I've made this recipe for years, however, in a moment of inspiration, I reduced the tomato juice to 3/4 of a cup and added a 1/4 cup of barbecue sauce. It's just a small amount but adds to the flavor.

Instead of ketchup or tomato sauce, I use bold Manwich or sloppy joe sauce for a change.

Instead of tomato juice, I use just about any kind of bloody mary mix I have on hand. I have used Zing Zang, which is excellent. Tonight I will be using Famous Dave's "Devil's Spit" Bloody Mary Mix.

Hello everyone. I looked at all of the comments and meatloaf is not my favorite. It was a child hood tradition but we ate it way too much. As an adult I have switched to Ground turkey and use "sweet baby ray's" barbecue sauce inside and on top and it is a "FANTASTIC" Twist on tradition. My family, mom included loves it.

Could I use steel cut oats in this recipe?

Mom taught me to make this back in the late 60's or early 70's. Since then I've modified by adding finely chopped green peppers, and a dash of chipotle pepper, garlic powder. I use low sodium V8 and skip the salt. Then when 20 minutes left in cooking time I drain and a mixture of ketchup, chopped onion & green peppers, Worcestershire sauce, honey, cayenne & chipotle powders on top and finish baking. (Easy on the pepper powders if you can't stand the heat.) You can use brown sugar instead of honey but I never seem to have any in the kitchen.

I've been making this delicious recipe since the early '70's. I found in it Family Circle, however the original recipe called for tomato sauce, not tomato juice. I have used tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce, and recently I even tried using pizza sauce for a different flavor, and we love it! I also add garlic, and I use alot more than just 1/4 cup of onion!

I hand shape it into a loaf and cook it on a broiler pan in the oven. Drains away the fat and is still delicious!

Love it too. If I need a shortcut I use prepared salsa instead of the tomato juice and onions. It's great that way too, saves on chopping.

I have been making this recipe since I was first married (45 yrs) and have found no better recipe for meatloaf. I use 1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce instead of juice and top with catsup before baking.

I used a can of tomato soup instead of tomato juice. I used frozen veggie mixture of red peppers, green peppers, & onions. I added about 4 tbsp. milk.

I used ketchup instead of tomato juice. Yummy!

I used V8 instead of tomato juice and I liked the taste a lot better. Still a great recipe.