Individual Mini Meatloaves

1. Allow ground beef to sit on the counter for 20-30 minutes before cooking. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. Place meat into a large bowl. Grate up your carrot and onion, and add them into the bowl. I simply did this with my box grater. When grating your onion, do it over your bowl so that any liquid drips onto the meat. Yum!

3. Add your lightly beaten egg, mustard, ketchup, Worcestershire, salt, pepper, basil and almond meal into the bowl. Mix with your hands until it all is combined, being careful not to over-mix.

4. Line a rimmed sheet pan with parchment paper. Form ground beef mixture into 2-3 mini individual-sized loaves and place straight onto the parchment lined sheet pan.

5. Finally, top each loaf with 2-3 teaspoons ketchup and smooth into a nice even layer. Bake, uncovered for about 25 minutes or until the center of your loaves reach 145°F internally. Remove pan from oven and set it on a rack. Let the loaves sit 5 minutes on pan before serving. This will produce a loaf that is very slightly pink in the center. If you want them cooked well done, keep loaves in oven until they reach 150°F internally in the center, then remove and allow to sit 5 minutes before serving.

Serves 2-3.