Lower Fat Totally Awesome Meatloaf Recipes

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.

MOMMA'S HEALTHY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir green bell pepper and onion in the hot oil until onion is transparent and bell pepper is softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Combine ground beef, bread crumbs, eggs, carrot, zucchini, salt, pepper, and bell pepper mixture in a large bowl; mix well using your hands. Press meat mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 35 to 40 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Spread ketchup on the top of the meatloaf and continue baking until bubbling, about 5 minutes more.

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.

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.

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).