Comforting Meatloaf, Green Beans and Spaghetti Squash with Mushrooms

Comforting Meatloaf, Green Beans and Spaghetti Squash with Mushrooms

Serves 4

This meal is quick, easy and very comforting!

2 lbs. hamburger

1 yellow onion, minced

1 bulb garlic, cut in half drizzled with olive oil and wrap in foil

1 Spaghetti Squash, cut in ½ seeds removed and drizzled with olive oil salt and pepper

2 slices of whole grain bread, crusts removed and 1 Tbs. milk poured over the top

½  c. Bayou Bourbon Sauce by Tastefully Simple (or any favorite barbeque sauce)

1 egg

1 package frozen green beans

1 container button mushrooms, wiped clean and sliced

1 container of condensed beef stock

½ c. water

1 oz. fresh Parmesan cheese, grated finely 

Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. On a foil lined sheet pan place squash cut side down. Place squash and garlic in the oven to roast for 40 minutes. In a large bowl mix meat, ¼ c. bourbon sauce, ¾ minced onion, egg, and tear the bread into pieces mix with clean hands until combined. Then on another foil lined rimed sheet pan make meat into 6 loaves. Add loaves to the oven to bake for 30 minutes. Remove meat after 15 minutes and drain any grease off and discard. On another foil lined rimed sheet pan spread out your green beans and drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and fresh ground pepper. 

When the meatloaves are finished cooking remove from the oven and cover with foil to rest. Add the green beans to the oven. In a medium size skillet on medium heat add the remaining onion and mushrooms, cooking until light brown. Add the condensed beef stock and water to the mushrooms and cook on a low boil until reduced to a sauce. 

Remove garlic from the oven and squeeze the cloves into a large bowl.  Using the back of a spoon mash garlic into a paste. Add mushroom sauce to garlic and stir to combine. Then add squash from the oven and use a fork to scrape the squash into a large bowl. Stir to combine.

To serve place one meatloaf on a plate and drizzle bourbon sauce on top. Pile some green beans on the plate and then a scoop of spaghetti squash with mushrooms. Top all with fresh grated Parmesan!