Mini Greek-Style Meat Loaves - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    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
    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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