Thanksgiving Meat Loaf

[Kiri]

Made this last night for friends who are not vegan (or vege)- it was really good. I added to the cooking time and it still came out really moist in the middle but held its shape and sliced easily. It was even better cold today!! Really quick to put together too. Will definately make this again!

[lilyclair]

I made this for the first time today, and it was delicious (all gone now)!  I did read the reviews, and found them helpful, especially the advice to chop the celery super fine.  Wish we hadn't been such pigs and eaten it all, because I am thinking this would taste super the next day, sliced for a sandwich with some mustard.  Think I will serve this on Thanksgiving.

[itsjustaride]

I have several vegetarian meatloaf recipes that I use and this is my second favorite, though it is my partners #1 pick.  It tastes a lot like stuffing to me.  I found it a tad on the salty side, but that probably has to do with the brand of soup mix you use.  Next time, I plan on omitting the soup mix and just adding spices until it suits my taste.  My only complaint is that the center of the loaf was a tad mushy.  The ends tasted much better and had a better texture in my opinion.  To solve this, I browned some slices in a pan the next day and used them for sandwiches.  Those were excellent.  A previous poster asked if almonds would work in this recipe.  I'm sure that they would as long as you have a powerful blender or food processor.  I make almond 'meat' loaves all of the time and love the the texture and flavor.  Thanks for the delicious recipe!

[kaherrick]

Thanks for this recipe!!!  Even meat eaters like it.  It worked out perfectly.

[veronica66]

i made this sunday and it was soooooo very very good!   however, upon adding all of the ingredients, it was kinda mushy so i added one of the variations- cooked brown rice.  still it seemed too white so i added my own ingredient of a can of tomato paste and a dash of barbeque sauce.  now it was the perfect color and consistency.  if i cannot find a celebration roast from whole foods, i am defitiely making this for thanksgiving- my first vegan holiday!  wish me luck, i am going to my close minded moms house.


veronica

p.s hapy thanksgiving to you all- thanks for the great info, recipes, and advice!

[toysouldier]

I was disappointed by this. The texture was mushy on the inside, a bit overcooked outside. And it tasted like stuffing. It certainly wasn't bad but I would never consider this for impressing anyone.

[anonymousemokid]

Although it tasted pretty good, I can't help but to think of it as a large loaf of stuffing, because that is what it tasted like to me. It came out too moist, so I put it back in the oven, but the top is darkening and crisping. Maybe I put too many veggies in it.

[secondbase]

this definitely does taste like a loaf of stuffing. i added more nuts, cutting down on the tofu content it came out a lot better tasting. more "meaty" if you will.

[winterbriana]

I just made this recipe for the first time over the weekend for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner and it was a pleasantly surprising hit. Mostly meat-eaters.
What was helpful (and super easy) was using the Cusinart to finely chop the portabellos and onions and celery. I used maybe only a quarter of the onion soup mix and more tamari.  Also used a combo of bread crumbs and Boca burger crumbles. When I filled the loaf pan up 2 inches, it stayed together better than the loaves i filled up 3-4 inches high. Also used eggs. And, I cooked them all longer than the recommended one hour and 15 minutes (probably 20-30 minutes longer).

3 loaves fed 18-20 people with left-overs (mind you, there was a lot of other food served along with it). Can be prepared the day before and then baked the day of. Can highly recommend. Thank you for the recipe and the advice/comments---Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

ps-I was also worried about this Portabello Lloaf tasting too similarly to the bread stuffing I was serving. Best to omit the typical bread stuffing spices like thyme and sage...and stick to oregano and basil...using less bread crumbs and cusinart-ing the veggies.

[Susan C.]

Made this today for Thanksgiving.  It was amazingly good and the texture was excellent for vegans and meat lovers alike.
It's the second vegan "meat loaf" recipe I've tried and it beats the first by far.  Thanks so much for sharing this!

[secondbase]

i made this using a diced red bell pepper and a green one.  used potato flakes and cut down on the bread crumbs. it came out wonderful and surprised all of my omni guests at thanksgiving

[singer704]

Fantastic.  Made this recipe Thanksgiving and couldn't keep the meat eaters away
Stuart

[baybeari]

I loved this recipe, and my guests loved it, too.  I did not have any onion soup mix, and just used some seasonings and onion salt (in addition to the fresh onions).  I will try making it next time exactly as written.  I did use portobello mushrooms, which I would definitely do again (except that I used all arrowroot powder instead and would do that again, I think).  It was a great texture, too.  Yum!

[vlyandra]

I made this recipe almost exactly as written, except I replaced the cornstarch/arrowroot mixture with 2 tbsp potato starch instead. (For some reason, I was out of both arrowroot and cornstarch.) It came together perfectly, though. It was a little moist in the middle, but my parents and I liked it. Wish I'd used portabello mushrooms or something with a better flavor-- will definitely try that next time. As some commenters noted, it does taste like stuffing, but it tastes like delicious stuffing, so I really don't care. I've never had meatloaf anyways, so I have no idea what it's supposed to taste like. Whatever it is, it's great! Makes for awesome leftovers, too.

[jen9116]

Other than not having dry onion soup mix this turned out pretty tasty...I added carrots to it and used less mushrooms because I don't really like them(I chopped them up super small)....Thinking next time possibly adding red and green bell peppers too...New vegetarian here with omni husband, I really enjoyed it even the tofu...He couldn't get past it not having me@t but devoured it between complaints! ....  If only he realized how much tofu he has really had in the last month with his morning smoothie's!