Recipe: Eating on a Dime Hidden Veggie Meatloaf

Recipe: Eating on a Dime Hidden Veggie Meatloaf Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Hidden Veggie Meatloaf. A light and flavorful meatloaf made with ground turkey, lean ground beef, and plenty of bell pepper, onion, and celery is a great way to sneak veggies into your unsuspecting kids. Make several at once and freeze the extras for later. I'm currently working on a healthy meal plan for a company behind-the-scenes, and this hidden veggie meatloaf is a part of the plan.

Whisk eggs and add to the meat.

After allowing the pasty vegetable mixture to cool down a bit, begin incorporating it into the meat.

Keep mixing until it is well blended.

You can have Hidden Veggie Meatloaf using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Hidden Veggie Meatloaf

1. You need 2 lbs of lean ground beef.

2. It’s 1 lb of ground pork.

3. It’s 1 of rib of celery, roughly chopped.

4. You need 1/2 of bell pepper, roughly chopped.

5. It’s 12-15 of baby carrots (or 1/2 cup carrots, roughly chopped).

6. You need 1 can of unsalted tomato sauce.

7. It’s 1/4 cup of water.

8. Prepare 1 1/4 cup of breadcrumbs.

9. Prepare 2 of eggs.

10. You need 1 tsp of onion powder.

11. You need 1 tsp of garlic powder.

12. You need 1 tsp of salt.

13. You need 1/4 tsp of black pepper.

Hidden Veggie Meatloaf step by step.

Place celery, bell pepper, carrots, tomato sauce and water in a blender.

You want to still have some texture to the veggies, but you don't want them detectable in your meatloaf.

In a large bowl combine the meats, veggie puree, breadcrumbs, eggs, and all.

Hidden Veggie Meatloaf step by step

1. Place celery, bell pepper, carrots, tomato sauce and water in a blender. Blend into a chunky puree. You want to still have some texture to the veggies, but you dont want them detectable in your meatloaf..

2. Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl combine the meats, veggie puree, breadcrumbs, eggs, and all seasonings. Mix with clean hands until all ingredients are thoroughly combined..

3. Transfer mixture to a large casserole dish or foil lined baking sheet then mold into short, wide rectangular loaf (I go for about 4"wide by 8" long)..

4. Bake uncovered for 1 hour. Remove from oven. Top with a thin layer of ketchup. Return to oven and bake an additional.30-35 minutes, or until cooked through..

Meatloaf is a delicious comfort food that is great teamed with gravy and mashed potatoes, or sliced cold and served on sandwiches.

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Spread the marinara sauce over the meatloaf.

The colorful vegetables give this loaf a festive look—and they add so much goodness!