Mini Greek-Style Meat Loaves - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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10 ounces ground sirloin
5 ounces ground lamb, lean
1/3 cup dry breadcrumbs
1/3 cup red onion, grated
4 teaspoons of fresh mint, chopped
4 teaspoons fresh thyme, chopped
3/8 teaspoon salt, divided
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 large egg, lightly beaten
cooking spray
1/2 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
2 ounces feta cheese, reduced-fat (crumbled})
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, divided
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
4 cups baby arugula leaves
1 1/2 cups cucumbers, peeled, seeded and diagonally sliced
Preparation
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Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in 1 tablespoons mint, 1 tablespoons thyme, 1/4 teaspoons salt, allspice, and next 3 ingredients (through egg). Press meat mixture into 8 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450 degrees for 7 minutes. Turn broiler to high; broil 3 minutes.
Combine yogurt, feta, 1 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 teaspoons mint, and 1 teaspoons thyme in a mini food processor; pulse 10 times to combine.
Combine 1 tablespoons oil, 1 tablespoons juice, 1/8 teaspoons salt, and pepper in a bowl; stir. Add arugula and cucumber; toss.
Serve meat loaf with yogurt/feta sauce with arugula/cucumber salad on the side.
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