Mousey Meat Loaves

Don't be afraid to let these rambunctious little rats into your kitchen! Individual meat loaf portions fashion these yummy little critters that are sure to spark conversation.

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ingredients 10
Prep Time 25 min
Total Time 1 hr 20 min

Ingredients

1: lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef

1/2: lb bulk Italian pork sausage

1/2: cup Progresso® Italian style bread crumbs

1/2: cup chopped onion

1/2: cup milk

1/2: teaspoon salt

1: package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened

1: egg, beaten

2: cups chunky tomato pasta sauce

: Green olive slices, Green Giant® sweet peas (heated), sliced ripe olives, shoestring potato pieces, sliced almonds and curly fries

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix beef, sausage, bread crumbs, onion, milk, salt, cream cheese and egg. Divide into 6 equal portions; shape into 4-inch oval loaves. Pinch 1 end of each oval to a point for rat’s face. Place in ungreased 13x9-inch glass baking dish. Gently pour pasta sauce over and around loaves.
2 Bake about 40 minutes or until meat thermometer inserted in center of loaf reads 160°F.
3 Garnish with green olives and peas for eyes, sliced ripe olive for a nose, shoestring potato pieces for whiskers, sliced almonds for teeth and curly fries for tails.

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Expert Tips

If you don't have Italian sausage, use ground beef, and add Italian seasoning to the meat mixture.

In place of the shoestring potatoes, use pieces of broken spaghetti noodles for the whiskers. Make sure they are covered by the sauce so they don't dry out during baking.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 420
Calories from Fat: 220),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 25g; 25%
(Saturated Fat 10g, 10% Trans Fat 1g 1% ),
Cholesterol: 120mg; 120%;
Sodium: 1040mg; 1040%;
Total Carbohydrate: 27g; 27%
(Dietary Fiber 2g 2% Sugars 11g 11% ),
Protein: 23g; 23%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 15%;
Vitamin C: 8%;
Calcium: 10%;
Iron: 20%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 3 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Blazer Hruby

report Posted Oct. 23, 2008 8:28 AM

I made these last year and my children loved them, they can't wait for me to make them again! The best part was that they are easy to make and the kids enjoyed helping me make them as much as eating them!