No Eggs! Mayo Meatloaf

Greetings everyone!

This is my first blog post for Penny Pinchers Pan! I got the idea because I found a 1 lb. pack of natural fed angus beef at The Food Lion for $2.79 to make meatloaf. However, I returned home only to realize that I forgot to purchase eggs! My handy-dandy husband suggested that I use Mayo, which is essentially eggs and oil. So, if you think about it, it's not really an eggless meatloaf!

Of course I took his suggestion because I once made a mayonnaise cake (I'll add that one later) as a result of the "no egg" issue. Cooking is chemistry, and if you don't have an ingredient, you can be creative and utilize something comparable to produce a fantastic dish! That's what this website is all about. Here's the recipe for the meatloaf, and please feel free to be creative with this recipe! I'm only listing exactly what I used.


Ingredients:

1 1b. Angus beef (or any beef)

1/4 cup of Mayo (not miracle whip)

1 cup of bread crumbs (you can make them yourself with 3 or 3 1/2 pieces of white bread toasted brown and crushed)

1/2 yellow onion (or whatever type of onion you have)

3-4 cloves of garlic (chopped or whole)

1 teaspoon of salt

1/2 teaspoon of cracked black pepper

optional seasonings:

1 packet of Sazon (I used the one for arroz Amarillo aka yellow rice)

a pinch of herbs (of your choice...I had none in my garden or cabinet)

traditional ketchup topping

2 cups of whole baby carrots

2 cups of diced tomatoes

I added the meat to a pot or mixing bowl, whatever you prefer. The garlic was diced and added.

I diced 1/2 yellow onion

Here is what the pile of diced onions...if you don't like onions, you don't have to use them, but escallion (or scallions...you say tomato, I say tom-ah-to) is nice, and not as oniony (In my opinion). My family is from Jamaica, and we use escallion often in our cooking. 

 

Here is a photo of it from bestjamaica.com

They often sell for a 3 bundles at 99 cents or a dollar.

 

 

Below are photos of the toast, salt and pepper

 

Throw the onions in the mix...as with most meatloaf recipes, you just dump everything into a pot, mix it together, and mold the meat into a loaf.

After I ground the enough bread to make a cup of bread crumbs, I tossed them in the mix with everything else. You can buy bread crumbs, but it's cheaper to make your own.

You've got Mayo! I found this on sale at Harris Teeters (buy one get one free)...it ended up costing about $2.60 after using my VIC card (discount card for HT).

 Here is 1/4 cup of Mayo.

 

I dumped the mayo into the mix followed by the optional ingredient, Sazon, which is in the picture below.

 Goya is a popular brand for Sazon, but other companies make it too. There is the type that is used in Spanish rice, providing it he yellow color, but you can buy the one that is not for rice, but for fish, red meat and poultry).

Mix all of the ingredients together, I used the back of the spoon to distribute the mayo evenly

throughout the loaf. This is the binding agent that will keep the loaf together.

Cup your hands and mold the loaf

 

Below you will see many of the other optional ingredients

I slathered a thick layer of Ketchup over the top of the loaf, in the traditional fashion.

I also made a thick dice of potatoes and whole baby carrots (around the loaf).

I used a toaster oven to make this meal, I preheated it to the highest setting, and baked it in the stew pot for about 45 minutes - 1hour. If you're using a regular oven, preheat it to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and bake it for 45 minutes to an hour. You can even increase the temperature to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Just keep checking until the potatoes are done. You may also check the loaf by creating a small incision in a portion of it.

This is not the most appetizing picture, but I promise you, it's delicious, and you can still have meatloaf, if you have no eggs, and you do have some mayonnaise.

I made rice and my husband made sautéed mushrooms and corn as a side dish. Unfortunately,

we did not make any greens to go with it...kids, make sure you have some sort of green, leafy veggies for a balanced meal!

 

 

 The meal was accompanied by my husband's fresh baked bread. I'll get the recipe from him for a later post.

Please feel free to post comments - good and bad (but please try to be constructive, I'm a little sensitive when it comes to my creations). I want to know how this meal worked out for you or if you have any suggestions!

Also feel free to post your own cost efficient recipes or ideas.