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
- Preheat oven to 400 F, and lightly oil a 12 muffin, medium size, muffin pan.
- In a large bowl, combine: ground beef, egg, flax meal, Worcestershire sauce, ½ cup tomato sauce, paprika, sea salt, celery seed, and garlic powder.
- Mix meat until well incorporated, and divide in half.
- 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).
- Place 2 tsp of cheese on top of each meat layer.
- 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.
- In a small bowl, combine: tomato sauce, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, and allspice (don’t add the sweetener).
- Spread 2 tsp.’s tomato glaze on top of each meat muffin.
- Sprinkle ¼ tsp of sweetener on top of the tomato glaze on each muffin.
- Bake for 20 minutes or more, until top is browned.
- Cool and serve.
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