Meatloaf Sandwiches

We served meatloaf sandwiches today at the Wednesday Community Meal and I think it might have been our most popular entree to date.

After just a few minutes of serving, longtime volunteer Carol said, "they are so happy when they see the meatloaf sandwiches coming to their table."

The meatloaf was made with premium ground beef, pork and sausage all donated by Phil's Uptown Meat Market. The small independently owned market is so generous with us, giving us bags and bags of food every week.

To season the meatloaf, we added tomato sauce, herbs, garlic, cornflake crumbs and salt and pepper. The resulting meatloaf was flavorful, tender and moist.

Volunteer Linda worked hard today slicing meatloaf and assembling sandwiches.

I had planned to serve the meatloaf as is with a side of rice and veggies but yesterday Good Samaritan Hospital donated a huge amount of Oroweat hamburger buns so the meatloaf sandwiches were an obvious choice and I believe helped make the meatloaf go further. Good thing too because we served 399 meals today. When we opened our doors at 11 a.m. there was a line around the block.