Italian Meatloaf

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I made this for the first time today for my monthly church potluck, and it was a huge hit! I substituted the olive oil with vegetable oil simply because I'd run out of olive oil. I also halved the onions and peppers...one onion and one pepper is plenty for three pounds of meat. I think it would have ended up tasting like a giant onion if I used two of each. You may actually want to half everything else and quarter the onions/peppers because this ended up filling up two entire meatloaf pans. You'll definitely have plenty of leftovers, although one pan was completely empty by the end of the potluck, so it seemed to be quite popular. I even got several compliments on it. I think what really made it was the parsley. That really added some serious Italian flavor to it that I've never tasted in traditional meatloaf.

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This is just awesome....and you can tweak it a little and it is still just Delicious!!!! This will be on our weekly dinner menu!

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WOW! This was so delicious and seasoned perfectly!! I halved the recipe, used fresh basil from my garden, skipped the parmesan cheese and the parsley, and made my own marinara sauce and it turned out soooo good. Definitely make this, worth the time for sure. Don't skip the basil.

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Made a few tweaks--added in 3/4 C grated Mozzarella to 1 1/2 C Parmesan, & exchanged part of 3# beef w/ sweet Italian sausages & removed casings, so then 2 T. Olive Oil to 2 tsp. Exchanged part of bread crumbs w/ quick Oatmeal. I also made it using a couple slices of PROVOLONE Cheese layered on top during last 5 mins in oven.
AND with almost all my ground beef dishes I add 1/4 Cup water for the extra moisture !
HINT: If people don't like Red Peppers or don't have, then try jar of fire-roasted red pepper to dice up OR hide it by puree in blender before adding to meat ! Same w/ onions. Change out use Mushrooms, Zucchini.
The idea is you are adding MOISTURE & flavor.

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This is the best ever ,just made it tonight ,would'nt change a thing very very good !! yumm yumm

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Tasted good but burned on the bottom, and I did grease the pan.

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I was ready to pop the loaf into the oven when I noticed the cooled onions, peppers and garlic sitting on the stove. At what point in the instructions do I throw the onions, peppers and garlic away? I'll give stars after it finishes cooking. I had to re-mix the loaf, now two loaves due to the additional materials. Thus the marinara sauce got mixed into the loaf, and I had to sauce again. Grrrr...... I hope this turns out alright.

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Very good meatloaf ! The kids enjoyed it as well, dinner guest were very pleased too. Great flavor and texture, I will be sure to make it again.

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I made this meatloaf with ground turkey and cooked it in a covered stoneware baking dish. It came out moist and flavorful. I didn't miss the beef at all and will make it with turkey again. I only used one pepper as that is all I had on hand so I have to agree with another poster that one pepper is plenty.
Enjoy!

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Was excited to try this recipe. I would not make it again on my tastes.... but my guys liked it!