Fervent Foodie

Helloooooo cheesy meaty goodness!

Continuing on with my Cooking Light recipe rampage, the other night I cooked up some of the Cheesy Meat Loaf Minis featured in a recent issue of the magazine.

Super simple to throw together, and really really friggin tasty.

First up, I measured out all my ingredients like the oober organized little cook that I am (see the list at the bottom of the post).

Here are the goods:

I decided to go with New York style white cheddar cheese.  I can’t say that I’ve ever tried that type of cheese before, but holy cow (no pun intended) is it delicious!

Cheeeesseeeeeee 🙂

Next up I sautéed the onion and garlic…  The recipe called for 1/2 cup onion and 2 cloves garlic.  Of course we all know that means you are actually supposed to use 1 whole cup of onion and no less than 3 cloves garlic.

Naturally.

The recipe also called for toasting of the breadcrumbs… Just be careful not to burn them!  (AKA I burnt my first.. and second batch… dangit!)

Once the onions were nice and soft and the bread crumbs were toasty, I tossed all the goodies into a bowl along with 11 ounces of 90% ground sirloin.

Why do I always feel the need to include pics of the raw meat on my blog?

Good question…

This batch made 3 mini meatloaves, one of which I had for dinner along with some steamed broccoli with lemon juice:

This picture makes me start salivating uncontrollably….

Apparently, my body has been secretly feigning for a little red meat in its life!

Mmmmmgghhhhhhhhhh……

Meat.

Stats on 1 mini cheesy meatloafy:  350 calories, 19g carbs, 17g fat (red meat, folks), 29g protein, 1g fiber

Mini Cheesy Meatloaves Ingredients List (serves 3)

• 1 cup chopped onion
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs
• 11 ounces 90/10 ground sirloin
• 1.5 ounces New York style white cheddar cheese, cubed
• 1/4 cup ketchup, divided (2 tbsp mixed in, and 2 tbsp for basting the tops)
• 1.5 tsp dijon mustard
• 1.5 tsp prepared horseradish
• 3/8 tsp dried oregano
• 1/8 tsp black pepper
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
• 1 large egg

Speaking of droolworthy, I went to El Jalapenos in Barberton for dinner this evening and got a seriously amazing chicken fajita salad.  I literally did not stop to drink, speak, or breathe from the moment it hit the table.  Check out the insanely huge burrito my friend Allison got:

Insanity!!!

Can’t believe the weekend is here!  Woot!