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Easy Homemade Meatloaf (+ Fun Ways to Re-invent Your Leftovers)

Name: Easy Homemade Meatloaf (+ Fun Ways to Re-invent Your Leftovers)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 pounds lean ground beef; 1 egg; 1/4 cup milk; 1/4 cup ketchup; 1 cup rolled or quick oats; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1/4 teaspoon Himalayan pink salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; 2 avocados, sliced; jalapeño, diced; green or red pepper; mushrooms, diced; cayenne pepper

This no-fuss meatloaf dinner is one of our best basic recipes and will comfort you to the core.

You can add your favorite spices or even a vegetable you love. We’ve thrown in everything from mushrooms to red beets. This meal is a wintertime staple in our home.

Serve this delicious classic with a baked sweet potato, butternut squash or Brussels sprouts.

To put an entirely different spin on the meal, warm up your leftovers and make meatloaf tacos!

Can this meal be prepped the night before?

Yes, follow the prep instructions (stop just before baking), cover and refrigerate overnight. Remove from fridge and bake!

A few creative ways to reuse your leftovers:

Wrap: Meatloaf in a wrap with tomato, spinach, Swiss cheese and dijon mustard.
Meat Tacos: Warm corn tortillas and top with meatloaf, red cabbage, cilantro, Greek yogurt and your favorite hot sauce.
Stuffed Peppers: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut bell pepper and clean out seeds. Place on pan and bake 15 minutes. While peppers are baking, combine cooked grain of your choice (optional), meatloaf and some of your favorite spaghetti sauce in a bowl. Mix. Remove pepper from oven, stuff with meatloaf mixture and bake an additional 7-12 minutes until pepper is desired texture. Serve with avocado and enjoy!