From my omnivorous days of yore, I think I miss meatloaf the most. I mean seriously now – how have I been getting by without eating a loaf of meat these past three and a half-ish years? It’s a meatless mystery for sure, and it’s time to do something about it!
That’s a joke in case you couldn’t tell. Actually I miss turkey subs the most. OK that’s a joke too. Who needs turkey when you’ve got lettuce, tomato, onion, red, green and banana peppers and (gasp!) mayo and provolone cheese on a sesame seed roll from Wegmans? I rest my case.
Wait, so what was I talking about? Oh yes. Meatloaf. Meat. Loaf. What does any sensible vegetarian use to substitute meat in meat dishes? Why beans of course. (Except in subs.) Time to grab your legumes and get a loaf on.
Bean Loaf:
2 cans Cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 medium onion, diced
1 clove of garlic, minced
1/2 c ketchup
1 c rolled oats
2 eggs, beaten
1 c frozen corn
a dash of salt & pepper
a couple good shakes of dried oregano and dried basil
And don’t forget the most important ingredient:
1 sad three year old who is extremely disappointed that you are using the last two eggs to make your bean loaf instead of making her scrambled eggs for breakfast.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and get mashing those beans with a potato masher. Stir in the rest of the ingredients as desired – the order doesn’t seem to matter a whole heck of a lot here – it’s all just going into the loaf pan as a bean and vegetable mash when you’re done!
Ketchup is probably my least favorite ingredient in this recipe – BUT! I must say, if I might jump ahead and spoil the ending, it really gave the bean loaf a great taste! At least it was organic ketchup and contained no high fructose corn fun. You could probably even substitute your favorite barbecue sauce or even salsa to mix it up.
Grease a 9 inch loaf pan (I misto‘d mine with olive oil) and bake at 350 for 50 minutes.
I just so happened to make this bean loaf in the morning. (Note the Strawberry Shortcake pajamas above, although admittedly that’s really no indication as to what time of day it might have been…) It was nice to have dinner crossed off my to-do list early on.
In other exciting veggie news – this week marks the start of our CSA pick up! Earlier this year we purchased a share of vegetables from a local, organic farm. From now through mid fall we’ll head out weekly to the farm to pick up our share of vegetables.
And boy oh boy did it feel like we hit the green motherload this week! And to think this is only Week 1!
Turnips? OK, I have never prepared a turnip before, or even eaten a turnip for that matter… I smell a Turnip Loaf post in our future!
In addition to turnips we picked up radishes, garlic scapes, red and green leaf lettuce, bok choi and 1 1/2 pounds of mixed greens including arugula, mustard greens, broccoli raab, red mustard and orach (??)
With a produce drawer now positively overflowing with leafy vegetables, re-heated bean loaf was served with a side of steamed mixed greens.
Before you ask, no – sadly, my kids won’t eat one bite of this. I do have high hopes for the future though! Please let the record show that there was absolutely a time in my life – not even that long ago I might add – where I would have raised one corner of my upper lip like Elvis in his blue suede shoes at the thought of eating a big pile steamed greens like that instead of rice or potatoes.
Beans for meat, dinner for breakfast, greens for grains, that’s a wrap! Or better yet, a veggie sub.
1) Those turnips look almost too good to eat
2) Maxine’s face couldn’t look sadder
3) The photo of your finished product is appetizing
4) Your content and delivery are very enjoyable!!!
I’m so glad to see you’re back at it with blogging! I missed reading your posts! The expression on Maxine’s face is absolutely priceless. I love it! On another note, my friend started the CSA. She gets so much good stuff! Sometimes she doesn’t know what to do with it all.
maxine! can i hug you?? should i bring you eggs tomorrow???
You are so clever, I love your ‘words’! I might try this recipe……..I’m amazed it stuck together! Your girls are too precious!
I suggest replacing the catsup with Frank’s Red Hot but I’d still most likely put more on before eating it…
I’ve never been a big fan of meatloaf… not sure what it is about it but it has just never been appealing to me. I do love me some beans though but I think I’ll stick to the whole beans for now…
but Maxine on the other hand… I could eat her up, she is so adorable!! Her expressions are priceless!
xoxo
oh my gosh lil Max has grown! look at her hair! (and those big sad puppy dog eyes)
lil punkin! HOW COULD YOU MAMA use her last eggs!
how would your beanloaf taste as a sandwich?
LOVE that you get a CSA box. I need to find that here somewhere!
I still can’t believe your back. I had the funeral already. I’ve grieved. I found a new life…
it’s so surreal!
xxoxoxo
I’m so jealous of you guys with local CSA’s. Central Florida seems to be the wasteland when it comes to farm produce!
Yeah, it’s good, very useful, thanks
Oh yum! So jealous of all those green goodies! I’ll bet those white turnips would be awesome roasted. That’s how I’ll usually eat the larger varieties. 😀
I need to try this “meat”loaf too. Sounds awesome!
I have never heard of bean loaf before! Looks pretty good- you should add this recipe to http://recipe4living.com!
Hi Alison,
Will definitely be trying that mealess meatloaf – meatloaf is actually something I miss too. That and san choy bow! Love the photo of Maxine – just priceless.
Libby
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