Old Fashion Recipes For Ida Mae's Meat Loaf and Sweet and Sour Cabbage

Make your family this old-fashion meal of Ida Mae's Meatloaf and Sweet and Sour Cabbage. Sit down to an old fashion meal that is comforting, tasty, and inexpensive. Serve with a multi-grain bread and your favorite dessert. If you have leftover meatloaf, make meatloaf sandwiches the next day. This is a great recipe for stretching your food dollars in these tough economic times.

IDA MAE'S MEAT LOAF
This recipe is from old church suppers in Southern Indiana.

Meat Loaf

2 lb ground beef steak
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup bread crumbs
3/4 cup ketchup
1/2 cup warm water
1 pkg dry onion soup mix
1 can (8-oz) tomato sauce

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Using your hands, combine the beef and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Add the bread crumbs, and ketchup; combine. Pour the warm water into the dry soup mix and stir to blend. Add the soup mixture to the other ingredients. Mix together well. Put the mixture into a loaf pan. Top the meatloaf with 2 strips of bacon. Pour the tomato sauce overall. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

SWEET AND SOUR CABBAGE

2 lbs red cabbage
1/4 lb margarine
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
4 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Shred cabbage and soak in very cold water for 30 minutes; drain. Place drained cabbage in a large saucepan and add vinegar, onion, salt and pepper. Cover the pan and bring cabbage to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer until the cabbage is just tender, stirring often. Add the margarine and sugar, stirring well to melt.

Enjoy!

Old Fashion Recipes For Ida Mae's Meat Loaf and Sweet and Sour Cabbage

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