Fastastic Macro Friendly Meatloaf
A couple of weeks ago, my friend Mahendra texted me a meatloaf recipe. At the time I was working on a protein fluff recipe, so I shelved it. Well, last week I finally came back to it and I am I glad that I did! It was incredible how simple it was to make and good it turned out. Whahaha! Not only do I now have a great meatloaf recipe [that I am also sharing with you], but I had a food that I can ear year round, regardless of my fitness goals.
In all honesty, I did make a few of my own substitutions. The original recipe called for ground turkey and I used 93/7 lean ground beef. But if you wanted to drop the fat a little bit more, ground turkey should work just fine. I think 97/3 lean ground beef would also work. It's just a little harder to find at your average grocer.
Aside from the sauteed onion, I think the sauce is really where a lot of the flavor for meatloaf comes into play. Personally, I like Sweet Baby Ray's Sweet & Hor BBQ sauce. But feel free to use whatever your preference is. Mahendra told me that he used a Walden Farms BBQ sauce that knocks most of the carbs out of this dish.
Ok, ok, enough of the chit chat... here's the recipe!
Ingredients
- 1.25lbs 93/7 Lean Ground Beef
- 1/2 Cup Seasoned Italian Breadcrumbs
- 1 Large Onion
- 1 Large Egg
- 1tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1tbsp Ground Basil
- 1/4tsp Salt
- 1cup Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350-degrees F.
- Chop up the onion and saute in a pan with the olive oil until slightly carmelized.
- Combine the onions and the remaining ingredients (except for the BBQ sauce) in a bowl and work together until well integrated.
- Shape the mixture into a prepared bread pan and bake at 350-degrees for one hour.
- Let it cool for 10min after taking it out of the oven.
- Add BBQ sauce and devour.
Nutrition Info
Servings: 8
Serving Size: 1/8 loaf
Calories: 200
Protein: 16g
Carbohydrates: 15g
Fat: 7.7g
Sodium: 405mg
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