![]() ![]() This meatloaf may be made of memories, but it’s also the best meatloaf we’ve ever had - just saying. The glaze that we added candies the bacon - and that blasts it off the charts! As the Doocys write in their introduction, "Remember, if you’re going to have three meals today, you might as well make sure one of them makes you simply happy." "The Simply Happy Cookbook" is 320 pages in hardcover and contains over 100 recipes from the Doocy family and their friends - as well as many personal stories. This recipe has elements that we’ve collected over our lifetimes: the ketchup, Gunga’s ground meats and a blanket of bacon inspired by our friends at Masterbuilt, the smoker company, who showed us how to make a bacon weave, which they call a fatty - we call it fabulous. That bacon was like the pop-up timer you might see on a roasted turkey. STEVE DOOCY OF ‘FOX & FRIENDS’ REVEALS A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TRADITION IN HIS FAMILY’S HOUSEHOLD She’d put a piece of bacon on the top - and when it was finally crunchy, the meatloaf was seemingly always perfectly done. She also had a technique so that she’d always know when the meatloaf was done. She’d put a piece of bacon on the top - and when it was finally crunchy, the meatloaf was perfectly done. In Russell, Kansas, nobody really had canned tomato products in the house, but we always had ketchup, so if something needed “a little red something,” Mom would squeeze in a squirt of Heinz. In the 1960s, Mom was very clever in the kitchen with the limited resources she had. Steve and Kathy Doocy are the authors of the new cookbook, "The Simply Happy Cookbook" (William Morrow), just published on Sept. In Stockholm, they call them köttfärslimpa, which I would say out loud if I had any idea how to pronounce those special letters with the double-dots above them. Did you know that Sweden is famous not only for Volvos and IKEA but for meatloaves? I’M A ‘FOX & FRIENDS’ ANCHOR BUT I’LL NEVER FORGET THE HILARIOUS THING MY LATE FATHER DID IN THE GROCERY STORE I thought Mom made it because it was simply delicious, but actually she made it because we’d eat it and it was cheap.Īt age six or seven, I remember asking Mom who showed her how to make it, and she said “Gunga,” which was how I pronounced “Grandma” when I was three. We ate meatloaf at least once a week during my Wonder years. Nothing complicated, everything delicious. Here’s one of them - and it starts with a story from Steve himself. ![]() Editor’s note: Steve and Kathy Doocy’s new book, “The Simply Happy Cookbook,” is filled with 100-plus recipes to take the stress out of cooking. ![]()
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