Mini Meatloaves

Notes/Suggestions: Meatloaf can be made with almost any ground meat. It is one of the world’s best comfort foods. Here we are making it out of beef. But you can substitute turkey, or combine the beef with pork or veal or both. This is a great recipe to let the kids help with. Make sure they wash hands well before and after.

Ingredients:

  • 3 pounds of lean ground beef
  • 1 cup bread crumbs
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • ½ cup dried onions
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 cup of tomato sauce (1 8 oz can)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup ketchup

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, put the meat and next 7 ingredients up to black pepper, and mix together well using your hands.
  3. Spray the insides of regular muffin tins with cooking spray or brush a bit of oil in the cups.
  4. Scoop the meat mixture into the muffin tins until just rounded on top.
  5. Spread the ketchup over the top of each meatloaf
  6. Cook for 30 minutes or until the internal temperature of the loaves is 160 degrees.
  7. Let rest for 10 minutes before serving.
Tips:
  1. If making a turkey meatloaf, add a ¼ cup of chopped bell pepper to the mixture and cook until the internal temperature is 165 degrees.
  2. If you do not have a muffine tin, use an ice cream scoop to scoop the meat mixturer and lay them out onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
  3. Serve at room temperature with a mixed green salad and a roll or cut up vegetables and crackers.  Thousand Island Dressing goes great with this lunch.