Ingredients
- 1 2/3 to 1 3/4 pounds ground sirloin
- 1 medium onion, cut into chunks
- 2 ribs celery from the heart of the stalk, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 large egg plus a splash of milk, beaten
- 1 cup plain bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons grill seasoning (recommended: Montreal Steak Seasoning by McCormick)
- 1 cup smoky barbecue sauce
- 1/2 cup tomato salsa
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- Vegetable oil or extra-virgin olive oil
- Micro-way-cool Bacon and Green Beans, recipe follows
- Smashed potatoes and cream cheese, recipe follows
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Put ground beef into a big bowl. Put onion and celery into a food processor. Cut the bell pepper in half, rip out the seeds and throw them into your garbage bowl. Cut the pepper into a few pieces and add to the food processor. Pulse the processor blades to finely chop the vegetables into very small pieces then add them to the meat bowl. Add egg, beaten with milk, bread crumbs and grill seasoning to the bowl. Next, mix together the smoky barbecue sauce, the salsa and the Worcestershire sauce. Pour half the sauce mixture into the bowl with the meatloaf mix. Mix the meatloaf together with your hands. Wash up. Brush a 12-muffin tin (1/2-cup each) with vegetable oil or extra-virgin olive oil. Use an ice cream scoop to help you fill meat into a each tin. Top each meat loaf with a spoonful of extra sauce. Bake about 20 minutes. Cut open 1 muffin to test that the middle is cooked through. While meatloaf muffins bake, make green beans in the microwave. Serve meatloaf with Smashed Potatoes and Cream Cheese on the side, too.
Smashed Potatoes and Cream Cheese:
2 1/2 pounds small red potatoes or baby Yukon gold potatoes
1/2 cup half-and-half or whole milk
8 ounces plain cream cheese or veggie cream cheese, cut into pieces
10 chives or 2 scallions, chopped or snipped with kitchen scissors
Salt and pepper
Boil potatoes until tender, 15 minutes. While the water boils and when the potatoes are cooking, you can be working on the meatloaf recipe.
When the potatoes are tender, drain them and return them to the hot pot to let them dry out a bit. Mash potatoes with half-and-half or milk using a potato masher. Add in the cream cheese and smash until the cheese melts into the potatoes. Then add chives and scallions and season with salt and pepper, to your taste.
Yield: 6 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Inactive Prep Time:
Ease of preparation: easy

















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By bbushy
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on February 12, 2013
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Made this tonight. Absolutely delicious and so easy to make. Had it with mashed potatoes and asparagus and it was soooo satisfying. The one thing I did differently was use ground turkey rather than beef for a lighter meal. Can't wait to have it again, seriously I think I may have it again tomorrow. My family agrees!
By HappyCouple
Murrieta, Ca
on December 29, 2012
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OMG, these were the best. I added a Cheddar/Jack blend to the top before taking out, yummy. I'm going to make them again today and add this awesome Brown/Black rice blend. Lots of possibilities.
By themoyefamily_1...
Duluth, 49
on November 01, 2012
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I followed the recipe as it was written. I am not a meatloaf person, but for some reason I have continued to try all the "World's Best Meatloaf" and "Not Your Mama's Meatloaf", etc. and still been disappointed. I've finally found a meatloaf recipe that I not only tolerate, but actually like! This is terrific and baking in the muffin cups makes it come together pretty quickly since it doesn't take forever to cook or end up crusty on top and raw in the middle like usually happens to me when I cook an actual loaf.
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