Delicious Dish Tuesday – Mini Meatloaves

Another week of Delicious Dish Tuesday! I am so grateful to be a part of this weekly event hosted by my friends at Full Time Mama and Coping With Frugality.

For Valentine’s Day I made one of my families favorites with a romantic twist! Heart-shaped mini meatloaves! I find that mini meatloaves are so much tastier because you get more of that delicious crispy outside, and they are a lot easier to bake and serve. I apologize that I only have ONE picture of the silly meatloaves, but you’ll get the point! I simply placed a cookie cutter on the baking sheet and filled it with meat mixture, pressing to fill the cutter and then pulled the cutter up leaving a heart shaped meatloaf!

What you need:

Olive Oil

1/2 C. onion

1/2 t. thyme

salt/pepper

1 T. soy sauce

2 T. stock

1 T. ketchup

1 lb. ground beef

1/4 C. panko bread crumbs

1 egg

 

What you do:

1) Saute the onions in the olive oil with thyme, and a dash of salt and pepper for about 8 minutes

2) Remove from heat and stir in the soy sauce, stock and ketchup, allow to cool

3) Add onion misxture to a large mixing bowl with the beef, bread crumbs and egg

4) Mix gently with a fork until all ingredients are incorporated, do not over mix or meatloaf will not be tender.

5) Divide into 3 or 4 loaves on a lightly greased baking sheet and top with a squirt of ketchup.

6) Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes

 

Tip: You can easily make up the mixture the night before and shape the loaves and pop them into the fridge until you are ready to bake them!