There’s nothing better than a mummy meatloaf to encourage your kids to eat something before heading out for their Halloween activities.  This recipe is simple and delicious.  It’s easy to assemble, bakes without any additional hands on time,  and it makes a frightfully delicious dinner entrée.  Using oats in place of the usual bread crumbs adds soluble fiber to the meatloaf which is good for you.    The oats, visible in the finished meatloaf add a disgusting appearance to the flesh of your mummy meatloaf.  It’s Halloween, so it’s okay to use the word disgusting and meatloaf in the same sentence.

Once you have mixed up your meatloaf, you will need to shape it into an oval that looks roughly like a human head.  There’s no need to raise a nose on it.  Just give it a roughly oval shape.  Once this is done, you will need to add eyes and teeth.   To make these,  I inserted pieces of quartered onion  for the eyes. Then,  I cut strips from what was left of the onion and arranged them in a single layer for the teeth.  It’s better if they aren’t the same length.  Uneven teeth make your mummy look more frightening.The final step is to wrap your meatloaf with bacon.  You don’t have to wrap all of the way around.  You only need to  tuck the ends under the bottom edge of your meatloaf.  For this recipe, we had some leftover bacon that was partially cooked which we used on top of our meatloaf.  You could also us the pre-cooked bacon that’s meant to be finished in the microwave.   Instead of heating it in the  microwave, wrap it across the face of the mummy and let the oven do the final cooking.   You can also use raw bacon if you prefer.   Just make sure that you use thinly sliced bacon.   All of these will work equally well.

Stick the whole creation into the oven and bake for about an hour.  The finished meatloaf is almost too scary to eat.  Of course, it’s too tasty to resist.

Mix Up a Mummy Meatloaf for your family.  They’ll love it.   This goes well with cauliflower mashed potatoes or caterpillars and cheese.  I’ve even been know to serve it with boiled brain matter which is made from cauliflower.  Lets face it.  Cauliflower does sort of look like a human brain, right?

All of this may sound a little over the top to some, but my objective is to get my kids to eat before they head out to trick or treat.  Festive Halloween foods always seem to entice them to sit down and actually eat some dinner, so they have fuel for all of that walking.

Do you have other Halloween dinner ideas that you love to serve to your family?  Leave a comment below and let us know.

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