Making meatloaf

Bob M said:

Well, I bought a crockpot/slow cooker (on sale, to boot). I've already
made one chicken dish with green curry that was great. Next, is a fancy
meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced amount of
ketchup). However, what can I add instead of bread crumbs?

Freshly ground flax seeds. About a scant 1/3 cup to a pound of ground
meat.

April.

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Bob M <[email hidden]> typed:

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Well, I bought a crockpot/slow cooker (on sale, to boot). I've
already made one chicken dish with green curry that was great. Next,
is a fancy meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced
amount of ketchup). However, what can I add instead of bread crumbs?

Ground pork rinds, flax seeds, blanched almonds...either one or a mixture.

Will meatloaf work in a crockpot? If so, let me know how it goes...

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:20:04 -0500, Roger Zoul <[email hidden]>

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Well, I bought a crockpot/slow cooker (on sale, to boot). I've
already made one chicken dish with green curry that was great. Next,
is a fancy meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced
amount of ketchup). However, what can I add instead of bread crumbs?

Ground pork rinds, flax seeds, blanched almonds...either one or a
mixture.

Will meatloaf work in a crockpot? If so, let me know how it goes...

Supposedly -- this recipe is a "stuffed" meatloaf with cheese and
spinach. I'm going to try it this weekend, likely, and I'm also going to
try to cook two small chickens in the crockpot. Now, I just need to find
flaxseed (the pork rinds I have are the spiced up versions).

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Bob in CT

April Goodwin-Smith said:

Bob M said:

Well, I bought a crockpot/slow cooker (on sale, to boot). I've already
made one chicken dish with green curry that was great. Next, is a fancy
meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced amount of
ketchup). However, what can I add instead of bread crumbs?

Freshly ground flax seeds. About a scant 1/3 cup to a pound of ground
meat.

April.

Thanks, April.

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Bob in CT

I have never used bread crumbs in meatloaf-I use eggs to hold it together, 2
eggs for each pound of meat....

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Well, I bought a crockpot/slow cooker (on sale, to boot). I've already
made one chicken dish with green curry that was great. Next, is a fancy
meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced amount of
ketchup). However, what can I add instead of bread crumbs?

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Bob in CT

"Bob M" <[email hidden]> wrote

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meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced
amount of ketchup). However, what can I add instead of
bread crumbs?

I take soybean "meat" (textured vegetable protein) and spin
it in the blender until it resembles fine bread crumbs. (You
can add oregano, black pepper, and Parmesan cheese during
his process if you like.) The result makes a fine binder for
meatloaf, meatballs, etc. You need to experiment with the
amount of liquid you add to the meat mixture because the TVP
soaks up more of it than real breadcrumbs do. If you're
adding eggs for example, you might have to use one more than
the recipe calls for.

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Opinicus said:

"Bob M" <[email hidden]> wrote

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meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced amount of
ketchup). However, what can I add instead of bread crumbs?

I take soybean "meat" (textured vegetable protein) and spin it in the
blender until it resembles fine bread crumbs. (You can add oregano,
black pepper, and Parmesan cheese during his process if you like.) The
result makes a fine binder for meatloaf, meatballs, etc. You need to
experiment with the amount of liquid you add to the meat mixture because
the TVP soaks up more of it than real breadcrumbs do. If you're adding
eggs for example, you might have to use one more than the recipe calls
for.

That sounds interesting.

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Bob in CT

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Well, I bought a crockpot/slow cooker (on sale, to boot). I've
already made one chicken dish with green curry that was great. Next,
is a fancy meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced
amount of ketchup). However, what can I add instead of bread crumbs?

Ground pork rinds, flax seeds, blanched almonds...either one or a mixture.

Will meatloaf work in a crockpot? If so, let me know how it goes...

It sure does. That's the only way I cook it now - so easy. 🙂 Ready to eat
when I come home from work. Mmmmm.

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Well, I bought a crockpot/slow cooker (on sale, to boot). I've already
made one chicken dish with green curry that was great. Next, is a fancy
meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced amount of
ketchup). However, what can I add instead of bread crumbs?

Grated parmesan and romano cheese 🙂 Mmmmmmmmm
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I have been using the hot and spicy pork rinds, not too many and ground
almonds to make about 1/4 cup and one egg for each pound of ground meat.

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Well, I bought a crockpot/slow cooker (on sale, to boot). I've already
made one chicken dish with green curry that was great. Next, is a fancy
meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced amount of
ketchup). However, what can I add instead of bread crumbs?

