Greek Meatloaf

It all started with a blog post about Keftedes (Greek Meatballs) that I saw here on elly says opa!   Sounds familiar, doesn't it?  It happens alot.   I added them to the menu plan and bought the ingredients that I needed to make them last week.

On the afternoon that I had planned to make them, I just didn't have it in me to make the meatballs and pan fry them.  Elly cautioned that I shouldn't even think about baking these babies.  So, as a "most of the time rule follower", I thought "No problem!" and the idea of meatloaf came to my rescue. 

It's hard for me to make meatloaf look good in photos; but I have to tell you that this one was fantastic.  It was not, in the least bit, dry.

the onion....the garlic....the oregano

so.good.

It went perfectly with the Greek Potato Salad (which I got from Elly, as well) and the fresh green beans from my mother-in-law's garden.   It is definitely going to be a regular in our house going forward.

Greek Meatloaf

Adapted from a recipe found here at elly says opa!

1 slice of bread
 

milk

1 lb. lean ground beef

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/2 an onion, finely diced or grated

2-3 cloves garlic, finely minced or pressed

3 tbsp. fresh oregano, chopped

1 heaping tsp. dried oregano

1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped

1 tsp. salt

freshly ground pepper

Preheat oven to 350° F. Place the bread into a shallow dish and pour milk on top to cover. Set the dish aside while you assemble the rest of the ingredients to give the bread time to soak up the milk.

Into a large bowl, add the ground beef, egg, onion, garlic, fresh oregano, dried oregano, parsley, salt & pepper.  Squeeze the bread and discard the milk keeping just the soggy bread and add that to the meat mixture.  Mix everything together being careful not to overmix. (I always use my clean hands.)  Shape meat mixture and place into loaf pan.  Bake for approximately one hour until a meat thermometer placed in the center of the meatloaf registers 160° F.

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