Lower Fat Totally Awesome Meatloaf Food

SKINNY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and set aside.
• In a large bowl, add the ground beef.
• To make bread crumbs: remove the crust, break up the bread, and add to a blender or food processor. Process until the bread turns into crumbs.
• To the beef, add the bread crumbs, onions, egg whites, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper, to taste. Using your hands, mix together all the ingredients.
• Place the meat mixture on the baking sheet and free form a loaf by hand. It should be about 12"x4."
• In a small bowl, mix together the topping ingredients. Spread all over the top of the meatloaf.
• Bake for 55 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing. Cut into 10 slices.
• Makes 5 servings. Each serving, 2 slices.

AWESOME AND HEALTHY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Spray a skillet with cooking spray.
• Add the first nine ingredients and saute for 10 minutes on medium heat. Allow to cool to room temperature (put in the frig to speed things up).
• In a large bowl mix ground beef, egg, salt, pepper, 1/2 of the tomato sauce, and the vegetable mixture.
• Pat into 7 small meatloaves and place on foil lined baking sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• Top each loaf with the remaining tomato sauce.
• Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
• Enjoy!

HEALTHIER EASY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine beef, egg, onion, milk, bread crumbs, parsley, and carrot in a large bowl. Season with salt and black pepper. Place beef mixture in loaf pan.
• Stir together brown sugar, mustard, and ketchup in a small bowl. Pour over meatloaf.
• Bake in preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

DAD'S AWESOME MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Mix hamburger, bread and juice together until well blended.
• Add eggs, pepper, salt and onion and mix together until well blended.
• Cook in loaf pan for 1 hour at 350°.
• Mix together brown sugar, ketchup and dry mustard.
• Place on top of meatloaf after 1 hour and cook for another 30 minutes.

EASY, DELICIOUS, LOW-FAT MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Lightly spray a nonstick or silicone muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Crumble ground beef into a large bowl.
• Add shredded carrots, chopped onion, and green pepper.
• Add chili powder, Worcestershire sauce and the breadcrumbs. Stir with a fork. Add egg whites and stir again with a fork until well blended. You can knead the mixture with your hands but sometimes this makes the meat overly tough.
• Spoon mixture into prepared muffin pan, and top each cup with ketchup. Bake for 25 minutes, making sure that the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
• Serves 6.

ROLLED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375.
• Mix meats, bread crumbs, milk, egg and seasonings together. Lay out a large piece of waxed paper, lightly sprayed with cooking oil.
• In a food processor mix onions, parsely and golden raisins. (raisins may stay whole, that's ok!) If you do not have a food processor just chop onion and parsley. Mix sauce ingredients together, set aside.
• Spread meat onto waxed paper in an 11 by 9 inch rectangle.
• Spread parsley onion mix evenly on top.
• Start on one of the 9 inch sides and begin rolling the meat tightly. (Like a jelly roll) Lift into a lightly greased loaf pan.
• Bake for 1 hour at 375. Add sauce to top of meatloaf 1/2 way through cooking time.

LOW-FAT TURKEY-IN-THE-GARDEN MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine in a large mixing bowl the turkey or beef, the spinach, which has been squeezed to drain, the oats, onion, carrots, egg, milk, herbs (mixture of oregano, basil and thyme), salt and pepper.
• Use a three-tined kitchen granny fork or wooden mixing fork to blend the meat ingredients.
• Pat into a 9x5-inch loaf pan that has been sprayed with a no-stick oil product, or shape into a loaf and place in the middle of a 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake 1 hour or until a thermometer registers 170 degrees and the center is no longer pink.
• If substituting beef for turkey, bake 50 to 55 minutes and thermometer should register 160 degrees internal temperature (tip not touching baking dish).
• Let loaf stand out of the oven for 5 minutes before slicing.

UPSIDE DOWN MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Mix together ketchup, brown sugar and water and pour into an 8x4 loaf pan.
• Combine and mix thoroughly the rest of ingredients.
• Press into loaf pan over sauce mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes.
• Turn out onto platter; bottom side will become the top.

DAD'S MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine all of the ingredients except for the ketchup. It is easiest to just mix it up with your hands.
• Form into two loaves.
• Spread ketchup over the top of each loaf, and wrap each in foil sealing the foil tightly without squishing the meatloaf. Note: Sealing the foil slows the cooking time, which is why it takes so long to cook, but it also keeps the meat from drying out.
• Line a baking pan with foil, and place the foil wrapped loaves in it.
• Bake for 1 hour 45 minutes.
• Poke holes in the foil that is wrapped around the meatloaf and let any grease drain out into the pan while baking another 15 minutes.

YAM SOUFFLE'

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• In a large pot, cover the sweet potatoes with water and bring to a boil. Boil until tender.
• Drain and peel the potatoes and place in a large mixing bowl.
• Mash well.
• Add the butter, milk, sherry, brown sugar, orange juice, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon and salt.
• Beat well with a mixer.
• Spoon mixture into a buttered, ovenproof gratin dish.
• Bake until the potatoes are hot, about 25 minutes.
• While the soufflé is cooking, make the meringue.
• In a clean bowl, whip egg whites until almost stiff.
• Gradually add the sugar and continue to beat until soft peaks form.
• During the last five minutes of cooking the soufflé, top with the meringue mixture making fancy peaks.
• Return to oven and remove when the meringue is lightly browned.
• Garnish with the sliced oranges.

AWESOME MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together accept the cream of mushroom soup.
• Grease a meatloaf pan or casserole dish and spread the meatloaf mixture into the pan.
• Spread the undiluted cream of mushroom soup over the meatloaf mixture.
• Bake uncovered in a 350 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours.