"THRIVEalized" Brown Sugar Upside Down Meatloaf

I learned a new word today - THRIVEALIZE - the process of taking a recipe and converting it to using THRIVE products.

Yesterday I "THRIVEALIZED" a recipe and adapted it with my new THRIVE ingredients. 

The results????  

Well, my 28 year old son (that usually doesn't eat with us) came up to cook a pizza and I asked him to please just try my dinner.  Next thing I knew, the pizza was back in the freezer and he had made a plate of meatloaf, cheesy potatoes, corn and rolls.  Later he asked me what I would be Thrivin' tomorrow?  

Yea for THRIVE!

Menu:
Brown Sugar Upside Down Meatloaf
Cheesy Potatoes (a.k.a. Thrive Funeral Potatoes)
Thrive Freeze Dried (FD) Corn
Thrive Freeze Dried (FD) Broccoli

THRIVEALIZED Brown Sugar Upside Down Meatloaf

Ingredients:

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup ketchup

3 Tbsp. – Thrive FD Celery

3 Tbsp. – Thrive FD Onion

3 Tbsp. – Thrive FD Carrots

3 Tbsp. – Thrive FD Spinach

3 Tbsp. – Thrive FD Red/Green Peppers

3 Tbsp. – Whole Wheat Bread Crumbs (can use any bread crumbs or oatmeal)

3 Tbsp. Worchestershire Sauce

1 Tbsp. Thrive Beef Bouillon

1-1/4 cup Thrive Instant Milk reconstituted

2 eggs beaten 

2-1/2 pounds of meatloaf mix (beef, veal, pork) or ground beef

Directions:

1.      Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2.      Press brown sugar into the bottom of a 9x9 pan or 9x5 loaf pan
3.      Spread the ketchup over the brown sugar
4.      Mix the Thrive FD vegetables, bread crumbs in bowl.  Add milk and let it sit for 5 minutes.
5.      Add Worchestershire Sauce, Thrive Beef Bouillon & eggs. Mix well.
6.      Add the meat and mix thoroughly.
7.           Spoon meatloaf mixture into pan on top of ketchup and press to the sides.
8.      Bake for one hour.  Remove from oven and pour off juices into a bowl and discard juice.
9.      Let meatloaf rest for 10 minutes.
10.      Invert meatloaf onto a platter or cutting board, slice it up.

   Click here to download my THRIVEALIZED Brown Sugar Upside Down Meatloaf recipe

   

I also modified Chef Todd's THRIVE Funeral Potatoes.  The recipe calls for Thrive FD Potatoes Dices  and I only had Thrive FD Potato Chunks which worked great.

What's THRIVIN' in your Kitchen?  Let me know if you try this recipe or tweak it in some other way in the comments below.