Friend of Julie: Lou's Awesome Meatloaf

Here's another great recipe from Lou: Lou's Awesome Meatloaf, which you'll notice does not contain cheese or breadcrumbs (no longer allowed during the weight loss phase of the program).

My version of Lou's Awesome Meatloaf

Update 09/16/16: I made this yummy recipe today and as I prepared this I took photos to add to this recipe. I made two minor changes: 1) I didn't have cumin so none was added to my batch, and 2) I used red peppers instead green.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 finely chopped green onions
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/2 green pepper, chopped
• 2 ribs chopped celery
• 6-8 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 2 1/2 lbs ground meat (I use 1 1/2 lbs beef and 1 lb pork)
• 3 large eggs (this is essential as it acts as the binder)
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

Meatloaf ingredients

Directions

Melt the butter in medium skillet over medium/high heat.

Add the green onions, regular onions, green pepper, celery, and garlic and cook until softened.

Chop green onions, regular onions, red pepper, celery, and mince garlic

Add veggies to melted butter

Stir in salt, cumin, black pepper, and cook 1 minute.

Cook veggies 1 minute with salt, cumin, and pepper

Stir in ketchup simmer 2 minutes.

Simmer 2 more minutes after adding ketchup

Cool for a bit.

Heat your oven to 350 degrees.

Combine meat, eggs (lightly beaten) and Worcestershire in a large bowl.

Stir vegetable mixture into meat mixture until well blended (I just use my hands to mix it up).

Mix veggies into meat mixture with hands

Plop the mixture onto a sheet pan and free form into a loaf. I do it this way so it's not drowning in it's own grease.

Create a free form loaf with meat mixture

Bake for 70-90 minutes or until temperature of meat registers 160 degrees.

Cool, cut, plate and eat.

Meatloaf with side of coleslaw