Tuesday, November 20 – Italian Meatloaf
Ingredients
For the meatloaf
- 1lb grass fed ground beef
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 1 roasted red pepper, diced
- ¼ cup tomato sauce
- 1 egg, whisked
- ¾ cup almond flour
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- salt and pepper, to taste
- olive oil, for sauteing
For the sauce
- ¾ cup tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- salt and pepper, to taste
- fresh basil, chopped (to top-optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place a medium skillet over medium heat and add a tablespoon or two of olive oil. Then add your onions and roasted red pepper to the pan.
- Cook until onions have become soft and translucent.
- Once they are done cooking, add them to a bowl along with the rest of the ingredients for your meatloaf and use your hands to mix it all together.
- Press ingredients into a bread pan and baking for 35-40 minutes.
- Once your meatloaf is almost done cooking, add your sauce ingredients to a saucepan to heat up until slightly bubbly.
- Let meatloaf cool slightly then add sauce on top. Top with some fresh basil.
- Then eat it all up!