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Bob in CT

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||| Will meatloaf work in a crockpot? If so, let me know how it goes...
||
|| It sure does. That's the only way I cook it now - so easy. 🙂
|| Ready to eat when I come home from work. Mmmmm.

Isn't it swimming in liquid?

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||| Will meatloaf work in a crockpot? If so, let me know how it
||| goes...
||
|| It sure does. That's the only way I cook it now - so easy. 🙂
|| Ready to eat when I come home from work. Mmmmm.

Isn't it swimming in liquid?

Not only, but doesn't it fall apart? Cook a chicken in a crockpot and you
get soup by the end of the day.

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|||||| Will meatloaf work in a crockpot? If so, let me know how it
|||||| goes...
|||||
||||| It sure does. That's the only way I cook it now - so easy. 🙂
||||| Ready to eat when I come home from work. Mmmmm.
|||
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||| Isn't it swimming in liquid?
||
|| Not only, but doesn't it fall apart? Cook a chicken in a crockpot
|| and you get soup by the end of the day.

I cooked stew beef in the crockpot with some green peppers a couple of days
ago and set it on slow for 10 hours. When I got home from work it was mush.

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the pork rinds stuck to my teeth, gag.- I prefer a soy substitute which adds
nutrition.
I found low carb bread crumbs or use low carb bread. I also saw the Calorie
Commando substituting chopped mushrooms for bulk in a meat ball- would work
well here and add interesting flavor.

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I have been using the hot and spicy pork rinds, not too many and ground
almonds to make about 1/4 cup and one egg for each pound of ground meat.

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bjgeiger
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Well, I bought a crockpot/slow cooker (on sale, to boot). I've already
made one chicken dish with green curry that was great. Next, is a fancy
meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced amount of
ketchup). However, what can I add instead of bread crumbs?

--
Bob in CT

I would never make it in a crock-pot- It would swim in its fat and be mushy.
I always mold my meatloaf on a flat pan so it can drain.
Look up microwave meatloaf- still a 45 min meal I forgot the timing-
something like 7 min high power 30 min 40%

Diane

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|||||| Will meatloaf work in a crockpot? If so, let me know how it
|||||| goes...
|||||
||||| It sure does. That's the only way I cook it now - so easy. 🙂
||||| Ready to eat when I come home from work. Mmmmm.
|||
|||
||| Isn't it swimming in liquid?
||
|| Not only, but doesn't it fall apart? Cook a chicken in a crockpot
|| and you get soup by the end of the day.

I cooked stew beef in the crockpot with some green peppers a couple of
days
ago and set it on slow for 10 hours. When I got home from work it was
mush.

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Good morning,

diane said:

I would never make it in a crock-pot- It would swim in its fat and
be mushy.

Not if you place it on a rack in the crockpot. It also helps not to
use fatty beef. The best IMO is the 93% lean. :-)

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I always mold my meatloaf on a flat pan so it can drain.
Look up microwave meatloaf- still a 45 min meal I forgot the
timing- something like 7 min high power 30 min 40%

How do you fix the hideous grey corpse color that nuking beef yields?

Take care,
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:40:40 -0500, Roger Zoul <[email hidden]>

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||| Will meatloaf work in a crockpot? If so, let me know how it
||| goes...
||
|| It sure does. That's the only way I cook it now - so easy. 🙂
|| Ready to eat when I come home from work. Mmmmm.

Isn't it swimming in liquid?

Not only, but doesn't it fall apart? Cook a chicken in a crockpot and
you
get soup by the end of the day.

Hmmm...that's what I'm doing tomorrow (cooking a chicken in the crockpot).

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Bob in CT

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Well, I bought a crockpot/slow cooker (on sale, to boot). I've already
made one chicken dish with green curry that was great. Next, is a fancy
meatloaf (with low carb ketchup, and perhaps a reduced amount of
ketchup). However, what can I add instead of bread crumbs?

Grated parmesan and romano cheese 🙂 Mmmmmmmmm

That's a good idea, although the recipe is a "stuffed" meatloaf with
cheese and spinach filling.

--
Bob in CT

Carmen wrote:
:: Good morning,
:: On 1-Feb-2005, "diane" <[email hidden]> wrote:
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::: I would never make it in a crock-pot- It would swim in its fat and
::: be mushy.
::
:: Not if you place it on a rack in the crockpot. It also helps not to
:: use fatty beef. The best IMO is the 93% lean. :-)

Interesting....My crockpot didn't come with a rack.