoring today’s recipe, I’ve managed to jazz up the meatloaf for a comforting holiday meal the kids have proclaimed “really good.”
This meatloaf is so simple to make, but the few “extra” ingredients really perk up the flavor. My daughter requested we also try it substituting spaghetti sauce the next time we have it. I guess that would make it an easy Italian meatloaf. Here’s what you need to make it:
Before you begin place the roasted red pepper strips and garlic stuffed olives in the blender for a few seconds until they are chopped. The rest is simple! Combine all the ingredients until well mixed and place in a 9″ by 9 ” casserole dish. Top with the remaining salsa and bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
- 2 lbs hamburger meat
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons onion & herb seasoning
- 3 cups salsa, divided
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 15 Mezzeta garlic stuffed green olives
- 3/4 cup Mezzeta roasted red peppers
- Place olives and roasted red peppers in blender; chop. In a large bowl mix the meat, eggs, seasoning, ketchup, garlic/pepper mixture and 1/2 of the salsa. When mixture is blended, place in a 9″ by 9″ casserole dish. Top with the remaining salsa and bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
What is your favorite holiday recipe?
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Meatloaf is one of our favorite meals. I am going to have to try this recipe since I am going gluten light!
This recipe looks hearty and delicious. I love that people who follow a gluten free diet have such yummy options.
I love meatloaf with a passion and this one sounds so good; I’ll have to make it myself!
This looks great – and a perfect way to enjoy meatloaf too!
I LOVE meatloaf! Thanx for sharing a different version of the recipe!
Everything looks really good. I would totally love the southwestern flavors!
Do you know I don’t think I have ever tried any form of meatloaf – I may just need to give this a whirl 🙂 x
Yum this sounds fabulous. I love tex mex anything.
That looks delicious. I have always wondered how the garlic stuffed olive tastes. I love garlic, but know it can be overwhelming sometimes.
My Mother in law has celiac disease and I am always looking for recipes to try out for her. I will try this one out!
This whole gluten free stuff confuses me at times, then I look and realize I do gluten free a lot more than I realize. This is a yummy sounding and looking recipe that I must try!
This looks and sounds very delicious! We love meatloaf and I am in need of a new recipe maybe I can give it a try!
I have never used Olives or red peppers in my meatloaf but they are two foods that I like so maybe I need to try this. It looks very tasty!
I always love trying new meatloaf recipes! And even though I’m not a fan of olives, this still sounds amazing!
This looks really good. I like to serve ham during the holidays.
No ketchup needed fort his southwestern meatloaf, that’s for sure!
I like the traditional ham and creamed potatoes. I love adding a great salad with all the fixin’s though…
Wow now that looks like an incredible meatloaf, packed with delicious flavor. Thanks so much for this awesome recipe I am definitely going to try it.
It’s amazing what you can do gluten-free these days. Meatloaf is such a great winter comfort food.
Meatloaf is good too. We have never thought of making it for the holidays.
My daughter loooovves black olives. I wonder if I can substitute those with the same great results.
I cook a ton of Gluten free stuff for my daughter too! This looks like a delish recipe with lots of flavor!
That sounds SO good. I love a good meatloaf 🙂
mmmmm I love meatloaf. I don’t love how long it takes to cook sometimes though. LOL. I love how you used the olives in yours. I love a good olive burger so I am sure this would be fabulous.
I think the olives are a nice touch, too. I bet they’re really tasty in there.
I want to try this recipe for my Hubs. I have made him meatloaf before, but I have never had a really good recipe.
What a fun twist on a traditional classic! Plus, I think everything tastes better spicy.