Welcome to another “Minus the Meat Monday!” He he, does that sound official? I hope it’s not cheating that my recipe for this week is a vegetarian “meatloaf.”
Last January, I posted a recipe for Meatless Meatballs that was really good.
The veggie “meatloaf” recipe I tried this week is similar to that recipe, but uses whole grain cereal flakes instead of breadcrumbs, which gives it more fiber and vitamins.
With a couple modifications, I used a recipe from Food.com that received 5 stars from 9 reviews. It contains cottage cheese, eggs, olive oil, onion soup mix, walnuts and cereal flakes.
A couple of tips that I have after making this recipe:
When you chop your walnuts make sure they are finely chopped, or you will have crunchy chunks, which are not meat-like. Use a food processor, but stop processing before they become nut butter.
I baked mine for about 25 minutes.
After baking, I found if you let them set for 10 or more minutes and cool a bit, that they set up more and become even more meat like.
Vegetarian Meatloaf
Ingredients
- 4 Eggs
- 16 ounces Low-fat cottage cheese You can use full fat if you prefer.
- 1/4 cup Vegetable oil
- 1 envelope Onion soup mix 1 ounce dry mix
- 1 cup Walnuts, chopped Chop up in very small pieces, can use food processor but don't go to long or you'll have "walnut butter."
- 2 cups Whole grain cereal flakes Total Whole Grain Flakes
Instructions
- Chop up the walnuts.
- Mix all the ingredients together well.
- In a greased 12 cup muffin tin, portion out the mixture into 12 equal meatloaves.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.
- When you take them out of the oven, let them set and cool a bit for 10 or more minutes. That helps them firm up more and resemble "real" meatloaf more closely.
These veggie meatloaf muffins are perfect for meal prep, as they can be easily reheated for a quick and satisfying meal.
While I don’t think most people would be fooled into thinking these were made from real meat, they were good.
Hope you enjoy!
For real? It’s vegetarian? I really need to learn how to make these… Yours looks so yummy!
xx Crystelle
It’s not vegan because it does have eggs and cheese in it, but truly their is no meat! 🙂
The cheesy walnut burgers sounds yummy, I’ll have to give it a try!
Hi Margo,
I have a couple of Granddaughters that are Vegetarian and this will be a great recipe for me to prepare for them. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great weekend.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen