It's one of my favorite comfort dishes. Has been a while, as in a few years, since we had it.

We had 2 lbs. of ground beef in the fridge and my wife asked me what I wanted for dinner, so it just popped into my mind. Then we couldn't find the 28 some years old newspaper clipping. I remembered that there was no meatloaf in the article title but couldn't remember the key words. We remembered that it started with "Sal" but not much more. I spend at least an hour googling; I used various combinations of meatloaf, ground beef, cheddar cheese, mushrooms, tomato sauce, etc., as key words to no avail. I even consulted a Spanish kitchen companion dictionary. Went through all the "S" entries, but still no luck.

Then my wife said queso. I then googled "site:latimes.com queso meatloaf" and bingo, first result. It's a lot of patshke, but so good. It's going to last us for three dinners. I was also able to find a reprint of the where the recipe was originally published.

I opened a bottle of 2016 Olivares Monastrell Altos de la Hoya to go along with it.