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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 25, 2012

I increased the italian herbs (I assumed that to mean italian seasoning--I used my own homemade italian seasoning) to two teaspoons and I used homemade croutons (day old bread, brushed with EVOO and garlic powder, cut into 1 inch pieces and baked until crispy, then cooled) that I ground down in the food processor. Those were the only changes I made. Ginormous meat loaf. It fit in my Perfect Meat Loaf pan, but just barely, with a quarter inch at the top. Mine did take almost two hours to bake, taken out the last half hour to pour over the glaze. This was one of the better meat loaves I've ever made. Very flavorful, quite filling. I served homemade biscuits and Cheesy Vegetable Medley with this. Out of that big meatloaf, just under half remains--my oldest boy ate two pieces and my husband ate three! We all really liked it. The rest will be used for sandwiches in lunches tomorrow. I'll make this meat loaf again.

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Sarah Jo

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA

Living In: Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2012

My first meatloaf (I am French, it's not a dish we do) and its really, really good. The ketchup and sugar topping really adds a little something.

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Alliennor

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2012

Best meatloaf I've ever had. "Moist and magnificent," I would agree. The vegetables make it moist and flavorful. The glaze is the perfect touch. We used ground turkey, and it was better than beef. I agree it needs to bake longer. We will make this again and again!

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julietdavis

Living In: Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2012

This recipe was great. Added few more mushrooms and a little extra spice, but otherwise followed the directions (and video) exactly. I used about 3 lbs of mixed lean ground beef and turkey, made two loaves and froze one for another night. I cooked one 1.5lb loaf for about 50 minutes at 375. The glaze was so-so, I might have used a little too much ketchup though. I would definitely make this again!

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Fleecy Puddle

Reviewed: Feb. 29, 2012

It was very good. Had great flavor. I only put ketscup on for the glaze. Very good. I cooked at 350 as other people recommended.

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Karen

Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2012

AMAZING! I am eating it right now. Definately had to cook it a lot longer than prescribed in the recipie but it is hands down the best meatloaf I have ever had. I absolutely loved seeing how many fresh veggies went into it! I followed the recipie exactly except for the dijon mustard in the sauce. I did not have dijon mustard, but I did have powder mustard. So I put an extra 2 tablespoons of ketshcup (in place of the dijon mustard) into the sauce mix and then sprinkled a little bit of the powdered mustard into the sauce.

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Don'tBurn!

Cooking Level: Beginning

Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2012

I made this recipe but used just ground beef, not ground chuck. Yes it took a lot longer to cook. It makes very good next day sandwiches as its nice and firm. Very delicious!

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charlene 's receipies

Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2012

Super tasty! Cook time was off by a long shot, but it was worth the wait. Glaze was awesome. I used Crystal hot sauce for mine. Didn't have any Italian herbs so I used Italian bread crumbs instead. Also substituted chipotle pepper powder for cayenne. My new favorite meatloaf.

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punky

Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2012

I really wanted to like this recipe because I love Chef John's Green Bean Casserole and Pot Roast but it may be the most disappointing meatloaf I've ever eaten. Here is my list of complaints: #1. the flavor of the vegetables is unappealingly prominent, probably would be better to saute the vegetable first to mellow the flavors before processing #2. the flavor of the dried thyme in the Italian seasoning does not go well with the meatloaf, #3. 2 T. of dijon mustard in the glaze was overpowering, using 1-2 t. would have been better or substituting regular mustard instead of dijon and #4. the cooking time was way off. When I checked the internal temperature after 45 minutes, it registered at 116 degrees. After I turned the oven up to 350 degrees it still took another 35-40 minutes to reach 160 and by then the mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli were cold. The end result was a dry, dense unappetizing meatloaf. Sorry, but this did not work out for us.

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