Chicken & Veggie Meatloaf Muffins
By: Angela LeMoine
Published: Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 6:07am

Ingredients




1 lb ground chicken
10-12 baby carrots or 3 large carrots
1/2 red bell pepper
4 cloves garlic
handful of fresh parsley
1 egg
1/2 cup garbanzo bean flour (baking aisle at the grocery store)
salt and pepper
for the sauce:
1- 28 oz can tomato puree
1 zucchini, diced
3 cloves garlic, sliced
2 tsp oregano
salt and pepper

Preparation

1 To make the sauce... Into a pot add a small drizzle of olive oil. Add in the oregano, garlic and zucchini and cook until softened and lightly golden. Add in the tomato puree, season with salt and pepper. Simmer for an hour or two. 2 Now for the meatloaf muffins... Pop the carrots, bell pepper, garlic and parsley into a food processor and pulse until very finely chopped. Place into a bowl. 3 Add the ground chicken, egg, garbanzo bean flour, salt and pepper to the bowl. Mix until just combined. 4 Spray a muffin pan lightly with olive oil to prevent sticking. Scoop the meatloaf mixture into the pan. Bake at 375 degrees for about 25 minutes.

About

Somedays its not as easy to get in all the veggies that you should be getting. These meatloaf muffins are full of carrots, red bell pepper, parsley and garbanzo bean flour. The great thing about them is that you can use whatever it is you have on hand. My fridge is currently on empty so I used whatever I had. These would be great with zucchini & squash, broccoli and maybe a little cheddar, peppers & onions... 
With all the veggies in here, they are super moist & have the slightest hint of sweetness from the carrots.   I topped the meatloaf with a simple tomato sauce packed with sautéed zucchini- yup, more veggies!!! Oh and to my joy, my boys devoured them (though they wanted ketchup instead on the sauce which I'm fine with)!!!!