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Healthy Meat Loaf

Type: Meat
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

4 cups 948mlPacked - finely shredded
  Cabbage - (about 1 pound)
1   Onion - finely chopped (medium)
  (1/2 cup)
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlCorn oil
1 cup 110g / 3.9ozPacked shredded carrot
  (2 medium)
10   Garlic - minced (1 heaping
1 tablespoon 15ml)
1/2 lb 227g / 8ozGround round or lean ground
  Beef
1   Egg white
1   Egg
1/3 cup 48g / 1.7ozBread crumbs - preferably
  Whole wheat
1 teaspoon 5mlDried basil - crumbled
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlOregano - crumbled
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlFresh ground black pepper
  To taste
1/4 cup 59mlWater
2 tablespoons 30mlVinegar
1 cup 237mlPacked shredded potatoes
  (2 medium)

Recipe Instructions

Saute cabbage and onion in the oil in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring them often, for about 5 minutes.

Reduce the heat to medium low and saute the vegetables for 5 to 10 minutes longer or until cabbage begins to turn golden. Add the carrots and garlic; saute the vegetables another 5 minutes.

Remove the vegetables from the heat and let them cool to room temperature.

In a large bowl, combine the beef with the egg white and whole egg, bread crumbs, basil, oregano, black pepper, water and vinegar. Add the cooked vegetables and shredded potatoes to the beef mixture. Mix ingredients well.

In a shallow baking pan, shape the meat and vegetable mixture into a loaf about 8" long. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil.

Bake the meat loaf in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. Uncover the meat loaf and bake it 30 minutes longer.

Let the meat loaf rest for about 15 minutes before slicing it.

Source:
Feast of Santa Fe

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