Ww 6 Point Assorted Vegetable Meatloaf (with Meat!)

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 lb ground lean lamb (you can use chicken, turkey, veal... just something to broaden the flavour a bit)
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup grated carrot
• 1/3 cup beans, cooked and cold (leftover)
• 1/4 cup rice, cooked and cold (leftover is best, 1 cup cooked)
• 1/2 lb mushroom, pureed
• 1/2 lb fresh spinach (or 1 package frozen and drained)
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 onion, minced
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 3 tablespoons wheat germ
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 4 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 moosh the onions, mushrooms, spinach, carrots and beans and seasonings in the food processor (or you can just chop them up really fine). *you can use up almost any little bits of leftover veggies--as long as you chop them up fine enough! try: fresh parsley, basil, dill is nice, steak seasoning, worcestershire sauce, zucchini, parsnips, squash, mashed yams, etc.
• 2 put all ingredients (except the ketchup, vinegar and brown sugar) into a large bowl or into the bowl of your mixer and mix together.
• 3 mix ketchup, vinegar and brown sugar and spread it on the top of the loaf in the last 30 minutes of cooking.
• 4 shape into a loaf and bake at 375°f for 60 - 90 minutes - till it reaches an internal temp of 170°f.
• 5 this is enough for two smaller loaves or one big loaf and a batch of meatballs.