LINDA’S KITCHEN
This spicy meatloaf is baked in the oven, leaving you freed up for other things.
YIELD: 2 meatloaves, 8 slices each
ACTIVE TIME: 15 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 1 hour, 30 minutes
CATEGORIES: ground meat
INGREDIENTS
- 2 tablespoons avocado or olive oil
- 1/3 cup plain bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup almond or coconut milk
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 eggs, or 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed and 6 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley, or 1/4 bunch fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white or black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning (basil, oregano, parsley, thyme, rosemary, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper)
- 3 teaspoons minced garlic, or 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
- 1 pound ground turkey or beef
- 1 pound ground pork
- 24 oz spaghetti sauce, tomato basil or fra diavlo
INSTRUCTIONS
- Oil 2 loaf pans with avocado or olive oil.
- Soak bread crumbs in milk in a small bowl for 20 minutes. Add onion, eggs and seasonings to mixture.
- Mix remaining meat ingredients together in a large bowl with a rubber spatula until combined.
- Stir bread crumbs, milk and seasonings into meat mixture.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Using 2 meatloaf pans, form meat mixture into 2 loaves, using your hands to create space between the sides of the loaf pan and the meat.
- Pour 1/2 of the jar of spaghetti sauce over each loaf.
- Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cooked through, 1 hour to 1 hour, 15 minutes.
NOTES
Once cooked, slice each loaf into 8 slices, adding sauce over each plated slice.