Meatloaf Muffins

March 24, 2015 by Lisa Hovnanian 0 Comments

These yummy individual meatloaf muffins are tasty, 21 Day Fix-approved and fun for kids too!

Ingredients

Meatloaf Muffins

• 1 lb of lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup Italian style Panko Bread crumbs (or Ezekiel bread toasted, then placed in a ziploc bag and take a rolling pin to make 1/2 cup of bread crumbs and add Italian seasoning)
• 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
• 2 rib celery, chopped
• 1/2 cup shredded carrots
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 tbsp low-sodium beef bouillon granules
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp dried parsley flakes
• 1/4 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 3 mozarella sticks, each cut into 4 pieces

BBQ Ketchup Glaze (optional)

• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
• 1 tbsp dijon mustard
• 3 tbsp brown sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450. Line a 12-muffin tin with muffin liners and spray with Pam.
2. Add onion, celery, carrot and garlic to your food processor/blender and finely chop.  Add to a large bowl along with all other meatloaf muffin ingredients and mix until combined.
3.  Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, fill measuring cup with meat mixture and add a mozzarella piece to the center and roll into a ball and place in muffin liner. Repeat 12 times.
4. In a medium bowl, whisk together BBQ Ketchup glaze ingredients. and evenly top each meatloaf muffin (optional).
5.  Bake meatloaf 20-30 minutes and let stand 5 minutes then serve warm.

***21 Day Fix and Fix Extreme Containers ( per 3 meatloaf muffins with no glaze): 1 Red, 1 Blue, .5 Yellow and .5 Green**