Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Vegan recipe #1

Alright! I know you all have been waiting to see what the first recipe for my introduction back to vegan cooking would be and wait no more.

Drum roll please!

Mexican Meatloaf

MEAT LOAF

1 cup vegan ground beef
1 (15 oz.) can black beans, drained and rinsed
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs 
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 fresh jalapeno
2 tsp Bragg's liquid aminos
Dash of liquid smoke
1 tsp cumin
1/2 red onion, diced
2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
1 tsp chili powder
1/4 cup salsa
Olive oil cooking spray

GLAZE
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tbsp vegan Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp brown sugar

  • Preheat oven to 375 degree
  • In a large bowl combine the vegan beef, black beans, bread crumbs, garlic, jalapeno, Bragg's liquid smoke, cumin, onion, cilantro and chili powder. Gently mix with a large spoon until completely blended. Pour your salsa into the vegan beef mixture and blend with your hands.
  • Cover a cookie sheet with foil and spray with a light coating of olive oil.
  • In another mixing bowl, whisk together all the glaze ingredients.
  • Separate your vegan beef into two equal loaves and place on your cookie sheet so that they don't touch. 
  • Brush with the glaze and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until solid.
As you may or may not know from my Italian Week of Wonder recipes, I rarely follow a recipe exactly as it states for whatever reason. This time I took out some ingredients and changed the way the loaf was to be cooked. 

I didn't put in the pepper because my family and I don't like spicy food. I also didn't add the salsa because I forgot to add that to the grocery list. I also didn't make the glaze because my ketchup had just expired and I didn't want to chance it. Sounds like we're off to a great start huh!?

When I make meatloaf I put it in a loaf pan. I know that you can "build the loaf" like they request in the recipe but I prefer the pan, so that's what I did.



It doesn't look like much but it tasted so good. The only thing I would do differently next time is use a bit less of the onion. It seemed to overpower the taste of the meatloaf. 

Overall the recipe gets three thumbs up!

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