Slow Cooker Santa Fe Meatloaf
Plan Plan Plan = Success! I hear all the time, “I’m too busy!” I am also a very busy woman but I make this a priority. In my past life, when I wasn’t prepared and ate junk, everything suffered. My mood, my energy, my lack of focus… the bad food caused a snowball of events that caused everything to fall apart. Taking the time is a priority and I make sure that it happens. One way I make my life easier is to prep the night before. My kids clean up for dinner while I plan and prepare the slow cooker for the following day. I put the shell of the slow cooker in the fridge so in the morning all I have to do is take it out and turn it on.
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If you have ever been disappointed with dried out oven-baked meatloaf you must try this recipe! The slow cooker seals in moisture to make this keto dinner soft, savory and delicious! The whole family is going to enjoy this one!
Mushrooms add moisture. Lighten calories and add umami! Even if you don’t like mushrooms, don’t worry! You don’t even taste them!
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Slow Cooker Santa Fe Meatloaf
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef 85% lean
- 2/3 cup salsa store bought or homemade, plus more for garnish
- 1/2 cup finely chopped mushrooms
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions
- 3 1/2 teaspoons Maria's Keto Kitchen Taco Seasoning or click HERE to find the Taco Seasoning recipe
- 1 teaspoon Redmond Real salt
- 1 4- ounce can mild chopped green chiles drained well
- 1 large large egg lightly beaten
- 1 jalapeño thinly sliced (optional)
OPTIONAL GARNISH:
- Fresh cilantro leaves
- guacamole
Instructions
- Place a 15 by 9 inch piece of parchment paper. Set aside. (If using an oven place parchment into a 9 by 5 inch loaf pan and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl use your hands to combine beef, salsa, mushrooms, green onions, seasoning, salt, chiles, and egg. Form into a 9- x 5-inch loaf. Place loaf onto parchment paper. Hold the edged and gently place into a 5-quart slow cooker. Top with jalapeno slices if desired. Cover tightly and cook on low for 5 hours and 30 minutes.
- NOTE: If using an oven cook for 1 hour or until beef is cooked through.
- Garnish with additional salsa, guacamole and cilantro leaves if desired.
Nutrition
TESTIMONY OF THE DAY
Are the recipes in your 30 day keto cleanse book gluten free?
Thanks!
Yes, all my recipes in all my books are gluten free. 🙂
Can I be so bold to ask how you got your arms so defined? BTW I just got your Quick and easy keto cooking. Looking forward to trying.
Eating strictly keto for years and lifting lots of weights. Thanks! 🙂
My husband and I have been keto for 8 months and loving it!! We got my Mom and Dad doing it and now my sister and her husband. My question is their son(17) wants to try and gain weight on keto. Should he eat in the same ratio as everyone else, just he can as much as he wants until he gains enough?? Thanks: )
Just have him eat more food and even a bedtime snack of high fat low carb (fat bomb, etc). That will help him gain. But shoot for same 30g or less carbs or so.
How does the meatloaf not fall apart in the slow cooker? Do you wrap the parchment completely around the loaf?
Yes, you can wrap in parchment if you like to help. 🙂
what is the purpose of the parchment paper in the crockpot?
To help keep the meatloaf from falling apart.
What are the calories, fat, protein and carb counts for one serving of the slow cooker Santa Fe Meatloaf?
I added it above.