Today in American history…our 37th U.S. President, Richard Nixon, was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California on his parent’s lemon ranch.

To honor his birthday today, I wanted to share with you one of his favorite meals.

Meatloaf was absolutely President Nixon’s favorite food. He also enjoyed cottage cheese + ketchup for breakfast (but that’s another story!) So it’s an honor to have this recipe and eat something that President Nixon once enjoyed. It’s really special too being that it’s Mrs Nixon’s personal family recipe. 

Former first lady Pat Nixon’s meatloaf recipe appeared years ago in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In the article, it states, “This recipe for family-style meatloaf is from the Nixon administration and belonged to first lady Pat Nixon. It was so popular that the recipe was printed on White House stationery to be mailed on request.”

Pat Nixon’s Meatloaf