The Best Vegan Meatloaf

🧂 Ingredients

• ⅔ cup dried lentils

  green or brown
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil

  for frying
• 1 onion

  finely diced
• 4 garlic cloves

  finely minced
• ¾ cup rolled oats
• 2 tbsp flax seeds
• 1x14 oz can kidney beans

  rinsed & drained
• 1 cup walnuts
• 1 cup sunflower seeds
• 2 carrots

  finely grated (7 oz)
• 7 oz mushrooms

  finely chopped
• 1 tbsp dried thyme
• 1 tbsp dried rosemary
• 2 tbsp chopped parsley
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp yellow mustard
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp red paprika powder

  optional
• salt and black pepper

  to taste
• 2 tbsp preserved cranberries

  or other sweet and sour jam of your choice
• 2 tbsp tomato ketchup

Instructions

• 1 Cook the lentils in 260 ml water according to the package instructions until the
  liquid has been absorbed.
• 2 In the meantime, heat the oil in a pan. Add the onions and sauté for 3-4 minutes
  until translucent. Then add the garlic and sauté for another minute. Finally,
  remove from the pan and set aside.
• 3 Preheat the oven to 392 °F (200 °C).
• 4 Put the oats and flax seeds into a food processor and ground into a fine meal.
• 5 Add the kidney beans, cooked lentils, walnuts, sunflower seeds, sautéed onion
  mixture, and 3 tablespoons of water and process into a coarse mixture, leaving a
  little texture (as shown in the video).
• 6 Transfer the mixture into a large bowl. Add finely grated carrots, chopped
  mushrooms, thyme, rosemary, parsley, tomato paste, mustard, soy sauce, paprika
  powder as well as salt and pepper to taste and mix everything to combine. (If
  the mixture looks too dry, add a little water or if it looks too moist, add more
  oat flour).
• 7 Lightly grease a 10x5x3-inch (25cm) loaf pan [https://amzn.to/3i1C5ME] (this
  will help the parchment paper sticking better to the pan) and then line it with
  parchment paper, leaving an overhang on both sides. Add the lentil mixture into
  the pan and spread it out evenly.
• 8 Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Then make the glaze by stirring
  together preserved cranberries and tomato ketchup. Brush the lentil loaf with
  the glaze and bake for another 20 minutes.
• 9 Finally, remove from the oven and let it cool for at least 15 minutes so that
  the mixture can set and will hold together better. Then carefully lift out the
  lentil meatloaf, using the parchment paper overhang and decorate with fresh
  rosemary as desired.
• 10 Slice and enjoy it!

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