Skinny Mexican-Style Meatloaf Cupcakes

These adorable dinner cupcakes have all the great flavors of Mexican food. The savory topping is a combination of a little guacamole, skinny ranch dressing, and salsa. They are fantastically low in calories and fat. Each delectable cupcake has just 107 calories and 3 grams of fat.
Skinny Mexican-Style Meatloaf Cupcakes

Helpful Tips About this Recipe

Makes 10 meatloaf cupcakes

Healthy Benefits
Trader Joe’s extra lean ground beef is a terrific, healthy choice. It has 130 calories and 4 grams of fat for 4 ounces. Free forming the loaf cuts the calories and fat down even further.
Salsa is actually very healthy food. Thanks to tomatoes, onions, and chilies, it’s heart-healthy and can help to prevent certain types of cancer. A ½-cup serving of salsa contains approximately 35 calories, 2 grams of fiber, and 0 fat.

Shopping Tips
I used Trader Joe’s extra lean ground beef. Most supermarkets sell extra lean ground beef or use ground turkey if desired.
You can use either cornmeal or crushed reduced-fat tortilla chips. There are several brands of baked tortilla chips in the supermarkets such as Guiltless Gourmet or Baked Tostitos Scoops.

WW Freestyle SmartPoints
2-Blue
WW SmartPoints
3-Green
WW POINTS PLUS 2 
 
SKINNY FACTS: for 1 meatloaf cupcake including toppings
107 calories, 3g fat, 1g sat. fat, 42mg chol, 10g prot, 8g carbs, 2g fiber, 323mg sod, 3g sugar
FACTS: for Freestyle SmartPoints
76 calories, 1g sat. fat, 0g sugar, 9g protein

 

Skinny Mexican-Style Meatloaf Cupcakes

Skinny Mexican-Style Meatloaf Cupcakes

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Bake Time: 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American, Mexican
Servings 10
Calories 107 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound extra-lean ground beef (96%) or ground turkey, see shopping tips
  • 1 cup onions, diced into small pieces
  • ½ cup red bell pepper, diced into small pieces
  • ½ cup corn (cut off the cob) or frozen and thawed
  • ½ cup salsa, I love Pace Chunky Salsa (medium) or use your favorite
  • ¼ cup cornmeal or 1 ounce (~⅓ cup) reduced-fat tortilla chips, crushed into crumbs, see shopping tips
  • 1 egg, I like using Egg-Land’s Best eggs
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
  • ½ cup salsa for topping the meatloaf before baking

Ingredients for Topping:

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Coat a 12-cup, regular size muffin tin with cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl, combine beef, onions, red bell pepper, corn, ½ cup salsa, cornmeal or crushed tortilla chips, egg, and a little salt and pepper. Mix well until thoroughly combined.
  • Divide meatloaf mixture into 10 muffin cups. Fill to top and level off.  I like to use a ⅓ cup measuring cup to fill each. Spread remaining ½ cup salsa evenly over the top of meatloaf muffins.  Add more, if desired.
  • Bake 40 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes before removing from pan. Carefully remove with a spoon and place on paper towels to drain.
  • For the topping: In a small bowl, mix together the mashed avocado, 2 teaspoons salsa, a little salt, and pepper. Top each cupcake with 1 teaspoon guacamole and spread about ½ teaspoon salsa over the top. Drizzle each with about ½ teaspoon ranch dressing or sour cream.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupcakeCalories: 107kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 10gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 42mgSodium: 323mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gBlue Smart Points: 2Green Smart Points: 3Plus Points: 2
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