This idea is pure genius! I didn’t invent the idea. I found a recipe for meat loaf cupcakes with mashed potatoes as frosting. I decided to make meat loaf muffins instead. I used my favorite meat loaf recipe. The genius is this: My original recipe baked for 1.5 hours! Ninety minutes! When you make meat loaf muffins, they bake in only 25 minutes. They also cook more evenly and a muffin defines a serving. You can freeze some for later too.
Meat Loaf Muffins with Tomato Sauce
Serves: Makes 10 muffins
Ingredients
Meat Loaf:
- 2 pounds ground grass-fed beef
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- 3 pasture-raised eggs
- ½ cup diced onion
- 1 cup diced bell pepper
- ½ cup diced celery
- ¾ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
Tomato Sauce:
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 14.5 ounce can organic roasted tomatoes
- 1 15 ounce can organic tomato sauce
- 1 Tbsp Oregano
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
Meat Loaf:
- Preheat oven to 350
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well
- Spray muffin tins with olive oil
- Put ½ cup of meat loaf mixture into each muffin cup
- Bake in oven for 25 minutes
Tomato Sauce:
- Prepare sauce while meat loaf is baking
- In a 2-quart sauce pan, saute garlic in olive oil for 1 minute
- Use a food processor or stick blender to break the canned tomatoes into small pieces (if needed)
- Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, and spices to garlic & olive oil
- Simmer for 20 minutes
- Spoon onto Meat Loaf Muffins. Put remainder on the table for extra sauciness.
Notes
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I love to cook. I’m also a health coach, a path I chose after going through a health crisis which taught me the importance of eating healthy meals. Now, I want to combine the two — health coaching and cooking — to help people learn to cook healthy meals. To plan healthy meals. And to eat healthy meals. For more, please visit Your Cooking Coach.
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