It's the weekend before Halloween, one of my favorite holidays, and it's one of those mixed weather fall days with gusty winds, sun one minute, rain the next, and leaves piling up on my patio by the dozens. They're forecasting wind gusts of up to 50mph here in the valley this afternoon and gusts of up to 80mph (that's hurricane strength!) up in the mountains and on the coast! I would not be too surprised if we get some power outages later today and tonight.
But, despite the weather I'm still planning on heading out to a favorite yearly Halloween bash tonight. Next weekend I'll be the one throwing the bash for my annual birthday/Halloween party. Still trying to plan what to make for that. . .
But tonight I want to talk about meatloaf! I've always been pretty good at making a good meatloaf that isn't dry, or tasteless and needing to be doused in ketchup. There's lots of good tips out there and some good recipes for variations that I'd like to share too. And of course, what meatloaf dinner would be complete without potatoes, maybe some gravy, and a veg?