Meatloaf is a favorite meal that everyone seems to love! Around here, one easy way to fill everyone up and make a healthy carnivore-friendly home-cooked meal is to make meatloaf. And with this Carnivore friendly meatloaf recipe, you can be assured that your carnivore meatloaf will turn out moist and delicious every single time.
Carnivore Diet Friendly Meatloaf Recipe
The secret to delicious meatloaf is to make the beef be the star of the show, while still having plenty of depth of flavor. You don’t want to overpower the beef with too many flavors. And it has to be moist. Nothing worse than dried out meatloaf! This classic Carnivore meatloaf recipe with mustard sauce on top is flavorful, with just a touch of spice your family will love.
How to Make Carnivore Meatloaf without Oats or Breadcrumbs
Making a delicious meatloaf is easy to do, if you can add breadcrumbs or oats. Go here for my Meatloaf with Oats Recipe. But I wasn’t sure how it would taste if I wanted to make it carnivore friendly. Would my meatloaf just fall apart?
For the carnivore friendly meatloaf, the eggs and milk held the loaf together and added plenty of moistness and flavor. So not need to worry. Your meatloaf will turn out delicious even without breadcrumbs.
Thaw Ground Beef. Thaw two pounds of ground beef and place in a mixing bowl.
Mix Eggs and Milk. In a separate bowl mix together the eggs and milk and beat together with a fork. Pour over ground beef. If you don’t want to use milk, you can substitute half and half.
Dice Onion. Dice up onion and add to the beef mixture. Again, if you don’t want to add diced onion, you can add onion powder or omit it entirely. I do think a little onion powder adds a lot of flavor.
Pat Meatloaf into Loaf Pan. Scoop out meatloaf mixture into loaf pan and pat into pan. You can place all of the mixture into one loaf pan or you can put a cup and 1/2 into a mini loaf pan and then the rest into a regular sized loaf pan. Sometimes it is nice to have a mini meatloaf in the freezer for a lunch. Typically, I fill the mini loaf pan 2/3 of the way and then place the rest of the beef mixture into the 9 x 5 loaf pan.
Cook for 50 minutes and Glaze. Cook meatloaf, uncovered at 350 for 50 minutes. While meatloaf is cooking, pull out the ingredients for your glaze. If you adhering to a strict carnivore diet, then I would suggest brushing on 2 tablespoons of mustard. And if you wish you can add some jalapenos or pickles on top of the mustard brushed meatloaf.
At 50 minutes, drain out some of the excess juice from the loaf pan. Spoon glaze onto the top of the meatloaf. Return to the oven for another 10-15 minutes. If you made a mini muffin loaf, that will only need a couple minutes before it will probably be done. Pull your meatloaves from the oven when they reach 150 degrees in the center.
Be sure to not overcook meatloaf. Your meatloaf should look moist and have some juice around it in the pan. And the meatloaf will continue to cook after you pull it from the oven.
Do You Bake Carnivore Diet Meatloaf Covered or Uncovered?
Bake your meatloaf uncovered. It will be plenty moist and juicy. If you need to reheat it later, you can cover it for part of the time so it does not dry out.
How to Make a Yummy Carnivore Meatloaf Glaze
Making a delicious meatloaf glaze is key so don’t skip this step. For your carnivore friendly meatloaf, you can make a yummy contrast in flavors by brushing on your favorite mustard. Then if you are not on a strict carnivore diet, you can add some jalapenos or pickles on top. You will apply the glaze in the last stage of cooking in the oven!
What Sides Go Well With Carnivore Diet Meatloaf?
If you have a little extra time, I like to serve cheesy bread with my meatloaf. I’ve made this Carnivore Cheesy Bread multiple times. The cheesy bread always turns out great and is easy to tweak to your taste. And the carnivore bread goes well with your carnivore meatloaf dinner!
Favorite Carnivore Diet Friendly Meatloaf Recipe
Enjoy serving this delicious all protein meatloaf made with ground beef, eggs, milk, and spices to your family and guests!
Favorite Carnivore Friendly Meatloaf Recipe
Equipment
- 1 9 x 5 loaf pan
- 1 3 X 5.5 mini loaf pan optional
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 3/4 milk
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup onion chopped or 1 tsp dried onion powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbls parsley
- 1/2 tsp ground sage
Meatloaf Glaze
- 3 tbls mustard
- jalapenos optional
- pickles optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and spray loaf pans. You can use one bigger loaf pan. Or you can make a mini loaf, plus the larger loaf pan. Then you will have a mini loaf for a future lunch.
- Place thawed ground beef in a large mixing bowl.
- Mix together eggs and milk in a small mixing bowl and blend. Pour over ground beef.
- Dice onion and add onion to beef mixture. If using onion powder instead, add that now.
- Add parsley, salt, and sage to ground beef. Mix ground beef, milk mixture, onion (or onion powder) and spices all together with a fork.
- Scoop meatloaf mixture into loaf pan (s). Pat into pan.
- Place pans into oven and set the times for 50 minutes.
- While meatloaf (s) are cooking, pull out mustard and other condiments.
- After 50 minutes, check the meatloaf. Pour off some but not all of the beef juice.
- Add the mustard glaze and jalapenos or pickles if using. Put back into the oven for another 10 minutes. The mini meatloaf will only need 2-3 minutes more. Check the bigger meatloaf for doneness. Meatloaf is done when temperature reaches 150 degrees.
