Double-Cheese Meat Loaf

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 2 slices)

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1  cup  chopped onion
• 6  tablespoons  ketchup, divided
• 2  tablespoons  Dijon mustard, divided
• 1  cup  (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1/2  cup  Italian-seasoned breadcrumbs
• 1/4  cup  chopped fresh parsley
• 2  tablespoons  grated Parmesan cheese
• 1  teaspoon  dried oregano
• 1/4  teaspoon  black pepper
• 1  large egg, lightly beaten
• 1/2  pound  lean ground beef
• 1/2  pound  lean ground pork
• 1/2  pound  lean ground veal

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375°.

Place a medium nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add the chopped onion, and sauté for 3 minutes. Combine the onion, 1/4 cup ketchup, 1 tablespoon mustard, mozzarella, and next 6 ingredients (mozzarella through egg) in a large bowl. Crumble ground meats over cheese mixture; stir just until blended.

Pack mixture into an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Combine 2 tablespoons ketchup and 1 tablespoon mustard; spread over top of loaf. Bake at 375° for 1 hour or until meat thermometer registers 160°. Let meat loaf stand in pan 10 minutes.

Remove meat loaf from pan, and cut into 12 slices.

Note: Substitute lean ground beef for the ground veal and pork, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

329 (38% from fat)

Fat:

13.9g (sat 5.6g,mono 5.3g,poly 1.2g)

Protein:

33.8g

Carbohydrate:

15.1g

Fiber:

1g

Cholesterol:

133mg

Iron:

2.4mg

Sodium:

801mg

Calcium:

196mg