Recipe: Mixed Vegetable Nut Loaf (Meatless)
I am a lover of meatloaf but for some reason, I will only eat my own! The other night I was just feelingin the mood for meatloaf and madhed potatoes. I didn’t feel like running to the store to get ground beef so I tried this recipe from Nakano. Meat loaf without meat! Just the tasty flavors of vegetables, mushrooms and crunchy nuts laced with herbs. A food processor makes fast work for all the chopped ingredients – nuts and bread crumbs too! Please let me know what you think if you try this!
NOTE: Vegetables, nuts and bread crumbs should be finely chopped, but not minced.
INGREDIENTS
- 3 Tbsp. butter
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped mushrooms
- 1/4 cup Nakano Roasted Garlic Seasoned Rice Vinegar (Print a $.50 off coupon!)
- 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp. dried thyme
- 1/4 tsp. dried rosemary, crushed
- 2-1/2 cups fresh whole wheat bread crumbs
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat your oven to 350ºF
- Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan
- Melt your butter in a large skillet
- To the melted butter add your carrots, celery, onion, mushrooms, seasoned rice vinegar, soy sauce and herbs. (YUM!)
- Cook this on high making sure to stir occasionally until liquid is absorbed This takes about 9 to 10 minutes.
- Move your veggies to a large bowl and stir in the bread crumbs, nuts and eggs.
- After it’s well combined, spoon it into your prepared loaf pan
- Pat it down and make sure the top is smooth.
- Bake it for 50 minutes or untilthe internal temperature is 165°F
- Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes
- Use a spatula to remove the loaf from the pan
- I love mine with mashed potatoes and corn!
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