Herbed Meat Loaf with Sun-Dried Tomato Gravy

Categories: Beef | Meats

Serves: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

1/2 c Sun-dried tomatoes -- (about
12 )
1 1/2 c Boiling water
1/4 c Finely chopped green onions
1/4 c Finely chopped green
Peppers
1 ts Garlic, roasted
1 ts Olive oil
1/4 c Bread crumbs
1 tb Milk, 1% lowfat
1 ts Dried basil
1/2 ts Dried oregano
1/4 ts Freshly ground black pepper
1/4 ts Beef bouillon, granules
1/2 ts Thyme, fresh
1 sm Egg, slightly beaten -- (Or
Egg white)
1 oz Provolone cheese --
Shredded
12 oz Ground beef, extra lean --
(10% fat)
Beef broth
Cornstarch or arrowroot
1 Recipe Sun-dried Tomato
-Gravy-see recipe

Instructions:
Combine TOMATOES and BOILING WATER in a pyrex measure. Cover and let
stand 15 minutes. Reserve the liquid for gravy. Dice the tomatoes.
Set aside. Coat a wok with olive OIL (or spray). Stir fry ONIONS and
PEPPERS (4 mins). Toss with GARLIC and fry another minute. Set aside.
Place CRUMBS in a large bowl. Moisten with MILK. Add majority of the
tomatoes (reserve 2 tablespoons), the onion mixture . . . thru
CHEESE. Stir well. Crumble BEEF over mixtureand stir just until
blended. Preheat oven to 350F. Pack mixture in a non-metalic loaf
pan. Bake for about 50 minutes or until meat loaf registers 170F. Let
stand while you make gravy. (See original for elaborate gravy
recipe.) Pour pan drippings (if any) into the pyrex cup. Add beef
BROTH to 1 1/2 cup mark. Add thickener (1 to 1 1/2 tsp). Stir well.
Thicken the gravy in microwave or the wok.

MENU: Sugar snap peas, noodles, red applesauce aka meatloaf

Recipe By : Cooking Light, Mar 1996, page 84
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #242

Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 17:56:35 -0400

From: BobbieB1@aol.com

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