Boston Market Meatloaf

1 cup tomato sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons kraft barbecue sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 lbs lean ground sirloin
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 dash garlic powder

Preheat oven to 400°F.
Combine the tomato sauce, barbecue sauce and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat.
Heat the mixture until it begins to bubble, stirring often, and then remove it from the heat.
In a large bowl, add all but 2 tablespoons of the tomato sauce to the meat.
Use a large wooden spoon or your hands to work the sauce into the meat until it is very well combined.
Combine the remaining ingredients with the ground sirloin-- flour, salt, onion powder and ground pepper.
Use the wooden spoon or your hands to work the spices and flour into the meat.

Load the meat into a loaf pan (preferably a meatloaf pan with two sections which allows the fat to drain, but if you don't have one of those a regular
loaf pan will work).
Wrap foil over the pan and place it into the oven for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, take the meatloaf from the oven, remove the foil and, if you aren't using a meatloaf pan, drain the fat.
Using a knife, slice the meatloaf all the way through into 8 slices while it is still in the pan.
This will help to cook the center of the meatloaf.
Pour the remaining 2 tablespoons of sauce over the top of the meatloaf, in a stream down the center.
Don't spread the sauce.
Place the meatloaf back into the oven, uncovered, for 25-30 minutes or until it is done.
Remove and allow it to cool for a few minutes before serving.

Meatloaf recipes can be so different. I have seen fillers like bread crumbs, oatmeal,bran, hard boiled eggs and grains and rices. This is the first time I have ever seen flour used. I guess it's a binder too because I don't even see any egg used.

I plan to make it for my FIL tomorrow. I need to get a can of tomato sauce first.
I'll let you know how it comes out.

gotta love the internet!
it's amazing how many "really original" copies of these recipes are out there!

here's the one I got:

Boston Market Meatloaf

Meat Mixture
1 1/2 lbs lean ground chuck
1/2 cup minced onion
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
3/4 cup drained diced tomato
3/4 cup plain breadcrumbs
1 egg

Topping
3/4 cup tomato sauce
2 tablespoons sugar


Mix all ingredients together in first list until well blended.
Place in a lightly greased Bread Pan and bake at 350 for 3/4hr.
Remove from oven and drain excess grease from pan.
Mix tomato sauce and sugar together and pour over the meatloaf and place back in the oven to finish baking until done about 1/2 hr depending on the oven.


and I bet there are at least a dozen more floating around..........

One time for fun, when we were living in our Apt. complex everyone was sitting around the pool and somehow we got started bragging on what a great meatloaf they make. So we all decided to have a meatloaf bake-off! That was fun and there was so much good-natured teasing up until the big day, one guy bought my Eddie a pkg. of French's meatloaf seasoning and told him "good-luck" of-course when the big event came there was so much meatloaf floating around our complex that we all ate meatloaf sandwiches at work for days afterwards:D and there never was a clear-cut winner, they were all outstanding!