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Bacon-Cheddar Meat Loaves Recipe

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It’s easy to get your family eating healthier with menus as delicious as the one Tonya Vowels of Vine Grove, Kentucky shares here. Who’d ever guess that mini Bacon-Cheddar Meat Loaves this moist, tender and full of flavor could possibly be light—especially when topped with bacon and melted cheese!

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Bacon-Cheddar Meat Loaves Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 40 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

4 egg whites
1/2 cup crushed reduced-fat butter-flavored crackers (about 13 crackers)
1/3 cup plus 8 teaspoons shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese, divided
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
2 turkey bacon strips, cut in half

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the egg whites, crackers, 1/3 cup cheese, onion, salt and pepper. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into four small loaves; place in an ungreased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Top each with a half-strip of bacon.
Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until no pink remains and a meat thermometer reads 160°. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; bake 2-3 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 meat loaf equals 296 calories, 15 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 86 mg cholesterol, 672 mg sodium, 9 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 30 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Bacon-Cheddar Meat Loaves in Light & Tasty April/May 2007, p23

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Reviewed on Jan. 14, 2013 by amagness7383

This Recipe has everything you love and is so easy to fix.

Reviewed on Sep. 08, 2011 by stormxchaser57

Very tasty! I made a change in the recipe and used ground bison instead of ground beef, and it was delicious! My whole family loved this recipe. I will definitely be making these again!

Reviewed on Jan. 29, 2011 by missidj

Really tasty! My husband love them!!

Reviewed on Mar. 18, 2010 by teacher7

The whole family loves it!

Reviewed on Sep. 04, 2009 by b11b11

Love this...my husband now has me make a double recipes for extra leftovers.

Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2008 by dtuma

This meat loaf was DELICIOUS for something a bit different if you like meat loaf. My entire family loved it and I will definitely make it again! Easy AND delicious!!