Vegan Lentil Meatloaf Cups #Main Dish #Christmas

These Vegan Lentil Meatloaf Cups are an appropriate predominant dish on your holiday table!

Are you able to agree with that Thanksgiving is subsequent week?!  It’s nevertheless pretty warm here so I’m now not quite feeling in the vacation spirit but, however hopefully i can quickly!  i'm absolutely organized to eat all of the holiday food even though 🙂

Inside the beyond I haven’t accomplished a awesome task sharing excursion recipes, but this year I’m ramping it up and feature a few tasty ones organized!  ultimate week I shared my Maple Sesame Ginger Roasted Brussels Sprouts and nowadays I’m excited to share those Vegan Lentil Meatloaf Cups.

These might additionally be notable for a comfy wintry weather dinner, you sincerely don’t have to simply experience them throughout the vacations 🙂

Vegan Lentil Meatloaf Cups

INGREDIENTS

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 cup small diced carrot
• 1 cup small diced celery
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
• 1/3 cup bread crumbs, gluten free if necessary
• 1 tablespoon ketchup, plus more for the top
• 1 1/2 cups brown lentils, dry
• 3 cups vegetable broth, or water
• 1/2 medium yellow onion, diced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika, optional
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax mixed with 2 1/2 tbsp water, let sit for 2-3 minutes)
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• Cooking spray

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Location the lentils and broth in a medium saucepan and cover with a lid.  carry to a boil, lessen to a simmer and simmer until lentils are smooth and liquid is gone, 20-25 minutes.
2. Whilst lentils are cooking, heat a massive pan over medium warmth and add olive oil, diced greens, thyme and a pinch of salt and pepper.  prepare dinner vegetables until gentle, about 12 mins.
3. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F.  upload the cooked vegetables to a food processor and mix until they’re minced, about 1 minutes.  subsequent, upload the lentils and provide it some small pulses.  You need some of the lentils to nevertheless be whole.
4. Add lentils and veggie aggregate to a huge bowl and then add within the bread crumbs, ketchup, flax egg, parsley, smoked paprika, salt and pepper.  mix till everything is mixed.
5. Spray a general size muffin tin with cooking spray.  Use a 1/4 scoop to scoop the combination into the muffin tin.  You need to get 12 of them.  Flatten the pinnacle of each meatloaf and squeeze approximately 1 teaspoon of ketchup on pinnacle of every.
6. Vicinity the meatloaves inside the oven and bake till the tops are slightly crispy, approximately 20-25 minutes.  let them cool within the muffin tin for a few minutes before getting rid of.