Paleo Meatloaf

We are building a new deck on our house and our awesome family came to help.  This meant that I was able to spend lots of time cooking in the kitchen and was able to create not one but two awesome meals.  The first meal I made is Paleo Meatloaf.

Paleo Meatloaf

Now even before we started eating paleo I never bothered adding breadcrumbs to my meatloaf, burgers or meatballs.  I just never saw the point of adding a filler.  So that meant there weren't really any adjustments that I needed to make to my meatloaf to make it Paleo.

I have also already learned from my previous post that it is important to take photos throughout the cooking process so I have many more photos to share then just the final plated masterpiece.

Ingredients:
Serves 4

3/4lb ground beef
1/4lb ground pork
1 button mushroom chopped finely
3/4 cup of tomato sauce divided
2 tablespoons ricotta cheese (optional but recommended)
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 egg
1 cup cheddar cheese (optional but recommended)
Salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix together the beef, pork and mushrooms.

Add the Italian seasoning, ricotta cheese, paprika, egg, salt and pepper and 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce. Using your hands mix until everything is well blended.

Put into a bread pan. Top with remaining tomato sauce.

Bake for 45 minutes uncovered. Then add the cheddar cheese on top and baked for an additional 15 minutes.

I like to turn the broiler on at the end for a few minutes to give the cheese a nice browning.

Serve with a big green salad on the side.

As I previously mentioned we eat dairy, for those people who don't eat dairy you can easily omit the cheese from the recipe.