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Easy Crock Pot Meatloaf Recipe

This easy Crock Pot Meatloaf recipe is a perfect summertime dinner recipe that will not heat up the house!

Crock Pot Recipes are perfect for the hot summer months when you dread turning on the oven to cook dinner!

Crock Pot Meatloaf dinner on a plate. Two slices of the cooked meatloaf covered in tomato gravy with a side of mashed potatoes and green beans.

Old Fashioned Meatloaf Like Mom Made

I decided I needed to update my mom’s meatloaf recipe to a Crock Pot Meatloaf Recipe.

It wasn’t hard to do. I just used my mom’s favorite meatloaf recipe and cooked it in my trusty crock pot.

It turned out perfect and cooking the meatloaf in the crock pot made dinner time a breeze.

I am a child of the ’70s and ’80s and when I was a kid my mother would bake meatloaf with a can of tomato soup poured over the top. As the meatloaf cooked the tomato soup would turn into a lovely gravy we would spoon over homemade mashed potatoes.

A meatloaf with tomato soup poured over it in the crock pot before cooking

Back then we ate a lot of family meals featuring ground beef. It was cheap and could be stretched to feed a big family. Sometimes when mom made meatloaf she would form it into hamburger patties instead of a loaf.

A close up photo of a bite of Crock Pot Meatloaf on a fork dipped in mashed potatoes. — **Meatloaf is comfort food!**

Then instead of baking it in the oven, she would brown the meatloaf patties in a skillet then pour the tomato soup over them. Then she would let them simmer on the stove until they were cooked through.

I’ve made my moms meatloaf both ways over the years. Cooking those meatloaf patties doesn’t take much time but you do have to stay near the stove to keep an eye on things.

Baking the meatloaf in the oven is a little easier since you don’t have to keep such a close eye on the meatloaf as it bakes compared to simmering it in a skillet.

Making the meatloaf in the crock pot is so much easier than either cooking methods my mom used and you have the advantage of not heating up the house while using the crock pot and you don’t have to stand watch over a hot skillet.

Crock Pot Meatloaf is the best of both worlds as far as I am concerned.

Crock Pot Mealoaf made with tomatoe soup just like Mom used to make

The best part of this Crock Pot Meatloaf made with tomato soup is when you dip a piece in the tomato soup gravy and then dip it in the homemade mashed potatoes. It is a little bite of heaven.

How to make Crock Pot Meatloaf with a tomato soup gravy