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🍞 Meat-Free Meat Loaf

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:fork_and_knife_with_plate: Serves	⏲️ Total Time
6	52 minutes

🧂 Ingredients

• 🧅 1 small onion
• 🥕 1 small carrot
• 🌰 0.5 cup ground walnuts
• 🍞 1 cup bread crumbs
• 🍛 1 cup brown lentils
• 🍮 0.25 cup soft tofu
• 🌱 2 Tbsp tahini
• 🥡 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 🌿 1 Tbsp parsley
• 🥩 1 pkg TJ's soy meat
• 🧂 some salt
• 🧂 some pepper

:cooking: Cookware

• 1 9x5" loaf pan
• 1 skillet
• 1 bowl
• 1 food processor
• 1 pan
• 1 foil

📝 Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Step 2

Lightly oil a 9x5" loaf pan.

Step 3

Heat oil in a skillet and sauté minced onion and grated carrot for 5 to 7 minutes.

Step 4

In a bowl, mix soy meat, ground walnuts, bread crumbs, and the onion mixture.

Step 5

Pulse cooked brown lentils in a food processor then add to soy meat mixture.

Step 6

In a food processor, mix soft tofu, tahini, soy sauce, and minced parsley. Stir into the TJ's soy meat and season with salt and pepper.

Step 7

Mix in extra soy sauce and water as needed until desired texture is reached (add roughly 1/4 cup extra liquid at a time).

Step 8

Transfer to the prepared pan. Smooth the top of the loaf.

Step 9

Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.

Step 10

Remove foil and bake for 7 to 10 minutes more.