Paleo Meatloaf Cupcakes

Last summer my wonderful Hubby decided at about 10 o'clockat night that he was going to go Paleo. To some that makes complete sense and doesn't need anymoreexplanation!  For the rest of us it meansthat he was going to completely change his lifestyle by the foods that heate.  Paleo is not a diet, it's a way ofliving.

As a wife I wanted to support him and hisdecision, especially since he was deciding to improve his quality of life.  As a Mom and for me personally I needed tofind a way to balance his lifestyle with healthy kid friendly meals.  Luckily our girls have always been very goodeaters.  For the most part when given thechoice they pick fruits over sweets and enjoy most vegetables.  With that being said, Corinne is quick todevour a bowl of white rice and beans! So I generally cook a Paleo meal for Josh and will also make a side ofrice or pasta for the girls.  I feel likeit's a great balance and that we are teaching our girls how to eat healthy aswell as enjoy their meals. 

Last night I decided to try a new recipe and it was a hugehit across the board! I made Turkey Meatloaf cupcakes with a sweet potato mashon top and steamed green beans on the side! 

Here's the yummy recipe, it yielded 12 cupcakes:

 Ingredients:

4 Large sweet potatoes

Extra virgin olive oil

1.5 pounds ground turkey

1/2 yellow onion (more or less to taste)

1 egg

2 tbs rosemary finely chopped

3 cloves garlic

1/4 cup coconut flour

salt and pepper to taste

 Directions:

Sweet potato mash

1. Preheat oven to 4oo degrees.

2. Bake 4 large sweet potatoes for approximately 1 hour oruntil you can easily pierce them with a fork. Tip:  I love to wrap them in tinfoil and drizzle some extra virgin olive oil on them before baking.

3. When they are done remove them from the oven and let coolfor approximately 15 minutes. 

4.  In a medium sizedbowl scoop out the potato and mash with a wooden spoon.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Meatloaf Cupcakes

1. In a medium sized bowl combine all of the meatloafingredients and mix until well combined. You want the mixture to be moist but to come together.

2. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners (tinfoil liners aresuggested).

3. Fill liners 3/4 way with meat mixture.

4.  Bake forapproximately 35 minutes or until cooked thoroughly and remove from the oven.

5. Spoon sweet potato on top of each muffin and return tothe oven for approximately 10 minutes or until the mash is warm. 

You can get creative by adding chives or even bacon to thetop as well!  Enjoy!!!