Southern Secret Meatloaf

I saw a recipe in Southern Living magazine that caught my eye, they had used vegetables in the meatloaf recipe to sweeten it up naturally. And so I set out to give it a try and tweak it a little just to make it a littler lighter.  The other side bonus was the whole meal was ready to go in 45 minutes on 2 sheet pans!

The results were super great! The whole family, including the fussy husband, all gave it the gold standard "make again". And sssshhhh pretty sure nobody knew I was sneaking in extra veggies!

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Meh don't care if my hair is perfect, I mostly notice my good glute days  pump courtesy of glute bridges, barbell hip thrusts, crissover step ups, and banded clamshells!

Hanging to stretch? Yep. Super great for stretching your tight lats, shoulders, spine as well as the rest of your back, core, and chest! I literally just hang for a few seconds before or after my workout. Any grip works too :)

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So, onto the recipe!

Southern Secret Meatloaf

Serves 4

Ingredients

20 oz, 85% Ground Beef

1/2 cup chopped, Carrots, raw

1 large, Egg

1 onion (medium), Onion

1/4 cup, dry Oats (I used old fashioned)

1 tbsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp salt

1.2 tsp pepper

2 tbsp Ketchup

1 tbsp Soy Sauce

1 tbsp parsley (optional)

Optional for two pan dinner

Sweet Potatoes (1/2 per person)

Brussels Sprouts (4 oz per person)

Directions

Preheat oven to 400*F. If you are serving the vegetables along side, cut the potatoes in bite size pieces and slice the Brussels in half. Spread them out into a large, greased cookie sheet and place in the oven. In a food processor or Ninja (you know I used my Ninja haha), shred your carrots and onion finely. Pour them into a large mixing bowl along with your ground beef, egg, oats, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix with your hands and form into 4 mini loaves onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 35 minutes. While the meatloaves are baking, mix together the ketchup and soy sauce. When the loaves and vegetables are done, remove from oven. Top the loaves with the ketchup mixture then the parsley. Serve alongside the vegetables. Enjoy!

Per serving of meatloaf:

Nutrition Facts
Servings 4.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 412
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 23 g	36 %
Saturated Fat 9 g	46 %
Monounsaturated Fat 1 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 140 mg	47 %
Sodium 354 mg	15 %
Potassium 164 mg	5 %
Total Carbohydrate 11 g	4 %
Dietary Fiber 2 g	8 %
Sugars 2 g
Protein 30 g	61 %
Vitamin A	55 %
Vitamin C	5 %
Calcium	2 %
Iron	22 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.