Zucchini Meatloaf Minis

from ButterYum

makes 10 mini meatloaves

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef

• 1 cup grated zucchini

• 2 tablespoons grated onion

• 3/4 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs

• 1/4 cup ketchup

• 1 egg

• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1/2 cup country ketchup or barbecue sauce or your favorite meatloaf topping (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F and spray a 12-cup muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.

2. Combine the beef, zucchini, onion, bread crumbs, ketchup, egg, salt, and pepper (I like to do this in the stand mixer fitted with a dough hook).

3. Divide meat mixture evenly among 10 muffin cups and top each with about a tablespoon of barbecue sauce (or your favorite ketchup/brown sugar meatloaf topping).

4. Bake for about 25 minutes.

5. Rest for 5 minutes before removing from pan.

Notes:

1. Depending on the fat content of the beef used, you may need to blot fat to drain from mini meatloaves after removing them from the pan.

2. Also, if your shredded zucchini is very wet, you may want to squeeze some of the moisture out of it before adding to the meat mixture. I used medium sized zucchinis and didn't feel the need to squeeze any moisture out of them.