Healthy mini meatloaves made with ground turkey and beef and topped with marinara or bbq sauce and smoked cheddar. Pair them with roasted sweet potato coins and green beans for a well rounded meal.
Course lunch, Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword bbq, beef, green beans, ground turkey, healthy, high protein, kid friendly, sweet potatoes
Prep Time 15minutes
Cook Time 20minutes
Servings 12meatloaves
Calories 460kcal
Author Rach
Ingredients
For the Meatloaves:
1lb.lean ground beef
1lb.extra lean ground turkey
1cupfinely chopped or grated onion
2eggs
½cuppanko breadcrumbsoptional
2teaspoonssalt
1teaspoonground black pepper
1TbspWorcestershire sauce
1tsporegano
2tspgarlic powder
1cupmarinara sauceor bbq sauce
1cupshredded cheese (smoked is fantastic!)optional
For the Sweet Potatoes:
2large sweet potatoescut into coins
1tspsea salt
1/2tspblack pepper
1Tbspoil
For the Green Beans:
1lbgreen beanswashed and trimmed if necessary
1/2Tbspoil
1/2tspsalt
1/2tspblack pepper
Instructions
For the Meatloaves:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Spray a standard 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray or line with silicone muffin cups and set aside.
Place meat in a large bowl. Add onion, eggs, panko, salt, pepper.
Use your hands to gently combine. Do not over mix!
Press the ingredients into the prepared muffin cups.
Top each mini meatloaf with a dollop of marinara sauce, store-bought or homemade BBQ sauce and shredded cheese, if using.
For the Sweet Potatoes:
Line a baking sheet with foil and grease with oil or spray with cooking spray
Toss sweet potatoes in oil, salt and pepper. Add other seasonings if desired.
Spread in one layer on tray, leaving room for green beans
For Green Beans:
Toss in oil and seasonings and spread in single layer on prepared baking sheet
Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until meatloaves are cooked through and a thermometer registers 160 degrees F.
Check veggies for doneness. Place back in oven for 5-10 minutes if you would like your sweet potatoes to crisp up a bit more.
Notes
For Instant Marinara Sauce:Combine 1 cup of tomato sauce with 2 tbsp Italian seasonings, salt and pepper to taste. Mix in a bowl and use to top meatloaves. No heating required!