Glazed Meatloaf

The weather's been really lovely lately and to be honest hot, filling meatloaf wouldn't usually be my first choice on a warm sunny day, but I wanted to make room in our freezer for some popsicles (they're a MUST in the summer :o), so out came a pack of ground beef to free up some space.  Of course I could of gone along the burger route so that the BBQ got another workout, but I suddenly had a hankering for meatloaf for some reason - maybe I needed a comfort food moment :o)

Glazed Meatloaf

meatloaf
2 lbs ground beef
1 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
1 packet dry onion soup
1 large egg, beaten
1 Tbs Montreal steak seasoning
3 Tbs lemon juice

glaze
3/4 cup ketchup
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 Tbs lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp dry mustard powder

• preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• combine the glaze ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
• in a large bowl mix together the beef, breadcrumbs, onion soup, egg, seasoning, lemon juice and 1/3 cup of the glaze mixture.
• form the beef mixture into a loaf and place into a  9x5 inch loaf pan (I divided the mixture into two pans so that I could freeze one).
• bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour;  pour off any fat.
• spread the prepared glaze over the top of the meatloaf and bake for a further 10-15 minutes.

 Glazed Meatloaf ingredients.

in a small bowl combine the glaze ingredients until....

....well blended.

mix all the meatloaf ingredients plus 1/3 cup of glaze mixture....

....and form into one or two loaves.

once baked drain off any fat, pour over the glaze and bake for a further 10-15 minutes.

moist and tasty, and always enough leftovers for lunchtime sandwiches the next day :o)