Some meatloaf is just dinner. This one is a proposal. Tracy stuffed it with our Portabella & Chive cheese, and here's her original post and recipe.
It's been a minute, huh?
Between business trips, hosting the most amazing special needs picnics, planting grass like I'm auditioning for Better Homes & Gardens, and living in a full-blown construction zone (mental health = fragile), I haven't posted a recipe in a hot sec. Turns out, I'm not a "live laugh love through renovations" kind of girl. Check on me.
But on this frosty May night (rude), I needed comfort food that says "marry me already." So I whipped up Marry Me Meatloaf, stuffed with That Girl Brie's Portabella & Chive Cheese because basic meatloaf just isn't putting a ring on it, ladies.
Mike's been around 28 years and if this is what I served on Day 1, he would've proposed right then and there.
Served with
- Buttery chunky mashed baby reds
- Our favorite veggie mix
- A side of disbelief that it's still winter in May
Ingredients
Mom-approved. Stomach-hugging. Only 7 ingredients (because water and seasoning don't count, rules are rules):
- 2 lbs ground chuck
- 1 medium onion, finely diced
- 1 box Stove Top stuffing
- ½ cup hot water
- ½ stick melted butter
- 2 eggs
- Portabella & Chive Cheese from That Girl Brie (be generous!)
Seasonings
Worcestershire (aka wash-ya-sister sauce), onion powder, garlic powder, freshly cracked black pepper, salt. Measure with your heart.
Directions
- Mix your stuffing mix, hot water, and melted butter with a fork.
- Add in your meat, onion, eggs, and seasonings. Get those hands in there.
- Press half the mixture into the bottom of a casserole dish.
- Hollow out a little trench and fill it with as much cheese as your loving heart desires.
- Top it off with the rest of your meat and seal that love in!
- Optional (but emotionally required): slather with ketchup and brown sugar glaze (it's what my mama did).
- Bake at 375°F for 45 to 55 mins until your house smells like someone should propose to you.
- Serve hot and enjoy the compliments.
Final thoughts
This meatloaf? It doesn't just feed you. It sees you. It gets you.
Ready to make it? Grab Portabella & Chive and more in our artisan cheese collection.
