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Meatloaf: 3 creator recipes compared

Most use egg, olive oil and tomato. Some add ground meat mixture or ground turkey.

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Times are estimated preparation and cooking; chilling or resting is extra. Updated 6 November 2026.

Italian-Style Stuffed Mini Meatloaves by Sip and Feast, a frame from the YouTube video

Make this one first.

We put the most-saved version first: Sip and Feast’s. These Italian‑style stuffed mini meatloaves combine juicy ground sirloin, creamy ricotta, and a molten mozzarella core, all baked to a golden crust. A bright garlic‑tomato sauce adds savory depth, making it a satisfying dinner for the whole family.

Italian-Style Stuffed Mini Meatloaves from Sip and Feast’s YouTube video

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Italian-Style Stuffed Mini Meatloaves

Recipe from Sip and Feast, from their YouTube videoWritten down by ReelsMeals from the caption and voiceover.

  • 1 hr 5 min
  • Serves 4
  • 13 ingredients
  • Oven

The only one of the 3 with ground sirloin, ricotta cheese, italian seasoned breadcrumbs and flat-leaf parsley.

Ingredients

Meatloaf

  • 2 lbground sirloin
  • 3/4 cupricotta cheese
  • 1 cupItalian seasoned breadcrumbs
  • 1/4 cupflat‑leaf parsley
  • 1/2 cupparmesan cheese
  • 2garlic
  • 1 1/2 tspkosher salt
  • 1/2 tspblack pepper
  • 1egg
  • 1/2 lbmozzarella cheese

Sauce

  • 3 tbspolive oil
  • 5garlic
  • 1 canplum tomatoes
  • to tastesalt
  • to tasteblack pepper

How it goes

  1. Meatloaf: Preheat the oven to 400 °F.

  2. Meatloaf: In a large bowl combine ground sirloin, ricotta cheese, Italian seasoned breadcrumbs, minced flat‑leaf parsley, grated parmesan cheese, grated garlic, kosher salt, black pepper, beaten egg, and mozzarella cheese; mix until evenly incorporated.

  3. Meatloaf: Divide the mixture into four mini loaf pans, creating a thin base layer, then place mozzarella sticks in the center of each and cover with the remaining meat mixture, leaving a small gap at the top.

  4. Meatloaf: Bake for 25 minutes, then flip each loaf and bake an additional 5–10 minutes until the internal temperature reaches 147 °F.

  5. Sauce: Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat and add sliced garlic; sauté until golden.

  6. Sauce: Add the hand‑crushed plum tomatoes, season with salt and pepper, and bring to a lively simmer.

  7. Sauce: Reduce the sauce until it reaches your desired thickness, then keep warm.

  8. To Serve: Spoon a generous layer of sauce over each mini meatloaf and serve with pasta or crusty bread if desired.

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From each creator’s recipe as we saved it. Time is the estimated preparation and cooking time; chilling is extra where they say so. Ingredient counts include everything on the list.

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3 meatloaf recipes compared by estimated time, servings, ingredients, method and what only that version uses. Sip and Feast’s, the one to make first, is highlighted.
VersionTime (est.)ServesIngredientsMethodOnly this one uses
Italian-Style Stuffed Mini MeatloavesSip and Feast · make this one first1 hr 5 min413Oven, Simmeredground sirloin, ricotta cheese, italian seasoned breadcrumbs and flat-leaf parsley
Ground Meat Loaf with Cucumber‑Tomato Salad and Beige PureeMob50 min48No cookingground meat mixture, herbs, cucumber and red onion
Meatloaf and Stew – Hand to Mouth Classicbrokeeats10 hr 20 min611Slow cooker, Oven, Simmeredground turkey, onion, cornflakes and flour

What they share.

  • 2 of 3use egg. Mob’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use olive oil. brokeeats’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use tomato. brokeeats’s version leaves it out.

Counted from each version’s ingredient list. Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out, and names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ.

  • How they cook it

    Sip and Feast and brokeeats use the oven; Mob doesn't. Sip and Feast and brokeeats simmer, poach or braise; Mob doesn't. Only Mob needs no cooking. Only brokeeats uses a slow cooker.

  • Something only one of them uses

    Sip and Feast is the only one to use ground sirloin, ricotta cheese, italian seasoned breadcrumbs and flat-leaf parsley. Mob is the only one to use ground meat mixture, herbs, cucumber and red onion. brokeeats is the only one to use ground turkey, onion, cornflakes and flour.

  • Time and list length

    Mob takes the least time (50 min); brokeeats the most (10 hr 20 min). Mob uses the shortest ingredient list (8); Sip and Feast the longest (13).

All 3, with their videos.

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How this comparison works.

Every recipe here comes from a creator’s own video. ReelsMeals writes it down from the caption and the voiceover, and publishes it with the creator named and the original linked. When three or more versions of a dish from at least two creators are saved, the dish gets a page like this one. Reposts and the same video saved twice count once.

Times and servings come from the saved recipe cards and may be estimated. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken. We don’t rank them by taste: the version shown first is the one ReelsMeals cooks have saved most. Last updated 6 November 2026.

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