Mini Meatloaf Muffins ... mmmmhmmm

Meatloaf is essentially anything you want it to be, right? I never understood the "ummm nah I'm good" that people would seem to communicate if invited over on family meatloaf night. I always thought my mom's meatloaf was pretty bomb. So, in the process of me trying to remove myself from my mundane (yet always delish) crock pot chicken breast, sweet potato, broccoli combo that has been my food prep staple for the past couple of months, I thought I'd knock out some mini meatloves.

Here's how it went down:

3/4 lb. grass fed ground beef
2 tandoori mango chicken sausages, removed from casing
1/2 sweet onion, diced
1/2 red pepper, diced
2 slices black forest bacon, diced and browned (optional, but always welcome)
Freshly grated cheese, quantity and type per your tastebuds
1 egg

Preheat oven to 350. Here's the tough part: toss it all in a big bowl and mash that stuff up with your hands. Don't do it too much, as you don't want to make the meat too dense. But just enough to mix it all together. Then...divvy it up into a muffin tin (don't even need to grease it), maybe 3/4 of the way full in each cup. Bake for 25ish minutes, remove, and let cool!

My plan with these bad boys is to grab one of those, and one of my egg white muffins, to take with me every morning for breakfast. #getsome