Paleo Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf - Dinner Version
6
Servings
12
Ingredients
27
Comments
Our Paleo Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf takes a classic comfort food and amplifies it with fresh vegetables, parsley, and, of course, bacon.
6
Servings
12
Ingredients
27
Comments
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil
- 1 ½ cups grate Zucchini
- ½ cups grate Carrot
- ⅔ cups dice Onion
- 4 teaspoons mince Garlic, Cloves
- ¾ cups Almond Flour
- ¼ cups chop Parsley, Fresh
- 2 teaspoons Sea Salt
- 2 individual beat Egg
- 1 ½ pounds Ground Beef
- ½ pounds Ground Pork
- 4 individual Bacon
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Cooking Instructions
Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
Stovetop
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- In skillet over medium, heat coconut oil.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
Bake
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
- Thaw: In fridge
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
Stove Cook
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- In skillet over medium, heat coconut oil.
- Saute zucchini, carrot, onion and garlic.
- Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl combine almond flour, parsley, sea salt, eggs, ground beef and ground pork.
- Add in cooled sauteed vegetable mixture to the meat mixture, mixing until evenly combined.
- Press meat mixture firmly into a 9x5 foil loaf pan. Top with bacon slices, tucking the ends in if they are too long.
- Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
- Remove from oven and carefully pour off bacon/meat grease.
- Return to oven and bake an additional 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe
- 6 Servings
- Serving Size
- 1/6 of loaf (about 9 oz) Amount Per Serving
- Calories
- 507
- Total Fat
- 37g
- Saturated Fat
- 12g
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 186mg
- Sodium
- 846mg
- Total Carbohydrates
- 7g
- Fiber
- 2g
- Sugar
- 2g
- Protein
- 37g
- WW Freestyle
- 14
27 Comments
Join the discussionWondering why there is some ground pork mixed in. Is it for the fat ratio on the meatloaf to help bind, or just an added flavor?? Thanks!
Lynne – The ground pork is just for flavor. This is one of my favorite paleo meals, hope you enjoy it too!
Is it possible to leave out the flour all together?
Mary – the flour is used as a binder in this recipe. If you leave it out it may not set up correctly if you do. However if you don’t have almond flour on hand, you could certainly use any AP flour or binder of your choice.
Could it be cooked then frozen? Or a different way to not give up a loaf pan in the freezer for an undetermined time?
Hi Amy, it could be cooked then frozen if you prefer. If you are just worried about keeping your loaf pan in the freezer, I personally use the disposable foil loaf pans and can get them for $1 for a package of 2-3. My dollar store has them as well the the normal grocery store.
I was wondering if this could be made in a muffin pan and what the cooking time change to?
Britt – yes I think you could easily adapt to making in a muffin pan. I would line each muffin cup with a piece of bacon and then fill in with the meat mixture. It will probably cook in about 1/2 the time.
How about adding tomato sauce to this? Just isn’t meatloaf to me without tomato.
Serra – you most certainly could add tomato sauce to this to make it closer to a traditional meatloaf!
I did add some to it, however there was something about this I didn’t care for…not to sure what it was though.
Made this tonight in mini muffin form. Best paleo meatloaf ever…actually best meatloaf period. I’ve tried numerous paleo meat loaves and nothing comes close
Yipee Danielle! You really can’t go wrong with bacon in my opinion!
So will the meatloaf appear pinkish in color underneath the bacon? My husband kept saying it was done but I myself was super paranoid.
Shauna – it did appear a little more pink than your typical beef meatloaf would be.
I found that I needed to cook it much longer than 45 minutes… approx 65 minutes. Maybe it was too thick, as without a loaf pan I free-formed it on some foil on my roasting rack. The pork does lend it a pinkish color in places though, even when it was done.
Kathey – Thanks for sharing your tips! It’s always great to hear what works for our readers!
Amy-When I freeze a meatloaf, before I put the meatloaf into the pan, I line the pan with foil and let it hang over the sides. When it is frozen, I pull it out of the pan using the foil and wrap it tightly in foil, that way I don’t have to keep my loaf pan in the freezer.
Great Tip! Thanks so much for sharing!
Is it possible to make this up and cook in the crockpot? Has anyone tried it?
Deborah – I have not tried this recipe in the crockpot – however I think it would most likely work great! If you do try it, let us know how it turns out!
Oh my goodness! This was amazing. I have been with my husband for 15 years, and he is a devout NO-meatloaf kind of guy. I have never made it because I knew he didn’t like it, but the other night our 11-year old son asked if I would make one because he wanted to try meatloaf. I chose this recipe and WOW! It hit it out of the park! Not only did my husband say that I can make this again, and often; my SUPER finicky daughter (who usually eats cereal because she hates everything) tasted it, and asked for a piece! I am elated – thank you, thank you, thank you!(The only thing I changed was the almond flour for sunflower flour. I have a sensitivity to tree nuts, and with the coconut oil, I didn’t want to risk it.)
What a great review Sheila thank you! And yes I have left out the almond flour too and it’s worked out great!
I have always been a staunch meatloaf hater my entire life. On a whim I decided to try this and my entire family of 3 kids under 4 and husband and I adored it. That doesn’t happen a lot around here. Thank you for a simple and delicious paleo meal. 🙂
Bacon makes anything edible:) I’m glad your family enjoyed it!
Can I leave off the bacon?
Absolutely! Feel free to make this recipe your own! If you prefer to leave the bacon off…. please do! Enjoy!