Now that Thanksgiving is over I bet you’re in the mood for some regular recipes huh?

Well… today I have a strong recipe for you. Meatloaf wrapped in bacon and smothered with my from-scratch barbecue sauce. I know you’re excited, and I’m only as excited to share it with you. I simply took my long-used recipe, tweaked and amped it up to cook this strong piece of loaf.

Is it wrong that Worth keeping meatloaf? Like a lot? I could easily eat it once a week with mashed potatoes and green beans and be perfectly happy. Even my whole family gave it two thumbs up, and someone at the table went back for thirds! I’m not sure if I could convinced them to having it once a week, but you can bet I’ll try!

BTW… It’s so unfussy I think you should make it for dinner… tonight!

Start by adding 3/4 pound ground chuck and 3/4 pound ground sirloin in a bowl with 1/2 cup finely chopped onion to a mixing bowl.

Add 3 tablespoons of barbecue sauce.

Then add 1 tablespoon whole grain mustard.

To that, add 1-1/2 teaspoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper.

Crack in an egg.

And don’t forget (like I almost did) 1/2 cup crumbled crackers. Use your impeccably clean hands to mix this meat mixture until all ingredients are incorporated.

Use one 12 ounce package of back tp wrap the meat loaf, overlapping a bit.

Lastly brush with some of the remaining barbecue sauce.

Slip the pan onto the middle rack of your preheated 350° oven for 1 hour.

So I had about 2.2 seconds of light to shoot this dish. It was a rainy dark day and finally around 3pm there was a tiny break before the dark set in and any hope of a final shot was lost. Well I lost that final shot of a pretty sliced piece of barbecue meatloaf, but I bet if you tried to, you could close your eyes and imagine what it would look and taste like.

Oh and sorry there is simply no editing tools in the world that could make this loaf pretty… but you can trust me when I say it’s flavorful. Not to mention unfussy!!