Meat Loaf Minis

I've been meaning to post this for a while, but lately school has kept me busy to say the least! 

Having good food that I can pull out of the freezer when I've had class all day is definitely a nice feeling. This recipe is one my mom fixed on several occasions while I was growing up. I pulled it out of the recipe box recently and have enjoyed being able to heat up one or two meat loaf minis at a time for dinner.

Instead of making the whole recipe, I cut it down to a third of the original by using just 1 pound of meat. Also, because the grocery store was out of Crispix cereal, I used Corn Chex. Not having onion powder, I threw in a dash of garlic powder instead too.

Ingredients I used included lean ground beef, Chex, ground mustard, pepper, brown sugar, an egg, onion, Worchestshire sauce, ketchup, and a dash of garlic powder. 

This is the sauce mixture; Reserve part which will become the topping

Add remaining ingredients except for meat and mix until combined.

To this mixture, add in the ground beef.

If using a ground beef, make sure it is very lean.

Press the mixture into the muffin tins.

I'm not a huge fan of ketchup, so I went pretty easy with the sauce on top; I even left some mini meat loaves plain without sauce.

Meat Loaf Minis

•1 cup ketchup

•3-4 Tbls packed brown sugar

•2 eggs, beaten

•4 tsp Worcestershire sauce

•3 cups Crispix cereal, crushed

•3 tsp onion powder

•½-1 tsp seasoned salt

•½ tsp garlic powder

•½ tsp pepper

•3 lbs. lean ground beef or ground turkey

1. In large bowl combine ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard. Remove ½ cup for topping and set aside.

2. Add eggs, Worcestershire sauce, cereal, and seasoning to remaining ketchup mixture; mix well and let stand for five minutes

3. Crumble beef; mix well with mixture.

4. Press meat in 18 muffin cups, about 1/3 cup in each.

5. Bake at 375° for 18-20 minutes.

6. Drizzle with ketchup and bake 10 more minutes.

7. Cool before eating

8. To freeze, place into freezer bags.

9. Reheat: thaw in fridge and bake for 30 minutes or microwave on high for 1 minutes

•Can freeze for up to 3 months

•Yields 1½ dozen