Perfect timing.

My friend Molly sent me this link. She had me at Crocktober. There are 31 recipes there and there's no way I'm doing all of them, but I'll do some. I started with the meatloaf recipe because it's been awhile since I've crocked a meatloaf. So...I crocked a turkeyloaf.

"Perfect Crockpot Turkeyloaf" (6 quart pot)

~1/2 C. whole milk
~2 slices white bread (White bread? We haven't had white bread in this house in probably about a decade. I used a whole grain oatmeal bread from the CSA.)
~1 1/2 lb. ground beef (I used ground turkey.)
~2 eggs (From the CSA.)
~1 small onion, peeled
~1 1/2 tsp. salt
~1/2 tsp. pepper
~1 tsp. dry mustard
~1 can (12 oz.) whole tomatoes (The smallest I could find was 14 oz)
~aluminum foil strips (Because I said ALL future meatloaves would involve these. SEE?)

Place the milk and the bread in a large mixing bowl, and let stand until the bread has adsorbed all the milk.
With two forks, break the bread into crumbs.
Beat the ground beef into the crumbs until well mixed.
Make a hollow in the center of the meat and break the eggs into it.
Beat the eggs a little; then grate the onions into the eggs.
Add salt, pepper and mustard. Beat the eggs into the beef.
Shape into a round cake and place in the slow cooker.
Drain the tomatoes, and place them on the meat.
Cover and cook on Low for 7 hours.
Remove using aluminum foil strips.

I served it with sautéed spinach sprinkled with mozzarella.

6 servings.

We dug it. The tomatoes on top were a nice change, but I still prefer slathering mine in ketchup. THAT's a perfect meatloaf.