Meatloaf Recipe - No eggs, dairy, wheat, corn

My husband has been bugging me to make meatloaf for a very long time now. We used to eat it quite often. The funny thing is that the recipe we used, he had gotten out of a college cookbook about how to cook in your dorm room. It’s the best meatloaf we’ve ever eaten (sorry Mom).

I haven’t made it since we found out our son’s food allergies. But the other day I decided to see if I could find another recipe for meatloaf that didn’t contain egg, milk, wheat or corn. I found a couple but they didn’t sound like they would be as satisfactory. So I decided to just try to alter my own recipe and see if it survived.

In my research I found oatmeal to substitute the bread or corn crumbs. Now, why I hadn’t figured that one out a year ago, I have no idea. So I used oats instead of bread crumbs, rice milk instead of milk and Ener-G egg replacer for the egg. I saw other egg substitutes but didn’t think it would make much difference anyway since the meatloaf would most likely hold it’s form.

We were delighted when we tasted our meatloaf tonight! You have no idea how good it made me feel to be able to cook a meal that everyone enjoyed and was safe for everyone to eat! I’m still floating on clouds. I also made mashed potatoes and used the rice milk. For my husband and I, we got to add some margarine to our potatoes and had peas as well (my son is also allergic to peas.) When I mentioned peas he stated “I”M ALLERGIC TO PEAS!” Good for him to take charge of himself. Anyway, here is how I made my meatloaf…

Ingredients:
1 1/2 lb. ground beef
1 small onion, chopped fine
2 tblsp green pepper, chopped fine
1/2 cup oats
2 tblsp organic ketchup (no corn syrup)
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp sugar
2/3 cup Rice milk
1-1/2 tsp Ener-G egg replacer and 2 tblsp warm water

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place beef, onion, green pepper, oats, ketchup, salt, black pepper and sugar in mixing bowl. Mix together. Add the rice milk and egg replacer and mix thoroughly. Place meat mixture into loaf pan and put in oven. Bake 1 1/2 hours total. While it’s cooking, make sauce topping…

Sauce Ingredients:
3 heaping tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 cup organic ketchup
1 tsp dry mustard or 1 tblsp prepared mustard

Directions: Combine all sauce ingredients in a small bowl and stir well until the sugar is dissolved. After loaf has been cooking for at least 30 min., spoon some sauce over the top of the loaf. Continue to baste from time to time if desired.

I hope you enjoy this meatloaf as much as we did. We’ will definitely be putting this back on our menu!