Mama Mia Meatloaf

This Italian-style meatloaf is a crowd-pleaser. It is moist and flavorful with a marinara sauce that harmonizes superbly with mozzarella cheese. Picky onion-despising children won’t know it is in here because the onion is processed into the sauce. This recipe is found in the "Oven-Baked Meats & Fish" section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook, on page 214. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people. (Halve the recipe if your family is smaller or make in full and freeze half.)

Cooking Method: Oven Baking

Cuisine: Italian

Courses: Dinner, Lunch

Servings: 6

Description

This Italian-style meatloaf is a crowd-pleaser. It is moist and flavorful with a marinara sauce harmonizing superbly with mozzarella cheese. Picky onion-despising children won’t know it is in here because the onion is processed into the sauce.This recipe is found in the "Oven-Baked Meats & Fish" section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people. (Halve the recipe if your family is smaller, or make in full and freeze half.)

Ingredients

For the Meatloaf

2 large eggs
1 onion (quartered)
3 cloves fresh garlic (peeled but whole)
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbs parsley flakes (dried)
1 3/4 tsp TH Mineral Salt
1 tsp black pepper
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (powder-style Parmesan cheese ;from the green can)
1/4 cup TH Baking Blend (or old fashioned oats)
2 lbs ground beef (thawed if frozen)
1 lb Italian sausage (any kind, we use turkey; thawed if frozen)

For the Sauce

14 1/2 oz diced tomatoes (one- 14 1/2 ounce can)
8 oz tomato sauce (one- 8 ounce can)
2 1/2 tsp oregano (dried oregano)
1 1/2 tsp basil (dried basil)
2 tsp TH Super Sweet Blend (or 2 doonks of TH Pure Stevia Extract Powder)
1 1/2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
8 oz mozzarella cheese (shredded part-skim mozzarella)

Instructions

1
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2
Put the eggs, onion, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, parsley, salt, pepper, Parmesan, and Baking Blend (or oats) in a food processor and process well for a minute or two until smooth.
3
Add the contents of the food processor to the meat in a 9 × 13-inch baking dish and mix all thoroughly together.
4
Make the sauce. Don’t bother washing the food processor. Add the canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, oregano, basil, sweetener, onion powder, and garlic powder and process until smooth.
5
Pour half of the sauce into the baking dish and mix well with the meat. Smooth the meat into a flat loaf inside the dish. Pour the remaining tomato sauce on top, then cover with the mozzarella cheese. Bake for 50 minutes. The loaf releases a lot of fluid. Pour half of it out once cooked, but keep some in, surrounding the loaf as it helps keep it moist and flavorful.

Note

MAKE A FAMILY MEAL:

For the weight-loss plan, WWBB Garlic Bread (page 245) and a side salad are beautiful accompaniments to this meal.
Growing children or others needing Crossovers can have the garlic bread, but made with sprouted grain bread in place of the WWBB Garlic Bread.

Read it online: https://trimhealthymama.com/recipe/mama-mia-meatloaf/