There’s something undeniably comforting about meatloaf. Maybe it’s the way the kitchen smells as it bakes, or how some families seem to have their own take on it—classic, creative, or just plain cozy.
With roots tracing back to ancient Rome and immigrant kitchens across America, meatloaf has long been a blank canvas for home cooks, inviting improvisation and nostalgia in equal measure. Here are a few meatloaf recipes that bring hearty, feel-good vibes to the table.
International Market chef-owner Arnold Myint served this dish at our Spring Farm Dinner to great acclaim. Just the right amount of Thai spices in a comforting meatloaf.
This meaty, savory meatloaf from MacHenry’s Meat & Three on Murfreesboro Pike is served with a dynamite BBQ sauce. And of course, it’s best sliced cold on a sandwich the next day.
Chef James Kerwin of Little Fib at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel once made this comforting, homey meatloaf at The Edible Kitchen at The Sunday Market. He used grass-fed beef from our friends at Tennessee Grass Fed Farms.
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