Homestyle Meat Loaf

Meat loaf is a great comfort food for Winter and a delicious cold meat to have with salad in Summer.  It is a fabulously easy recipe to make and I quite often make four meat loaves at a time when I buy a big tray of beef mince.  Once cooked I double wrap them, label and freeze for a quick dinner on a busy day. .  Use your hands to mix it all together or if you have an electric mixer it will save your hands from getting cold in the raw meat.  
 

400 grams of beef mince

3 tablespoons of white rice – cooked

¼ cup of tomato sauce

1 egg

1 tablespoon of dried onion flakes or one small onion diced

½ tablespoon of dried chives

Salt and pepper to taste

 Boil the rice until it's cooked.  Drain and cool  Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix well.  Place into a well greased oblong loaf tin.  Press down well until top is flat.  Cover with foil and cook in an oven for 40 minutes at 180degrees celcius. Take the foil off.  Drain most of the juices and cook uncovered for a further 15 minutes.  Turn onto a clean chopping board and slice.  Serve with gravy, mash and vegetables.  Serves 4 people.  Freezes well.

Leftovers are great in a toasted sandwich with lashings of sauce.

This meat loaf costs about $2 to make with mince costing $4.69 a kilo  in July 2014