This healthy meatloaf recipe is a simplified version of a family favorite.
Ingredients
- cooking spray:
- olive oil: 1 Tbsp
- green bell pepper: 1 piece (diced)
- sweet onion: 0.5 cup (diced)
- garlic: 0.5 tsp (minced)
- extra-lean (95%) ground beef: 1 pound
- whole wheat bread crumbs: 1 cup
- carrot: 0.75 cup (shredded)
- zucchini: 0.75 cup (shredded)
- eggs: 2 piece
- salt and ground black pepper: (to taste)
- ketchup: 0.25 cup (to taste)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Coat a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
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Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir bell pepper and onion in hot oil until onion is translucent and bell pepper is softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the skillet from heat.
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Combine ground beef, bread crumbs, carrot, zucchini, eggs, salt, pepper, and bell pepper mixture in a large bowl; mix well using your hands. Press mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
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Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 35 to 40 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Spread ketchup over meatloaf and continue baking until bubbling, about 5 minutes more.
