Rant: Tried to stretch ground beef with oatmeal and my family revolted

Last Tuesday I figured I'd save $3 by bulking up my meatloaf with a half cup of oats, but my kid took one bite and asked if I forgot to take out the hamster food. Has anyone else tried a budget hack that backfired so bad you still get roasted about it?

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the_abby2d ago

Started making meatloaf with crushed potato chips once instead of breadcrumbs and my husband asked if I was trying to break his teeth... The crunch was so loud you could hear it from the next room. We still laugh about it but I don't think he trusts my cooking experiments anymore.

lane.joel2d ago

Ha! At least you know your meatloaf has good structure now.