I've said it before and I'll say it again - I am consistently surprised and delighted by the amount of meals you can make in a muffin tin. It's the perfect size for portion control, it makes meals compact that perhaps were not before, and it makes clean-up a breeze!! Love love love it!
Thank you to the incredibly brilliant Kraft for getting me started in the right direction here. I have tweaked the recipe a bit to make it more to my liking (and my waistline's liking) and they came out great.
I served Chatelaine's herbed cherry tomatoes as the side dish - they were tangy and sweet, and delicious!
BBQ Style Meatloaf Minis
1 lb extra lean ground beef
1 pkg stuffing mix for chicken (I subbed some bread crumbs and an egg)
1 c water (I left this out because I wasn't using stuffing)
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 c bbq sauce
1/4 c cheese whiz (I left this out - why add more fat, especially processed plastic fat??)
I also added cayenne, paprika, smokehouse bbq seasoning, black pepper and some liquid smoke - seasonings don't cost you in calories and can add so much in flavor
Heat oven to 375. Mix meat, stuffing mix, water and garlic powder until blended. Press into 8 muffin cups sprayed with cooking spray. Make an indentation in the center of each with the back of a spoon. Fill with bbq sauce. Bake 30 minutes. Top with cheez whiz, bake 5 more minutes or until melted.
Kraft offers some variations of this recipe -
Italian - sub italian seasoning for garlic powder, and pasta sauce for bbq sauce
Mexican - sub 2tsp chili powder for garlic powder, and salsa for bbq sauce
I think the next time I make this, I will add more veggies so that my meat is stretched and the fat/calorie quantities are lowered per serving. Maybe some onions, sweet peppers, possibly even black beans. I also made mine smaller, so my recipe made 12 meatloaves instead of 8.
Check out Krafts nutritional value versus mine below (per meatloaf):
KRAFT
380 cal
12g fat
31g pro
34g carbs
1g fibre
MINE
192 cal
10g fat
22g pro
4g carbs
1g fibre
Herbed Cherry Tomatoes
2 pints cherry tomatoes
1/2c chopped parsley (I left this out, had none on hand)
2 T EVOO
2 T white wine vinegar
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp oregano
Cut tomatoes in half and combine all other ingredients. Toss will until coated. Yum!
Thank you to the incredibly brilliant Kraft for getting me started in the right direction here. I have tweaked the recipe a bit to make it more to my liking (and my waistline's liking) and they came out great.
I served Chatelaine's herbed cherry tomatoes as the side dish - they were tangy and sweet, and delicious!
BBQ Style Meatloaf Minis
1 lb extra lean ground beef
1 pkg stuffing mix for chicken (I subbed some bread crumbs and an egg)
1 c water (I left this out because I wasn't using stuffing)
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 c bbq sauce
1/4 c cheese whiz (I left this out - why add more fat, especially processed plastic fat??)
I also added cayenne, paprika, smokehouse bbq seasoning, black pepper and some liquid smoke - seasonings don't cost you in calories and can add so much in flavor
Heat oven to 375. Mix meat, stuffing mix, water and garlic powder until blended. Press into 8 muffin cups sprayed with cooking spray. Make an indentation in the center of each with the back of a spoon. Fill with bbq sauce. Bake 30 minutes. Top with cheez whiz, bake 5 more minutes or until melted.
Kraft offers some variations of this recipe -
Italian - sub italian seasoning for garlic powder, and pasta sauce for bbq sauce
Mexican - sub 2tsp chili powder for garlic powder, and salsa for bbq sauce
I think the next time I make this, I will add more veggies so that my meat is stretched and the fat/calorie quantities are lowered per serving. Maybe some onions, sweet peppers, possibly even black beans. I also made mine smaller, so my recipe made 12 meatloaves instead of 8.
Check out Krafts nutritional value versus mine below (per meatloaf):
KRAFT
380 cal
12g fat
31g pro
34g carbs
1g fibre
MINE
192 cal
10g fat
22g pro
4g carbs
1g fibre
Herbed Cherry Tomatoes
2 pints cherry tomatoes
1/2c chopped parsley (I left this out, had none on hand)
2 T EVOO
2 T white wine vinegar
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp oregano
Cut tomatoes in half and combine all other ingredients. Toss will until coated. Yum!
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