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Cheese Stuffed Mini Meat Loaves

Progresso® bread crumbs and Progresso™ Recipe Starters™ tomato sauce provide a simple addition to these ground beef-cheese filled mini meat loaves – ready in 30 minutes.

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Prep Time 10 min
Total Time 30 min
Servings 6

Ingredients

1/2: cup Progresso® Italian style panko crispy bread crumbs

1: can (18 oz) Progresso™ Recipe Starters™ fire roasted tomato cooking sauce

2: sticks (1 oz each) string cheese*

1: lb extra-lean (at least 93%) ground beef

1: egg

1/4: cup sliced green onions (4 medium)

: Hot cooked mashed potatoes, if desired

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir bread crumbs and 1 cup of the cooking sauce until well mixed; let stand 5 minutes.
2 Meanwhile, cut twelve 1/2-inch pieces from cheese sticks (store remaining portion of cheese stick for another use). Set aside. Add beef, egg, green onions, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to bread crumb mixture until well mixed.
3 Spray 12 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray. Divide beef mixture evenly among cups (cups will be very full). Push 1 piece of cheese into center of each loaf. Place muffin pan on cookie sheet to catch any spillover. Bake about 30 minutes or until thermometer inserted in center of loaves in middle of muffin pan reads 160°F (outer loaves will be done sooner).
4 Meanwhile, heat remaining sauce until hot. Immediately remove loaves from muffin pan; spoon heated sauce over loaves. Serve with potatoes.

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*Regular mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, can be substituted.

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NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 200
Calories from Fat: 90),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 10g; 10%
(Saturated Fat 3 1/2g, 3 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 85mg; 85%;
Sodium: 470mg; 470%;
Total Carbohydrate: 6g; 6%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% Sugars 4g 4% ),
Protein: 19g; 19%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 10%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 8%;
Iron: 10%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 1/5/2013 8:28:06 PM REPORT ABUSE mayers said:

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Hubby loved it, go figure. He said there were complex flavors. I used a block of pepper jack cheese, no reason to spend more on string cheese. Put some sun dried tomatoes in it and some additional spices. Inside muffins definitely took longer to cook than the outside.

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Posted 1/1/2013 9:33:47 PM REPORT ABUSE Bibi1132 said:

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My picky husband really liked this meal...my 7-year-old was not a fan :( ... I actually spiced this receipe by chopping some sun dried tomatoes and adding some pepper flakes and sauteed them in olive oil. I then added two cans off tomato sauce to this mixture and folded in the ground beef mixture! It was delicious!

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Posted 11/5/2012 9:24:28 AM REPORT ABUSE MsJaxFla said:

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Forgot to rate. This is a wonderful recipe, so just because I don't like the Panko doesn't mean I don't totally recommend it. It is wonderful. Oh and use Kretschmer wheat germ. The plain one. I like the honey, but usually for meat loaf the plain is better and also for more things.

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