Last weekend I purchased a HUGE package of ground beef (90/10 ratio). 8 pounds of it! It was on sale, so I couldn’t pass it up. I was trying to think of something to make with it besides the usual burgers or tacos. Then I thought of mini meat loaves!
I had seen on other people’s blogs of baking them in a 12 muffin pan. But after discussing my dinner idea with my sister , she suggested cooking them on a wire rack with a jelly roll pan underneath to catch the fat, instead of cooking them in the muffin tin, where there is no where for the fat to go! Great idea!
It couldn’t have been easier! I mixed the ground beef with bread crumbs, one egg, romano cheese, sauteed garlic, salt and pepper and oregano. Then, to kick it up even more, I wrapped each one in a slice of turkey bacon!
And this is what they looked like after baking for about 20 minutes at 375 degrees.
On the side I made gross carrots! I tried to cook them in balsamic vinegar, to try to make a glaze, but it didn’t work out so well! BUT, the mashed potatoes turned out great!
All in all it was a pretty tasty dinner!
Earlier this week, I was browsing recipes and came upon the website for the incredible egg! . They had a recipe for mini chocolate chip scones. After reviewing the recipe, I did make some changes to try to make them a bit more Weight Watcher Friendly, and I think I succeeded!
This is my version of their recipe:
3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 cup ground flax seed
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, frozen
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
1/2 cup skim milk
1 egg + 3 egg whites
In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking powder,flax, salt and chocolate chips. My sister gave me the idea to freeze the butter, and use my cheese grater to put into the batter. I don’t have a pastry cutter, so that tip worked out great.
That’s the shredded butter in there!
In a smaller bowl, add the eggs + milk and beat until combined. Add that to the dry ingredients. I used my kitchen-aid mixer with the dough hook for about a minute. Otherwise, just mix it all together with a spoon.
I weighed the dough, so I could divide the batter equally. Each scone before cooking was 3.05 oz.
This recipe makes 12 scones and each scone is only 6 points!
This is what they looked like before baking:
And…..after baking!
These bake at 400 for about 20 minutes or until they are golden brown and aren’t soft on the top. I also added some raw sugar on top before baking. These will definitely fix my craving for bakery scones I love so much!
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Now on to weigh in Friday!!! I used to step on the scale just about every day, but Weight Watchers recommends just one time a week, so that’s what I am doing.
Everyone wishes they could step on the scale and have a “Biggest Loser” week and lose 9 pounds, but I was happy with what the scale said today…. – 1 pound!
I’m happy with that because its still in the right direction and for my first month of doing Weight Watchers on-line, I’ve lost 6.5 pounds. I am very happy with that!
I love the mini meatloaves!
And whoa… 8 lbs. of hamburger meat! I’d have a hard time with that one. I’m so thankful that all my freezer meats are a good mixture of everything, otherwise I don’t think I could do my challenge. hehe
Those scones look awesome! And I love the butter picture…I’m a butter lover, so that was kinda exciting π
Loved the butter picture too! I have never, ever seen shaved butter (has my head been under a rock? lol)
That is a great idea to good them on a wire rack … ha, it’s always annoying trying to get rid of all the fat. I don’t know why I never thought of that. Thanks! ; )
Those mini meatloafs look so delicious especially wrapped in bacon, yum!
congrats on the loss! you so totally rock π
Great idea for cooking the mini meat loaves…they look perfect-and I’m loving the turkey bacon treat around them.
Congrats on the weight loss!!!!!!!!!! π
Like the bacon wrapped meat. Too bad the carrots didn’t work. We love to do them with balsamic and honey or brown sugar and a little butter. It always works. Maybe next time!
Those scones look awesome! Congrats on the loss!! A loss is a loss no matter what π
wow!!! i am so impressed. those mini meatloafs look soooooo delicious, and the scones… i must have one now! shredded frozen butter… so interesting!
The words” WW-friendly chocolate chip scones” were like music to my ears! LOL. I’m not formally doing WW but I’m very familiar with the program so whenever I want to drop a few lbs. I use the points system. 6.5 is a great accomplishment, you should be very proud! Keep up the good work.
I think you should definitely be proud of that!! Especially the online- I think it takes good willpower. Great job! π
Both of those dishes look really, really amazing– turkey bacon is a great idea!
Great idea with the meatloaf.
About the scones: To replace the 1/2 cup of sugar, what sugar substitute would be best and what would the conversion be?
Thanks.
*****Labs, I think you could use Splenda for baking, I thought about doing that from the beginning, but didn’t have any on hand. Thanks for visiting my blog! jenn
I had never thought to make meat loaves that way, great idea. I hate when the fat has no where to go but this is great. I do buy ground beef in bulk too and do all kinds of things to it- tacos, chili, meatballs, meatsauce, etc. I love its price and versitility.
I love those scones…they are so cute!
Those little meat loaves look so good with the turkey bacon wrapped around the outside – yum!
Every single little pound counts! Congrats on losing one more, keep in the right direction!
Those scones looks great, I want to make them right now!