Thursday, November 6, 2014

Low Carb Grain Free Cheese Filled Mini Meatloaf



I love meatloaf. It's an American classic. I think I make meatloaf like once a month. I love making mini meatloaf because it's a good portion control if you're trying to diet. Let's say I ended eating up half of the muffin pan of mini meatloaf. Yeah, it was that good.
Ingredients
  • MEATLOAF:
  • 1 lb ground beef.
  • ½ cup or 4 ounces tomato sauce or puree (make sure tomatoes are the only ingredients)
  • 1 egg, beaten.
  • 2 tbsp golden flax meal (golden flax meal tastes better), where to buy golden flax
  • ½ tsp paprika.
  • 1 tsp garlic powder.
  • ¼ tsp ground celery seed* optional.
  • ¼ tsp sea salt.
  • 1 ½ tbsp. gluten free Worcestershire sauce * optional.
  • ⅓ cup cheese, grated *optional.
  • 1- 12 muffin, regular size, muffin pan or loaf pan.
  • TOMATO GLAZE:
  • ⅓ cup tomato sauce or puree (make sure tomatoes are the only ingredients).
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • ¼ tsp onion powder
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • ⅛ tsp sea salt
  • ⅛ tsp allspice.
  • 3 tsp coconut sugar for (paleo), or 3 tsp Swerve (erythitol granular) for low carb.
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 F, and lightly oil a 12 muffin, medium size, muffin pan.
  2. In a large bowl, combine: ground beef, egg, flax meal, Worcestershire sauce, ½ cup tomato sauce, paprika, sea salt, celery seed, and garlic powder.
  3. Mix meat until well incorporated, and divide in half.
  4. Using half of meat mixture, place one or two spoonful’s of mixture into each muffin indentation and press down in pan (should fill to just slightly under half full).
  5. Place 2 tsp of cheese on top of each meat layer.
  6. Using other half of meat mixture, place one or two spoonful’s of mixture on top of cheese layer, and press down into muffin pan.
  7. In a small bowl, combine: tomato sauce, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, and allspice (don’t add the sweetener).
  8. Spread 2 tsp.’s tomato glaze on top of each meat muffin.
  9. Sprinkle ¼ tsp of sweetener on top of the tomato glaze on each muffin.
  10. Bake for 20 minutes or more, until top is browned.
  11. Cool and serve.

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