Blue Cheese Meatloaf

Beef and Blue Cheese is a great combination so why not in a meatloaf? These make an easy alternative to grilling a burger outside. I liked it when I am pressed for prep time. I make the meatloaf in the morning, leave it in the fridge until I am ready. I bake it and serve it like a moist burger on squishy buns or I serve it with roasted vegetables.

You will need:

• 1 pound ground beef (mine is regular ground)
• 3 tbsp blue cheese 
• 1 egg
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp dijon mustard
• 1 tbsp bar-b-q-sauce
• 1 tbsp ketchup
•  1 tsp each salt/pepper
• more bar-b-q sauce and ketchup for top of meatloaf

Heat oven to 375 degrees F

Step 1: add beef, blue cheese and garlic to a medium bowl.

Step 2: add egg, mustard, olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, bar-b-q sauce, ketchup and salt and pepper.

Step 3: with your hands mix everything well making sure blue cheese is crumbled. Then pat into a loaf pan making sure meat is away from the sides. When you bake meatloaf there is always lots of water and fat that will be rendered. I like to drain this liquid at the midway point if I am cooking it in a loaf pan. If you prefer you can form the loaf and place it on a rack while baking so the liquid drips away from the meat. I find that too many things to wash so I just drain it and cook it this way.

Step 4: Bake at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes

Step 5: take a spatula like you would use for flipping pancakes and hold the meat while you pour out the liquid along one side of the pan.

Step 6: pour on some ketchup and bar-b-q sauce (or all ketchup if you prefer) and bake another 20 minutes until done. Let it rest for 5 minutes before slicing and serving.

Serve with big slices of tomatoes on a squishy bun! Like a nice juicy burger.