Lean Meatloaf & Brown Gravy
The Sunday-dinner classic that quit hiding fat in the loaf pan.
The Lore
Every meatloaf has a secret, and it's usually 80/20 beef and a sleeve of crackers. Ours keeps the moisture and ditches the grease: 93% lean beef, a half box of stuffing mix doing the binder's job, and a little can of mushrooms diced in to hold water so it never dries out. Slice it, blanket it in brown gravy, park it over rice with a scoop of green beans. Meal-prep four containers and you've got the week's most comforting lunch.
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Lean Meatloaf & Brown Gravy
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Plate add-ons (as pictured), per container: 3 oz rice + ¼ cup gravy + ½ cup green beans ≈ +150 cal • 3g protein • 1g fat • 32g carbs
Macros: USDA FoodData Central + package labels • recipe as written, no glaze in the loaf numbers • cooked yield ~30 oz.
The Numbers Up Front
Total Cooked Yield: ~30 oz / 850 g (from 1½ lb raw beef + mix-ins)
That's: five 6 oz portions • Meal prepping? This recipe already makes the batch — the photo is 4 containers.
Default Portion: 6 oz / 170 g cooked meatloaf (gravy included)
✂️ Trim Trim Trim
The fat's already gone before you season: 93% lean beef instead of 80/20 (that alone is ~19g less fat per 6 oz), diced canned mushrooms hold the moisture that fat usually would, egg substitute binds instead of whole eggs, and the stuffing mix is the only binder — no oil, no butter, nothing fried.
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📊 Before & After(per 6 oz / 170 g, gravy included)
| Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic 80/20 Meatloaf | 430 | 26g | 30g | 18g |
| 🍖 Lean Meatloaf | 300 | 33g | 11g | 16g |
| You Saved / Gained | −130 cal | +7g protein | −19g fat | −2g carbs |
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