Leftover Lunch Deluxe Meatloaf Sandwich

The First Meal I Ever Made

The first meal that I ever made, and I mean ever, was meatloaf.  I was a teenager and I picked up one of my Mom’s cookbooks one hungry afternoon.  I landed on a recipe that had ingredients that I could easily identify, except I think that back then the idea of dry mustard really threw me.  Hey, it’s a shocker if you’ve only even seen it come out of a bottle, right?  There are so many things that can trip you up in cooking, but not this recipe and not the leftover lunch you can have for tomorrow either.  This one is easy!

Keep your lunch safe and tasty! See the USDA’s recommendations for storing and reheating leftovers.

Tub’s Favorite Meatloaf Recipe

Make your favorite meatloaf.  Here’s the recipe for mine.  I call it “Tub’s Favorite Meatloaf” (one of my Dad’s nicknames) because I always wanted to remember which one he liked the best.  Every time I make it, I think of how much he praised my first meal and for that matter, every subsequent time that I made it.

Tub’s Favorite Meat Loaf

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This was my Dad’s favorite meatloaf recipe. It came from an old Betty Crocker cookbook. It was the first meal I ever made.

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Ingredients

  

• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/3 cup dry breadcrumbs or 1 cup soft breadcrumbs can use about 1 1/2 slices of bread torn into small pieces
• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped onions
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Instructions

 

• Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
• Place in 9x5x3 loaf pan, ungreased.
• Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes.
• Top with ketchup.
• Return to oven for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Serve immediately while warm.
• May be frozen. To serve after frozen: place foil wrapped loaf on oven rack at 350 for 50-60 minutes.

Why a Meatloaf Sandwich Works for Leftovers

One thing that my Dad never did and my husband always does is make a meatloaf sandwich.  I’ll be honest.  I just can’t go there.  I can’t cross the bridge where I go from my meatloaf to seeing it as a sandwich, but I’m not the meatloaf sandwich connoisseur that my husband is.  I just know he loves them, so I make sure to put a piece away for his lunch the next day.

The Deluxe Upgrade

So he can take these, let’s be honest, boring…leftovers and with just a few additions, turn them into a Leftover Lunch Deluxe Meatloaf Sandwich.

Storing & Packing for Lunch

Ta da!  How did that boring meatloaf turn into this?  Simple.  Add Texas toast, lettuce, pickles and ketchup.  This sure beats the equally boring meatloaf between two pieces of bread thing my husband used to do.  I will say one thing though, as it turns out…he prefers this with mustard!  What?!  Making a mental note of that.  Well, whatever you want to do to make it deluxe for you, try it!  You can switch up the bread, add sprouts, make mini sandwiches, sliders, the sky is the limit! 

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