Slow-Cooked Meat Loaf for 2 Recipe

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“My husband and I both work late, so it’s great to come home to this classic dish with mashed potatoes and a veggie side,” explains Ginger Cortese of Hollsopple, Pennsylvania. “It reminds me of supper at Mom’s.”

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Slow-Cooked Meat Loaf for 2 Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Cook: 5 hours

Yield: 2 Servings

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Ingredients

1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of celery soup, undiluted
1-1/4 cups water
1 egg
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1-1/2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon salt, optional
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
Hot mashed potatoes, optional

Directions

In a small bowl, combine soup and water until blended. Pour half into a 1-1/2-qt. slow cooker. Cover and refrigerate remaining soup mixture.
In a small bowl, combine the egg, bread crumbs, cheese, parsley, garlic powder, onion powder, salt if desired and pepper. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well.
Shape into a loaf; place in slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until meat is no longer pink and a meat thermometer reads 160°.
For gravy, place reserved soup mixture in a small saucepan; cook over low heat until heated through. Serve the meat loaf and gravy with mashed potatoes if desired. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 serving (prepared with reduced-fat soup and egg substitute; calculated without optional ingredients) equals 354 calories, 15 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 79 mg cholesterol, 1,367 mg sodium, 22 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 31 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1-1/2 starch, 1-1/2 fat.

Originally published as Slow-Cooked Meat Loaf in Cooking for 2 Winter 2006, p17