Stuffed Meat Loaf Wspinach Tomatoes Mozzarella Recipes

MOZZARELLA STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a glass baking pan (9x13) with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large mixing bowl combine ground beef, bread crumbs, basil, oregano, parsley, salt, pepper, milk, and worcestershire sauce. Knead until combined.
• Divide meat in half. Shape one half of the meat into the bottom half of the loaf and place in prepared pan. Place mozzarella slices down the center, leaving 1/2 inch around the ends and sides. Shape remaining half of meat as the top half of the loaf, sealing the edges. This is a free-form loaf so it doesn't need to be perfect.
• In a small mixing bowl whisk together ketchup, brown sugar, worcestershire sauce, red wine vinegar, garlic, salt, and cayenne pepper. Pour half of this mixture over the meatloaf, reserving the remaining half for later.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.
• After 45 minutes, remove from oven and pour the remaining sauce over the loaf. Increase temperature to 400 degrees and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
• Let rest 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

ITALIAN SPINACH & MOZZARELLA STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Add 1 TBS of olive oil to small sauce pan. Add in diced onions and minced garlic. Cook until slightly softened and fragrant, about 5 minutes.
• Add in crushed tomatoes, oregano, dried basil, dried parsley, salt and pepper. Bring to boil, cover and let simmer for at least 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray 9×5″ loaf pan with non stick cooking spray.
• Add 1 TBS olive oil to saute pan. Add in 3 cups fresh spinach and cook until wiled, about 5-7 minutes. Set aside.
• Add ground chicken to large bowl with remaining 1 cup of finely chopped fresh spinach, onion, garlic, grated cheese, egg, bread crumbs, oregano, dried basil, parsley, salt, pepper and 2 TBS olive oil. Mix with your hands until well combined.
• Spread half of the meat mixture evenly into your loaf pan. Layer with cooked spinach, about ½ cup marinara sauce (until meat is evenly covered) and fresh mozzarella slices (about half mozzarella ball).
• Top with remaining half of meat mixture, spread evenly.
• Bake for 1 hour or until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.
• Remove from oven, and top with another ½ cup of sauce and remaining half of mozzarella slices. Bake for another 10 minutes until mozzarella is melted. (I like to turn my broil on for the last 2 minutes to get my mozzarella lightly golden).
• Remove from oven, top with fresh basil and let sit 10 minutes before serving.

CHEESY SPINACH-STUFFED MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• In a large bowl, lightly combine meat loaf ingredients. On a waxed paper, pat into a 14x10-in. rectangle. , In a small bowl, combine filling ingredients. Spread over rectangle, leaving 3/4 in. around edges. Starting with a short end, roll up jelly-roll fashion. Press meat mixture over filling at both ends to seal. Place loaf, seam side down, on a rack in a roasting pan. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour. Spread with ketchup; bake for 15 minutes longer. Sprinkle with cheese; let stand a few minutes. Cut into 1-in. thick slices.

SIMPLY DIVINE MEAT LOAF WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix the ground beef, eggs, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce, dry onion soup mix, Parmesan cheese, salad dressing, bread crumbs, and spinach. Transfer to a 5x9 inch pan, and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove foil, and continue baking 15 minutes, to a minimum internal temperature of 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.

ITALIAN STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine in large bowl: sirloin/turkey, egg, tomato juice, salt and pepper, garlic, oregano, onion.
• Put 1/2 mixture in 9x5x3 loaf pan coated with cooking spray. (I could only find 11x5x3 sorry!).
• Layer on Cheese, Spinach, Peppers.
• Cover with remaining meat mixture.
• Bake for 1 hr, until meatloaf is done.
• cool to room temp, wrap, freeze up to 3 months.
• remove from freezer, thaw.
• bake at 350 degrees for abt 20-30 min until heated through.
• OR, slice and re heat in microwave.
• can top with a bit of spaghetti sauce if desired.
• comes with frozen italian green beans and/or ww pasta :).

