Freestyled Vegetarian Meatloaf

I made an "Amercian Dinner" on Saturday night, which included baked potatoes and roasted asparagus w/pinenuts and umm.. vegetarian meatloaf. While the idea of a meatless meatloaf may cause you to gag, it's actually really great! I stole (most of) the recipe from my mom and just replaced the hamburger meat.. I don't have exact measurements/temps needed, so freestyle it. It's more fun that way anyway.

2 tubes of fake/imitation/meatless hamburger (looks sorta like Jimmy Dean)..find it next to the fake ham, fake bologna and tofu
3/4 rolled oats (errr give or take)
1 egg
1 clove of garlic, minced (optional)
mustard (less)
ketschup (more)
bbq sauce (I like straight up Bulls-Eye)


sauce:
bbq sauce
brown sugar

Mix the first group of ingredients together in a bowl. You'll probably have to use your hands, which is sorta nasty, but it's the only way to do it. After it's nice and mixed, put it into a square pan (no one wants round meatloaf) and cover it. I'd keep the oven between 350 and 400 degrees. It sorta takes a while to cook (especially if you're impatient).. start checking it around 45 minutes.. put a knife in it, stick yr finger in it.. just make sure it has a nice fake-meat consistancy.

Mix BBQ sauce and brown sugar together until it's sweet but not overwhelming. Pour over the top and stick it back in the oven uncovered until it's nice a bubbly.

Let it cool a bit (don't burn your mouth!) and enjoy.

Finally, thank my mom for making the sort of meatloaf that I wanna recreate 11 years later.

Thanks for freestyle cooking wit Bethany!

Next up: Marilyn's Chicken