Ingredients

• 1kg lean mince beef
• 2 cups fresh wholemeal breadcrumbs
• 2 brown onions, quartered
• 2 carrots, finely grated
• 1 zucchini, finely grated
• 1/4 cup tomato sauce
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 tsp garlic, minced
• 1/2 cups parsley, chopped
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce (glaze)
• 1/2 cup barbeque sauce (glaze)

Healthy meatloaf

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper and set aside.

In a food processor, whizz the onion and parsley. Add the meat and process until fully combined. Turn out into a bowl.

Into the mince mixture, add the carrots, garlic, breadcrumbs, zucchini, tomato sauce and eggs. Combine thoroughly.

Turn out onto the baking tray and form into a loaf.

Bake for 40 minutes. Remove from oven and cover in the combined tomato and barbeque sauce glaze. Return to the oven and continue cooking for 20 minutes.

Notes

• This is quite a large loaf but it shrinks by about 20%.
• This taste good hot or cold and is very nice on sandwiches.
• This recipe was created by Jennifer Cheung for Kidspot, New Zealand’s best recipe finder.

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