I was cheese-traumatized young. Neighbor made grilled cheese sandwiches. I had never had them and thought that was apricot jam. Spoiler alert! It wasn’t.Made it on a regular basis too when kids were home. Would mix it up by adding mushrooms or by putting a layer of cheese in the middle, etc. Didn't matter what variation I used, it disappeared fast. Always used 3 to 4 lbs of meat. Now I make a 1 lb version for us but grown kids expect meatloaf to be one of the meats at every family get together. A with-ketchup batch and a without-ketchup batch. Couple of the grands were ketchup traumatized in childhood.
It knows you!I might try my favorite recipe in same. Autocorrect keeps changing it to crackpot.
It teaches you patience and advance planning.I've been looking for new recipes, and to my surprise, most foods that are cooked in the oven can be cooked just as well in a crockpot. I found several casserole recipes that are made in crockpots. I love it, because there is no messy cleanup afterwards if you use liners. I don't see why you can't use your own meatloaf recipes in the crockpot. If I had only one choice between a microwave and a crockpot, I'd choose the crockpot.
I learned a valuable lesson when I made meatloaf the other day. Never tell himself all of the ingredients in the meatloaf.
I used the recipe in the OP with one exception, I used half beef and half ground turkey. We had a nice dinner. After we ate himself said that was the best meatloaf I ever made for him.
Then I said that it was made with half ground turkey. Wrong thing to say. Himself wouldn't touch it after that!
It was a very tasty meatloaf and it didn't fall apart. Oh well, live and learn...
It knows you well?I might try my favorite recipe in same. Autocorrect keeps changing it to crackpot.