Wow, wow and wow! This is so yummy. Nice and firm, doesn't fall apart and is packed with flavor. A little salty, so next time I might cut out the salt since the ranch packet is so salty. I also had to improvise on the sauce because I was out of Worcestershire Sauce. I used Soy Sauce, which wasn't bad, but I look forward to the next time I make it so I can make the sauce right!

I used a homemade dry ranch seasoning mix (Kelly/SD's from this site--half a batch) and I did not add the extra garlic powder and onion powder. I only added a pinch of salt and I used my own homemade whole wheat bread crumbs. I served the sauce on the side so that the boys could choose wether or not they wanted any. They actually ate it on it's own without the sauce, though they did try a little. This turned out really well and the boys liked it well enough. It also stayed together and didn't fall apart in a huge clump which is something I've always struggled with. I'd make this again. NOTE: I highly recommend you combine the ingredients and form the meatloaf and let it sit in the fridge for a couple hours before baking. I think that helps a great deal in making it more solid.

My teens all loved this recipe! My husband who doesn't like meatloaf loved it as well!

great for kids!

I rarely vary from my tried and true sage, bell peppers and onions based family recipe but wanted something different today. I feel bad about rating this because I made so many changes. It’s one of those days I used what I had, and based it loosely on some recipe from some unfortunate submitter on AR. (Sorry, Chihuahua Girl) You know..the kind of dishes that never can be duplicated again, no matter how good it turns out? And mine turned out GREAT! I was into Southwestern but leary of it tasting like taco meat, as one review of a SW style recipe, mentioned. Wanted it more like my regular sage meatloaf (the sage addition is why I zeroed in on this recipe among the many) with a SW flare. Used real onions and garlic instead of powders. Used bell pepper (hark back to family recipe) and some pickled jalapenos for a SW kick…but still not a taco/salsa based flavor. For filler I used torn, stale hard rolls I had (family recipe stuff….I like torn stale bread for the texture instead of bread crumbs) and used a Salsa Ranch salad dressing I had, (oops…I did sneak salsa in there) instead of the dry mix. Omitted the milk because the dressing was already liquid. I made the sauce as written with V8 and doubled it. There’s some ketchup in my family recipe but I never put ketchup on top of it, didn’t bake any of the sauce on top of this either. This sauce was a nice compliment to the ranch flavor. Surprising how the sweet sauce toned down my SW spiceiness without being sour cream-like.

I found it to be bland.

Very moist meatloaf! Instead of the usual loaf pan (and to stretch it out) i spread it into a 13x9 casserole dish - and cooked it for 40 minutes. I also used 1# lean ground beef & 19 oz lean ground turkey - couldn't tell the difference! Love the added ranch!

Very good meatloaf, I will cut back on the garlic powder next time.

We really liked this recipe. I have tried so many meatloaf's and this one is the keeper!! Everyone enjoyed it. We thought the ranch packet added a little something extra :) Will definitely make again!!!

My husband and I loved it. I made it just as it said but doubled the sauce. The only bad thing is that I brought some too a friend and she said it was too spicy. I thought the spice was great.