Meatloaf with Tomato Soup Gravy and Mashed Potatoes

Meatloaf with Tomato Soup Gravy Recipe with Creamy Mashed Potatoes

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In our homestead, meatloaf is a favorite comfort food cooked in the kitchen on a cold and blustery winter day. The stove heats the kitchen and the back of the house, then the warm and yummy meal warms our hungry bellies.

My husband and I are not big fans of the old-fashioned tangy ketchup topped meatloaves, so I have reinvented the popular dish many times over. You can find several of my other meatloaves down below. But for this one, I have used another traditional ingredient, condensed tomato soup in the meatloaf mixture but also to make a flavorful gravy. It elevates basic pork and beef meatloaf to a whole other level.

And of course, gravy doesn’t work without its best companion, the mashed potatoes. I use a special ingredient to make these creamy and oh so delicious, a block of cream cheese. Everyone has a special taste to their potatoes so by all means, add extra butter or salt or milk to your taste.

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Cost to make this recipe.

Like a lot of my meatloaf or mainly meat dishes, the cost of my meatloaf with tomato soup gravy and mashed potatoes comes mostly from the prime ingredient, the ground meat. The potatoes and cream cheese for the mashed potatoes make up the second-highest cost. I calculated this recipe to be around $16.88 or $2.81 per serving, which includes both meatloaf, gravy, and mashed potatoes.

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Meatloaf with Tomato Soup Gravy & Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients

Meatloaf

• 1 lb. ground beef …[$4.00]
• 1 lb. ground pork …[$4.00]
• 2 large eggs …[$0.46]
• 2 Tbsp Condensed Tomato Soup …[$0.20]
• 1 cup breadcrumbs …[$0.29]
• 1 Tbsp. dry oregano …[$0.51]
• 1 Tbsp. dry basil …[$0.51]
• 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce  …[$0.15]

Creamy Mashed Potatoes

• 3 lb white potatoes …[$3.00]
• 8 oz cream cheese …[$2.00]
• 1 stick salted butter …[$1.00]
• ¼ cup milk or cream …[$0.41]

Tomato Gravy

• ½ cup meatloaf pan drippings …[$0]
• 3 Tbsp. all purpose flour …[$0.02]
• 4 Tbsp. concentrated tomato soup …[$0.24]
• ⅓ cup Chicken Broth …[$0.09]

Instructions

Meatloaf

• Combine all ingredients together in a large bowl by hand or in a stand mixer.
• Press meat mixture in a loaf pan and bake uncovered at 350 °F for 30-40 minutes.
• Take the pan out of the oven and remove ½ cup of pan juices and grease. Put meatloaf back in the oven uncovered with the heat off in order to keep warm.

Creamy Mashed Potatoes

• Peel, wash, and cut potatoes into quarters. Set in a boiling pot of water and cook until potatoes are soft.
• Drain cooked potatoes and add the remaining ingredients. Mash or blend all contents together until a smooth consistency.

Tomato Gravy

• In a medium saucepan, whisk together pan drippings and flour over low heat until a paste is made.
• Add chicken broth and all the tomato soup to the pan and whisk.
• Simmer for 10 minutes. Gravy should thicken. Add more chicken broth if the gravy is too thick. Or cook longer if it is too thin.
• When meatloaf and mashed potatoes are finished, remove from oven and let sit for about 10-15 minutes for easier cutting.
• Let meatloaf set out of the oven for ten minutes before slicing. Pour tomato soup gravy over both meatloaf and mashed potatoes and enjoy.