15 Minute Meatloaf!

Between work, school, my kiddos and housework, its sometimes hard to get dinner on the table at a decent hour. There have been nights where its been granola and fruit, and you know what, that's okay. But with recipes like this one, its been much easier to have a heartier choice available.

The magic behind this meal is my most favorite tool in my kitchen, a pressure cooker! With the newer electric pressure cookers available its much easier to set it and forget it too! So with this magic pressure cooker, you can have your favorite meatloaf with potatoes and carrots in 15 minutes...add another 3-5 minutes and you also have gravy.

What you need:

• a 5 quart or larger pressure cooker
• about 1 1/2 pounds of your favorite meatloaf mix
• 2 - 3 medium russet potatoes, cut into large pieces
• 4 - 5 large carrots, cut to 2 inches in length
• 1 cup beef broth
• ketchup or BBQ sauce (optional)

Directions:

Add the potatoes, carrots and broth to pressure cooker.
 

A trivet or cooking rack that fits into your pressure cooker is
best but is not needed.

Form loaf onto rack, top with ketchup or sauce.

Place directly on top of potatoes. Cover pressure cooker,
 making sure it seals. Cook on high (follow the directions of your manual)
for 15 minutes, do a quick steam release.
 

Remove meatloaf and vegetables from pan, reserve
the juices for gravy if desired.

Note: When making meatloaf, I usually make 2-3 times as much meat mix. I just freeze about 1.5 pounds of mix in each freezer bag, that way all I need to do is defrost the meat, cut the vegetables and set the pressure cooker, THE BEST!