Momma's Healthy Meatloaf

Name: Momma's Healthy Meatloaf
Total time: 65
Yield: 4
Ingredients: cooking spray; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 green bell pepper, diced; 0.5 cup diced sweet onion; 0.5 teaspoon minced garlic; 1 pound extra-lean (95%) ground beef; 1 cup whole wheat bread crumbs; 0.75 cup shredded carrot; 0.75 cup shredded zucchini; 2 large eggs; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 0.25 cup ketchup, or to taste

Recipe by NOLAMom from allrecipes.com

Dinner 1 Hr. 5 Mins.

Ingredients

4 servings

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cooking spray
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1 tablespoon olive oil
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1 green bell pepper, diced
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0.5 cup diced sweet onion
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0.5 teaspoon minced garlic
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1 pound extra-lean (95%) ground beef

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1 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
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0.75 cup shredded carrot
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0.75 cup shredded zucchini
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2 large eggs
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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0.25 cup ketchup, or to taste

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Coat a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir bell pepper and onion in hot oil until onion is translucent and bell pepper is softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the skillet from heat.
Combine ground beef, bread crumbs, carrot, zucchini, eggs, salt, pepper, and bell pepper mixture in a large bowl; mix well using your hands. Press mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 35 to 40 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Spread ketchup over meatloaf and continue baking until bubbling, about 5 minutes more.