Meatloaf Muffin Tins

As part of my Best Food Facts TASTE blogging program we are sharing some recipes, and our first recipe was to be inspired by our trip to California. Since I blog about recipes that are easy to make and that are family-friendly, I decided to email the dairy farmer’s wife Apryl, who also happens to be a nurse. She and I had a brief time to chat on the tour and we have a lot in common. We both love to be at home with our families on the farm, and dread going back to work at the hospital to leave that behind. However, when I get to the hospital, I always realize I missed it dearly as I do love my job there too. I have the best of both worlds, I really do!

I asked Apryl to share her family’s favourite meal with me and she had this to say about it:

Growing up in Dutch families, our parents go-to meal was always some sort of stewed or grilled meat and boiled or mashed potatoes. Always having beef in the freezer and 6 hungry people to feed, we have adapted our own go-to meal with “muffin tin meat loaf” and cheesy potatoes carrying on a bit of our Dutch tradition.  All members of the family love to cook and this meal is their favorite. The leftovers from this meal are used the next day for breakfast burritos!

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup oats or bread crumbs
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• ¼ cup of homemade sauce (see below)

Sauce

• 1 cup ketchup
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2-3 tbsp mustard

Preheat your oven to 375ºF and spray muffin tins with canola oil. Make your sauce by mixing ketchup, brown sugar and mustard together and set aside. Mix meat, eggs, oats, seasonings and ¼ cup of the sauce together in a large bowl using hands to combine ingredients, or with a stand mixer — one of my favourite kitchen hacks!

Portion meat evenly into muffin tins and indent center to create a reservoir for sauce — I used the back of a tablespoon and it worked like a charm. Using a spoon, scoop the remainder of the sauce on to each portion of meatloaf and bake at 375º for 45-60 min until meat is cooked.

Meatloaf Muffin Tins

 

Author: Apryl Van Gronigen for nurselovesfarmer.com

Recipe type: Supper

Prep time:  15 mins

Cook time:  45 mins

Total time:  1 hour

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Personal-sized meatloafs that the whole family will love! Serve with cheesey potatoes and a tall glass of cold milk!

Ingredients

Meatloaf

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup oats or bread crumbs
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• ¼ cup of homemade sauce (see below)
  

Sauce

• 1 cup ketchup
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2-3 tbsp mustard

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 375ºF and spray muffin tins with canola oil.
2. Make your sauce by mixing ketchup, brown sugar and mustard together and set aside.
3. Mix meat, eggs, oats, seasonings and ¼ cup of the sauce together in a large bowl using hands to combine ingredients, or with a stand mixer.
4. Portion meat evenly into muffin tins and indent center to create a reservoir for sauce --- I used the back of a tablespoon and it worked like a charm.
5. Using a spoon, scoop the remainder of the sauce on to each portion of meatloaf and bake at 375º for 45-60 min until meat is cooked.

Notes

Add 2 tbsp fresh chopped parsley to meat mixture or use as garnish if you want.

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This is definitely a kid-approved meal and I want to thank Apryl so much for taking the time out of her busy life to coordinate these recipes for this blog post with me! If you’d like to read about Apryl’s farm, please read about my tour to New Hope Dairy and you can get a full list of my recipes here.

Disclosure: My trip to California and this blog post are generously sponsored by Best Food Facts. All opinions on this blog, as always, are my own!

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Sarah Schultz

I'm a nurse who married a farmer and I'm a boy mom of 3 to Braden, Ethan and Jonathan. I love blogging about family life, farming, recipes and embracing my role as farm wife and mom. I'm knee-deep in tractors, trains and trucks and I'm often seen with my camera in my hands catching life's moments.

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