When the weather is colder, we usually look to warm comfort foods. Just because we were raised with processed foods, doesn’t mean that our comfort foods need to be processed:)
I know that when I was growing up, our meatloaf had tons of crushed crackers, onion soup mix (with a lot of sodium and chemicals in it) tomato soup and ketchup. This meatloaf is packed with extra veggies, so it’s healthified (is that even a word?) . Just remember that it still tastes great and is very satisfying!
Veggie Filled Meatloaf (Gluten Free/ Grain Free/ Paleo)
2 lbs. ground beef, chicken or turkey
2 eggs (or flax eggs 2 Tbsp ground flax mixed with 1/3 c water)
1 medium onion- diced
2 medium carrots or a sweet potato- shredded
1 small zucchini- shredded
2 garlic cloves- minced
3 tsp. spice mix
1/2-3/4 c. bbq sauce (depending on how much you like on your meatloaf)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put hamburger in large bowl.
Add all other ingredients except for the bbq sauce. Mix thoroughly.
Put into large loaf pan and cook for 60-75 minutes uncovered.
After cooked drain off the fat (if desired), then top the meat loaf with bbq sauce. Put back into oven for 10 minutes.
Shared On: Gluten Free Round Up, Minimal Ingredient Monday, In and Out of the Kitchen, Fat Tuesday, Teach Me Tuesday, Wonderful Wednesday Hop, Waste Not Want Not, Gluten Free Wednesdays, Allergy Free Wednesday, Whole Foods Friday, Healing With Food, Get Him Fed, The Yuck Stops Here
Sounds delicious 🙂 Meatloaf is not a common meal in the UK – so will be trying this – have you tried adding more veg? I’d be inclined to double all veg ingredients x
Thanks Janice. No I have never tried it doubling the veggies. It may not stay together as well, but you can let me know how it goes.
I really want to try this! I love meatloaf.
It’s great to have a healthy comfort food. This looks good! Thanks for linking to the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party. Hope to see you next week
Thanks for linking-up to Minimal Ingredient Mondays, Sandi! Your meatloaf definitely is veggie filled 🙂
I love putting veggies in meatloaf. Usually I use carrots, peppers, and onion.
Thanks for sharing at Healing With Food Friday.
I found your post on Get Him Fed & I’d love it if you would share your recipe on this week’s The Yuck Stops Here link party that ends Sunday evening at 8pm ET! You can find us at http://mommasangelbaby.com/the-yuck-stops-here-6/. Hope to see you there! HUGS
Thanks for the invite. I will
Thank so much for bringing your yummy, healthy, veggie packed recipe to The Yuck Stops Here this week. I hope you’ll stop by next week sometime after 8pm ET Tuesday evening and share more of your talents. You’ll find the party here: http://mommasangelbaby.com/?p=2419. HUGS
This sounds delicious – and like the perfect way to sneak more veggies to my kiddos! Thank you for sharing at #GetHimFed Fridays. 🙂
What a great way to enjoy meatloaf! Thank you for linking this recipe to The Yuck Stops Here. I hope you stop by again this week. We would love to see what you have been cookin’ up! http://thefreshmancook.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-yuck-stops-here-7.html