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Emma McIntyre/Getty, Emily Dorio
Miranda Lambert’s most prized family recipe is what’s being called “marriage-worthy meatloaf.”
“She always says, ‘It’s the loaf that’ll getcha the ring,’ and I mean, it worked for me twice, so there’s that,” Lambert said with a laugh.
Lambert married her current husband,Brendan McLoughlin, in 2019. She was married to fellow country star Blake Shelton for four years before theysplit in 2015.
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“Everybody that knows our friend group, knows these ladies, knows if you’re getting serious with someone, you either bring ‘em to Bev Lambert’s house to have the loaf, or you make it for them yourself,” Lambert said on the podcast.
Her mom’s recipe, which was originallyfeatured onSouthern Livingin 2010, is a decadent dish that consists of both ground beef and ground pork sausage topped with a sweet and tangy glaze. (Get the full recipe below.)
Lambert admitted that she isn’t the only one to reap the wedding bell benefits of the foolproof meal.
“I think there’s, like, 10 cases where people either brought ‘em to Mom’s and then got engaged, or made the meatloaf and then got engaged. I don’t know, it’s just like a little spell. There’s something in there,” she told Evans.
In April, Lambert took over the PEOPLE food section as a guest editor, highlighting some of her favorite recipes and stories from her cookbook. She told PEOPLE that her cooking knowledge is undoubtedly generational.
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“My mom could make something out of nothing,” she said. “We didn’t grow up with hardly any money, and so we didn’t have a ton of groceries in our house all the time. And so she would just make a meal out of barely anything. We ate a lot of spaghetti because it’s cheap, and my mom would can the sauce from our garden.”
She added: “My grandmother actually is probably where [Beverly] got it…because she had a little sign in her kitchen my whole life that says, ‘Do what you can with what you’ve got’. And that’s what she did with her life and her cooking. And that’s what she passed to my mom who passed it to me.”
Lambert said cooking is a way to bring back memories of those she loves most.
“When I make something of my grandmother’s, I feel her with me at that moment. She’s back. And I just think that you can’t put a price on that,” she said.
Bev’s Famous Meatloaf
2 lb. lean ground beef1 lb. ground pork sausage18 saltine crackers, crushed½ green bell pepper, chopped½ yellow onion, finely chopped2 large eggs, lightly beaten1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce1 tsp. mustard½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar½ cup ketchup2 Tbsp. flourKosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Serves:6 to 8
source: people.com
