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Hoping to get to Thailand soon. I love the photos you are posting on facebook.

Try this one: Meatloaf Serves 8 to 10 • 4 slices white bread, torn into pieces • 2 1/2 pounds ground beef • 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and cut into eighths • 2 cloves garlic • 2 stalks celery, cut into 2-inch pieces • 2 carrots, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces • 1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves • 1 large egg • 1 cup ketchup • 3 teaspoons dry mustard • 1 tablespoon coarse salt • 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper • 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Place bread in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade; pulse until fine crumbs form. Transfer to a medium bowl, and add ground beef. 2. Place onion, garlic, celery, carrots, and parsley in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade; pulse until fine. Add to meat mixture, using hands to mix well. Add egg, 1/2 cup ketchup, 2 teaspoons dry mustard, salt, and pepper; use hands to combine thoroughly. Place in an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pan. 3. Combine remaining 1/2 cup ketchup, remaining teaspoon dry mustard, and brown sugar in a bowl; stir until smooth. 4. Brush mixture over meatloaf; place in the oven with a baking pan set on the rack below to catch drippings. Cook until a meat thermometer inserted in the center reads 160 degrees, about 90 minutes. If top gets too dark, cover with foil, and continue baking.

My version: My meatloaf - otherwise known as "burger and bun in one" is the food make when you are a few days before your paycheck and really don't want to be forced to choose between beer and food. It will cost only a few bucks to make and, in general, feed you for about three days. That's a good thing. Plus, you get to get messy. MEATLOAF AKA BURGER AND BUN IN ONE Step One: Purchase a loaf of bread, two pounds of cheap ground beef, eggs, a large jar of cheap ass tomato sauce. Step Two: Turn the dial on your over two thirds of the way around. Do this first. Really. Step Three: Wash your hands. Step Four: Throw the meat into a bowl. Crack two or three eggs into it. Step Five: Rip up five or six slices of bread and throw them into the bowl. Step Six: Dump two thirds of the jar of sauce into the bowl. Step Seven: Put one shake of every spice you have in the house into the bowl. Also add three shakes of worchester sauce if you happen to have a bottle of it around. Step Eight: Stick your hands in the bowl and mush it around until it starts becoming one solid mass. Then shape the solid mass into a loaf shaped item. Step Nine: Open the oven door. If you have been following this closely heat should emanate from the oven. If not, remember to turn the dial on the oven two thirds of the way around and wait 10 minutes. Step 10: Put the loaf like object onto the oven pan. Then pour the last third of the jar of sauce over the loaf like object. Step 11: Close over door. Wait 75 minutes. Step 12: Open over door, take out food. Step 13: Wait 15 minutes for loaf to cool. Step 14: Eat.

Yep, I think the "meatload" deal is a totally different recipe... But the meatloaf recipe does sound great and, if/when I get the urge to actually cook, will have to try it.

"Meatload from Lvdkeyes." That has to be the greatest Freudian slip I've ever seen! Your recipe looks wonderful. I will soon try it.