Best Depression Meatloaf Recipes

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30 GREAT DEPRESSION ERA RECIPE COLLECTION



30 Great Depression Era Recipe Collection image

Try these Great Depression Era recipes for dishes from way back when. From cake to bread to soup, these budget-friendly meals are worthy of bringing back.

Provided by insanelygood

Categories     Recipe Roundup

Number Of Ingredients 30

Depression Era Peanut Butter Bread
Depression Cake (Wacky Cake)
Depression Era Bread - 3 Ingredients
Vinegar Pie
Navy Bean and Ham Soup
Old Fashioned Goulash
Dandelion Salad
Old Fashioned Stuffed Bell Peppers
Potato Soup
Old Fashioned Cornbread
Grandmas Potato Pancakes
Creamed Chipped Beef On Toast
Great-Grandma's Frozen Fruit Salad
Stovetop Rice Custard
Depression Meat Loaf
Depression-Era Hot Milk Cake
Water Pie
Poor Man's Cookies
Poor Man's Stew (Hamburger Stew) - Slow Cooker or Instant Pot
Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls
Bread and Butter Pickles
Spice Crazy Cake
Haluski (Cabbage and Noodles)
Grandma's Chicken and Sliders
Potato Leek Soup
Healthy Baked Apples
Bread Pudding
Creamed Tuna on Toast
Old-Fashioned Hot Water Cornbread
Indiana Sugar Cream Pie (Hoosier Pie)

Steps:

  • Select your favorite recipe.
  • Organize all the required ingredients.
  • Prep a Depression era recipe in 30 minutes or less!

Nutrition Facts :

CHEF JOHN'S MEATBALL-INSPIRED MEATLOAF



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The main point of this Italian meatball-inspired meatloaf is to show you what happens when you make meatloaf like your grandparents did. During the Great Depression, this type of dish was a popular strategy for stretching what little meat you had into as filling a meal as possible.

Provided by Chef John

Categories     Main Dish Recipes     Meatloaf Recipes

Time 2h

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 15

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1 onion, diced
salt to taste
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 ½ cups very dry white bread crumbs
1 ½ cups milk
2 pounds ground chuck
½ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
2 ounces grated Parmesan cheese
2 large eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
3 cups tomato sauce, or to taste

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
  • Heat olive oil and butter together in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion with a pinch of salt in hot oil and butter until onion is golden brown and soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Remove skillet from heat and cool onion mixture to room temperature.
  • Place bread crumbs in a large bowl. Add milk and stir with a fork until combined. Let sit until all of the milk is absorbed into the breadcrumbs, 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Combine ground chuck, cooled onion mixture, parsley, Parmesan cheese, eggs, 2 teaspoons salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a bowl. Grab a handful of breadcrumbs and squeeze very gently to remove excess milk. Repeat with remaining breadcrumbs, transfer breadcrumbs to ground chuck mixture, and discard excess milk. Stir ground chuck mixture until evenly combined.
  • Turn chuck mixture out into prepared baking dish, and shape meat into a 3x4x10-inch meatloaf. Pour tomato sauce over the loaf and into the bottom of the dish.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Let meatloaf rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 286.3 calories, Carbohydrate 19.4 g, Cholesterol 85.8 mg, Fat 14.5 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 19.6 g, SaturatedFat 5.9 g, Sodium 1129.3 mg, Sugar 6.3 g

DEPRESSION MEATLOAF



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While (attempting to) clean out my recipe drawer, I came across this recipe, which I had copied several years ago. I don't remember if the original recipe was in a cookbook - magazine - website - or where! It is one of MANY recipes I have saved, but have not gotten around to trying -yet! It uses basic ingredients, but sounds...

Provided by Martha Price

Categories     Meatloafs

Time 1h20m

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 small can evaporated milk
2 slice bread
1/3 c chopped onion
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 lb ground beef
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/4 c ketchup
2 strips bacon, cut in half

Steps:

  • 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  • 2. In a large bowl, pour milk over the bread. Let stand until the milk is absorbed.
  • 3. Add onion, salt and pepper. Stir with a fork until bread softens and is light and fluffy.
  • 4. Mix in ground beef; stir in beaten egg. Shape into a loaf. Place in lightly greased baking dish.
  • 5. Spread loaf with ketchup; top with bacon strips. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  • 6. *The original recipe did not call for the egg; I think eggs were in short supply during the depression. Maybe the canned milk helps it hold together? Anyway, I added the egg to the recipe just in case I had inadvertantly not copied the recipe correctly!

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