The comfort food known as meat loaf has any many family secret recipes as there are fond family memories. Jesse Brewer recalls trying to make this dish during spring break in college. His girlfriend Jill gave an assisting hand. With the idea of creating a new recipe, Jesse and Jill compared family recipes. After much consideration, the two aspiring chefs decided to come up with their own recipe.

The two agreed on using ground beef. They also agreed on using minced garlic and onions. They disagreement, interestingly, on the use of a filler. Jill wanted to add Jesse's family recipe of toasted garlic bread crumbs. Jesse wanted to use crumbled baked potatoes. He thought that the combination of meat and potatoes would make this an all-time comfort food.

The two compromised and combined toasted garlic bread crumbs and crumbled baked potatoes as filler for the meat loaf. The quatities and types of spices remained the same. Because the total volume was unchanged for the meat loaf, they cooked the dish at the usual temperature for the usual amount of time. This was a partnership that worked. To this day, they think of this cooking venture whenever they see a meat loaf platter.

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Cheer up wisely: Comfort foods can be made healthier (Asheville Citizen-Times)
By definition, comfort foods are generally not the healthiest.
Remaking comfort foods: Cheddar and beer soup (South Bend Tribune)
Healthful eating and comfort food don't have to go together like spinach and brownies.
Back to basics: Experts predict food in 2009 will be comfort driven with more...
ANDREW SULLIVAN/STAMFORD ADVOCATEFrugal fare such as bean soup can be a reliable comfort when money's tight in uncertain times. Food trends are fickle. They ebb and flow with economic times and over the past few years they've run the gamut...
The Recipe for Cool Weather Comfort Foods (Today's News-Herald)
(ARA) - As the weather gets brisk and the sun sets earlier, we find ourselves yearning for food and beverages that are simple, familiar and home-made. Comfort food is as soothing as a warm sweater, but it doesn't have to be boring if you add a little creativity.
Recipe Makeover: chicken-fried steak and gravy (San Jose Mercury News)
In making over chicken-fried steak, "we skip the deep frying, but with rich country gravy as consolation, you won't miss it," writes Jessie Price in "Comfort Foods Made Healthy.
Coffee and Chocolate Holding Up in Down Economy (AG Weekly)
In the United States, the true comfort foods are chocolate and coffee -which may provide relief for investors battered by plummeting prices for oil, gold, wheat and other products.
Comfort foods can be healthy too (The Charlotte Observer)
(By Heather Lalley, Chicago Tribune) Healthful eating and comfort food don't have to go together like spinach and brownies. It's just that we've become so accustomed to thinking good-for-you dishes can't be warm, gooey and soul-satisfying. But Jessie Price and her fellow editors at Vermont-based EatingWell magazine want to prove that conventional wisdom wrong. They've compiled nearly 200 ...
Feel-good Foods to Battle the Winter Blues (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
(ARA) - It's that time of year again when temperatures hit single digits, clothing gets heavier and it can be difficult to resist the urge to curl up all day under a warm and comfy blanket with an engaging book.
Cold comfort (The Age)
Justine Costigan savours a range of flavours that take some licking.
Kettle adds sweet onion chip (The Portland Business Journal)
Kettle Foods added a new flavor to its line of ?Big Game? chips.