Buggy’s Spicy Bison Meatloaf

If you are not familiar with bison meat, it is not only delicious but very low fat! The nutrition facts can be found at Calorie Count! Buggy's recipes are a fantastic opportunity to learn to use the Converter tool from calorie count (link to the right hand side of this blog) - just plug in the amount in grams and ask it to translate it to a term you know - like ounces!

Buggy’s Spicy Bison Meatloaf

 Ingredients:

(Makes 16 servings)

875 grams Bison, Ground

1225 grams 85% Lean Ground Round

100 grams Panko

225 grams Onions

25 grams Dried Mushroom Medley

50 grams Garlic

1 tbsp Spicy Pepper Medley Seasoning

300 grams Spicy Red Pepper

150 grams Ketchup

1 serving Adobo Sauce Chipotle Peppers

Directions:

Chop onions and garlic.

Place dried mushroom in a blender & pulverize.

Place all ingredients, except the ketchup, pasta sauce and chipotle pepper in a large mixing bowl.

Mix by hand until blended.

Shape in to two loaves and flatten to two inches thick on a broiler pan.

Bake at 450 degrees F for 30 minutes.

Gently flip the loaves over.

Bake for another 30 minutes.

Mix together the sauce, ketchup and minced chipotle pepper.

Spread mixture over the loaves.

Bake for another 10-15 minutes.

Buggy’s Buffalo Beef Meatloaf

A beautiful savory meatloaf with buffalo, extra lean ground beef and mushrooms. The nutrition facts are at Calorie Count!

Buggy’s Buffalo Beef Meatloaf

 Ingredients:

(Makes 12 servings)

15 grams mushrooms, dried

50 grams garlic, minced

200 grams salsa

100 grams eggs, 2 large

1 pinch salt

1 pinch pepper, black, ground

50 grams oats

1130 grams beef, extra lean, ground

870 grams buffalo, ground

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 400 F.

Grind dried mushrooms in blender.

Put all ingredients in to a large bowl. Mix by hand.

Form 2 loaves and place on to broiler pan.

Bake for 45-60 minutes until done.

Michael’s Green Chili Meat Loaf

Wonderful flavors of New Mexico in this delicious loaf!

Hatch Chilis make the BEST enchilada sauce!

The nutrition facts are at Calorie Count!

Michael’s Green Chili Meat Loaf

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp. olive oil
1/2 medium yellow onion, diced (about 3/4 cup)
1 garlic clove, minced

1 medium green bell pepper, finely diced (about 1 cup)

1 bay leaf

2 Tbsp. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley (or 1 Tbsp. dried parsley)

2 tsp. chopped fresh thyme  (or 1 tsp. dried thyme)

1 lb. ground beef, lean

1 lb. ground turkey, lean

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

1/3 cup Ritz crackers, crushed

1/3 cup old fashioned oat meal

1 cup mild or medium green enchilada sauce (I recommend Hatch)

1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp. kosher salt

1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°.  Line a baking sheet with foil.  Spray a 6 X 10 inch baking dish with Pam cooking spray.

Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Sauté the onions, garlic, and bay leaf until the onions are tender, about 3 minutes.  Add the bell pepper and cook until the pepper is tender. Stir in the parsley and thyme and cook for another 2 minutes. Remove pan from the heat and let the onion mixture cool. Discard the bay leaf.

In a large bowl, combine the turkey and beef, eggs, crackers, oats, 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce, the Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and the cooled vegetables. Use your hands to mix everything together.

Transfer the mixture to the baking dish and form into a loaf on the baking sheet. Coat the meat loaf with the remaining 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce.

Bake for 1 - 1-1/2 hours, until the meat loaf is firm. Let sit for about 5 minutes before slicing. I suppose you could also try this with red bell pepper and red sauce.