9/24/2008

Not Your Mummy's Meatloaf

We're getting into the Halloween spirit around here and I found a half-open box of lasagna noodles in the pantry, so we decided to dress up tonight's meatloaf. The result was spoooooooky!

Not Your Mummy's Meatloaf
Meatloaf Ingredients:
2 lbs. lean ground beef or turkey (you can cut this down, but I wanted a large meatloaf so we could have sandwiches tomorrow, yum!:))
3/4 c. crushed Wheaties Cereal
1/4 c. ketchup
2 T. Mustard
2 eggs
1 T. grape jelly (weird, but it's awesome, I promise!)
1 C. finely shredded carrots
Garlic salt, to taste
Salt and pepper, to taste

Garnish Ingredients:
6-8 lasagna noodles, cooked
ketchup (optional)
2 slices cheese, any kind
2 green or black olives

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook lasagna noodles according to package directions. Mix all meatloaf ingredients well in a large bowl. Press into a glass bowl (make sure it's ok for the oven) and bake for 60 minutes or until center is done.
When completely cooked, Drain any fat off the meatloaf and turn onto a serving pan. Spread with a thin layer of ketchup, if desired. Cut cheese slices into circles and place on meatloaf as the "eyes".
Cut the cooked lasagna noodles in half then trim the edges so the "scallops" are cut off. Place them randomly across the meatloaf, cutting of extra and using it to fill in spaces. This is a great job for the kids, you want the bandages to look "messy"!:)
Add two olives for eyes and serve!

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20 comments:

Lisa said...

Your ideas are so cute!I can't to have my next kiddie party. I am coming to your blog for ideas.

Mandy said...

Lisa, your nice comments always make my day! (hugs) :)

Kendra said...

I love this! It is so easy to find cute ideas for sweet things to make for Halloween, but so hard to find anything that isn't sweet, and even harder to find a Halloween main dish! We'll have to try this one, this year!

Jenny said...

Too fun! I've got to do this for the boys. Great post!

Emily said...

Oh for cute! My nephews would be all over this! I LOVE Halloween! I am a total goober for anything Halloween! Cute, cute!

Ribbon Rock Star said...

OH MY! I love it! I will be sure to feature it closer to Halloween. I featured your edible chandelier the other day.

http://mytrendytykes.blogspot.com

The Farley Frizzle said...

We put grape jelly in our meatballs, and it is so good! Very cute--Gabe would laugh his head off at this.

~Momster said...

That is soooooo awesome! I will have to try this one. Thanks. :)

Christine said...

What fun! I'll have to make the mummy this year. Any subsititute for the grape jelly - we don't ever buy it since my kids only eat strawberry.

Mandy said...

Kendra- I agree, there are a ton of treat ideas out there, I have another main dish idea I'm going to make this week or next and will post it!

jenny--thanks for the idea for the extra puff pastry!! :)

emily--I love that you love Halloween! And, I love that you used the word "goober". ha!

ribbon rock star--Hi! :) I haven't seen your trendy tykes blog for some reason, it looks great! Thanks for featuring my chandelier!

Ang--I'd like to see a pic of the kids digging into this one. :)

momster--thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

christine--just add a little dash of grape juice or just omit it all together. I don't recommend using strawberry since it has seeds (ick). :)

nicole said...

That is the cutest idea. My boys would just eat that right up.

Heidi Ashworth said...

Mandy, this is so cute, I think I will actually attempt this one! Hey, you commented about my book and keeping you updated so here I am! (already!) The book (Miss Delacourt Speaks Her Mind, is for sale as a pre-order and Amazon.com and overstock.com right now! So . . . there you go! You can click on the link under the book cover (or maybe the book cover is the link, can't remember) to be taken to the library of congress--on the right is a link to the book on Amazon. Thanks! I hope you enjoy it!

Natalie said...

I LOVE it! Last year I made a Mummy that was rapped in filo dough. I got the recipe off of food network.

I can't wait to make this for halloween!

3lilangels said...

Wow! I just discovered your blog and totally love it. Am going to scroll down the archive. I hope you don't mind that I'll be linking you to my blog.

Camie said...

How fun!!! I'm getting myself caught up on your blogs!!

Amanda said...

This is so cute! I'm wondering if you would allow me to reprint this on my website (not my blog) www.familycorner.com in the Halloween section? I would of course give you full credit! :)

Mandy said...

nicole--thank you!

heidi--thanks, I can't wait for it to come out!

natalie--yum! Phylo dough would be absolutely delicious!!

3lilangels--link away!:)

camie--it's very sad that this is the most we've talked in weeks!!!! We need to get together.

amanda--of course!

Amanda said...

Thank you Mandy! I will send you a link when it is up :)

Marrdy said...

These may be my favorite so far!!

nicole said...

how adorable!!!

I just showed this to my 4 year and we decided to make it for dinner this week!