Meatloaf with Scalloped Potatoes

Name: Meatloaf with Scalloped Potatoes
Yield: serves 6
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons flour; 2 cups milk; Salt and pepper; 5 potatoes; 1/2 onion; 1 stalk celery; 2 slices bread; 1 1/2 pounds ground beef; 8 ounces ground pork; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard powder; 1/2 teaspoon ground thyme; 2 slices bacon

December 9, 2011

Meatloaf is one of my dad’s self-professed specialties. He will spend an hour putting it together, and I swear he adds a pinch of just about every spice in the cabinet. Here we have narrowed down the list substantially, but it is still every bit as good as his. Sorry Dad.

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