ITALIAN MOZZARELLA-STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix beef, onion, 1/2 of the tomato sauce, bread crumbs, egg, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon oregano, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Pat into a 1/2-inch-thick rectangle on a sheet of waxed paper. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top.
• Lift up the short side of the waxed paper to start rolling up the meatloaf. Roll tightly, peeling back paper as you go. Seal edges in place. Transfer meatloaf to a loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Combine remaining tomato sauce and 1/2 teaspoon oregano; pour over meatloaf and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake until cheese is melted, about 15 minutes more. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

STUFFED MEAT LOAF W/SPINACH TOMATOES & MOZZARELLA

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Add 1 tablespoon each butter & oil to a large pot or skillet, and leave on stove top till needed.
• 2. Drain 1 can of diced tomatoes of most of the liquid, but leave some so it can help steam the spinach when added to the skillet.
• 3. Heat oil and butter in skillet over medium high heat.
• 4. Add slightly drained tomatoes to skillet
• 5. Then add spinach to skillet and stir to mix.
• 6. Cover with lid, and allow steam to accumulate, so spinach can wilt down.
• 7. It should look like this when wilted.
• 8. Remove skillet from heat and add spinach mixture to a strainer, and drain as much excess liquid as possible, allow to sit and continue to drain as it cools down, while you prepare the ground beef.
• 9. Add the ground beef to a large bowl.
• 10. Add Panko bread crumbs, eggs, chopped onion and cumin to ground beef.
• 11. Empty both packages of onion soup mix into a 2 cup measure.
• 12. Then add enough evaporated milk to make 1 cup. Stir to blend.
• 13. Pour over ground beef mixture. Stir gently to mix together.
• 14. Line a long shallow pan with a double layer of aluminum foil. Spray with non stick cooking spray. Add the meat loaf to the center of pan, then pat down shaping as close to a rectangle as you can. PRESS THE CENTER OF THE MEAT DOWN LOWER THAN THE OUTER EDGE, CREATING A SLIGHT WELL, TO HOLD THE SPINACH MIXTURE.
• 15. NOW SQUEEZE OUT most OF THE LIQUID from the spinach and tomato mixture . Add to the well in the center of the meat.
• 16. Top the spinach with the fresh mozzarella cheese slices.
• 17. Now using the outer edge of the foil, lift foil UP AND OVER TO THE CENTER OF THE CHEESE AS POSSIBLE, THEN LIFT THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND DO THE SAME THING. Bring both ends up to meet the sides then gently press the meat together till all of the cheese is completely cover in the meat layer. Shape into a loaf as much as possible.
• 18. Now cover the loaf with the slices of smoked bacon. Place pan in center of oven in preheated 375 degrees F. oven. Bake for 15 minutes. Then REDUCE OVEN TO 350 DEGREES F. AND CONTINUE TO BAKE FOR 40 MINUTES.
• 19. After the 40 minutes has elapsed brush the top of the meat loaf with Heinz catsup, and sprinkle the raw sugar over the top of the catsup, return to oven and continue to bake for an additional 30 minutes.
• 20. Remove from oven and allow to sit and cool about 10 minutes before slicing to serve.
• 21. Slice and serve, I used a spatula to lift the slices from the pan. Serve with you favorite side items. Enjoy

CHEESE & SPINACH STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix meatloaf ingredients in a large bowl.
• Flatten meatloaf mix on a piece of wax paper, mix should be in a rectangle shape about 1/2 thick in wax paper.
• Cut cheese in thin slices and place on top of meatloaf mix (being sure to leave about a 1/2 inch without cheese around perimeter).
• Microwave frozen spinach according to package information, then drain.
• Place spinach on top of cheese making sure to leave perimeter empty.
• Take on side of wax paper and roll meatloaf carefully, being sure not to let meatloaf crack while rolling.
• After you have rolled the meatloaf pinch the edges to ensure that the cheese/spinach does not leak out while cooking.
• Cover entire meatloaf with the can of tomato paste. (You may want to add some italian seasoning to the tomato paste as it is slightly bland).
• Bake covered for about 35 - 45 minutes or until desired temperature.