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February 2004

Master Meat Mix

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Servings:	6	12	18	24	30	36
Makes: pans or meatballs	1/60	2/120	3/180	4/240	5/300	6/360
Ingredients:
Lean ground beef	1-1/2 lbs.	3 lbs.	4-1/2 lbs.	6 lbs.	7-1/2 lbs.	9 lbs.
Rolled oats	2/3 C.	1-1/3 C.	2 C.	2-2/3 C.	3-1/3 C.	4 C.
Diced onion	1/2 C.	1 C.	1-1/2 C.	2 C.	2-1/2 C.	3 C.
Salt	1 t.	2 t.	1 T.	1 T. + 1 t.	1 T. + 2 t.	2 T.
Garlic powder	1/2 t.	1 t.	1-1/2 t.	2 t.	2-1/2 t.	1 T.
Eggs	2	4	6	8	10	12
Ketchup or tomato sauce	2/3 C.	1-1/3 C.	2 C.	2-2/3 C.	3-1/3 C.	4 C.

Assembly Directions:
Put ground beef, rolled oats, onion, salt, garlic powder, eggs and ketchup in a large bowl. Mix together well with your hands. Meatloaf: go on to freezing directions.
Meatballs: Form meatballs with your hands or a small cookie scoop. Cover a rimmed baking sheet with foil for easy clean-up. Put the raw meatballs on the baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes, until lightly browned and no longer pink in the center. Cool.

Freezing Directions:
Meatloaf: Put the meat mixture in a gallon freezer bag. Seal, label and freeze.
Meatballs: Package the cooled meatballs in the appropriate size freezer bag(s) or rigid container(s) based on your family size. Seal, label and freeze.

Serving Directions:
Meatloaf: Thaw at least overnight in the refrigerator. Dump the meat mixture into a loaf pan and pack it down with your hand. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until no pink shows in the center of the loaf. After removing it from the oven, let the loaf sit for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
Meatballs: Thaw at least overnight in the refrigerator. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-20 minutes until hot. You could reheat them in a skillet, but they will be more likely to fall apart that way.

Tammy’s Comments:
This recipe is from the Freezer Cooking Manual, and is a crowd pleaser! Even people who don’t like meatloaf like this recipe!

Nutritional Info: Meatballs/Meatloaf
Per Serving: 389 Calories; 22g Fat (51.5% calories from fat);
27g Protein; 20g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 141mg Cholesterol; 766mg Sodium.
Exchanges: 1 Grain (Starch); 3 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 2 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other
Carbohydrates.

 

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