Taking Back Dinner: Delicious Takes on Icky Childhood Meals

We all know them. Our parents know them. Our dogs definitely know them. I’m talking about those meals from childhood that made us shudder at their very mention and desperately volunteer to do our chores or catch up on our homework during dinnertime. Whichever your culinary nemesis was, chefs and foodies are fighting to flip our perceptions by putting a fresh, delicious spin on childhood’s most hated foods. Skeptical? I sought out some delicious makeovers of the worst dishes. These fresh takes are truly a public service to eaters everywhere. Related Stories: Amazing Artichokes: Ten Tasty Recipes Brinner’s a Winner: Delicious Breakfast-for-Dinner Recipes Twenty-Two Ways to Upstage Your Usual Barbecue

By Allie Firestone

Meatloaf

The traumas of meatloaf aren’t just confined to my generation—my father was so traumatized by his childhood experiences with it that he refuses to eat the dish to this day. However, a baked loaf of meat doesn’t have to mean meal anxiety. Follow Alton Brown’s advice and whip up a tasty one with quality beef and a bevy of flavorful herbs and veggies and a homemade glaze.

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