Since Chris and I have started eating “Paleo about a month and a half ago, we have slowly brought the kids one board. For the most part their lunches are the same most days, but they don’t eat box cereal any more and they eat a lot more eggs/pancakes (I know, pancakes aren’t paleo, we’re getting there:). But because I don’t plan to make two meals for the kids/mom/Chris and I, we ALL eat paleo friendly meals for dinner. So for the most part we leave the bread/carbs off the dinner table. And the kids have been adjusting pretty well, there have been a few complaints, but they complained sometimes before so we’re not doing to bad.
This meatloaf though, was pretty much out of this world. I have made meatloaf before, and to be truthful, it was nasty. So I haven’t really tried it that much more just because why waste time on something nobody is going to really like, right? If I remember right, I think it had applesauce on top, and it sounded so gourmet but, it wasn’t.
Anyway, I’m rambling. I got this recipe from my Everyday Paleo book and I tweaked it a little, I always do. And the kids were pretty much begging for more. In fact one of my kids said they want it for their birthday. It was probably the child who talks about what he wants for his birthday, year around. Well, I hope you like it as much as we did!
Kids LOVE Meatloaf
Ingredients:
1 diced med onion
2 lbs of ground beef (or a mixture of ground meat, I used 1 lb ground turkey and 1 lb ground beef)
2 cups of diced mushrooms
1 cup almond meal
2 eggs
1 can tomato paste
1 Tbsp minced garlic
2 tsp sea salt
2 Tbsp dried basil (or 1/2 cup fresh basil)
1 tsp dried marjoram
2 tsp ground black pepper
Directions:
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix all ingredients by hand in a large mixing bowl, if you have a daring child wash them up and let them do it, it’s kind of like playdough!
3. Place meat mixture into a large glass baking pan and form into a loaf. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until meat is no longer pink in the middle.
Enjoy! We let the kids use a little ketchup with theirs but it didn’t really need it, it was SOOOO tasty! The meatloaf was so good, I don’t remember what we ate with it, maybe a salad :)
Edit – I made this again tonight and added 1 large carrot, shredded and it was a nice touch, and as you can see from the new picture above, I made Baked Sweet Potato Fries, so tasty!
