Meat Loaf Parmesan   

Total time: 25 minutes
     Leftovers are wonderful, particularly when you can serve them in a totally different way.  The chunky tomato sauce and freshly grated Parmesan take the humble meat loaf to a new gastronomic level. Be a bit careful serving so the slices stay together.

 Ingredients:

• leftover meat loaf half of Meat Loaf Florentine
• 2 cups whole tomatoes, 425gr, 15oz
• 1 onion, 110gr, 3.9oz
• 2 cloves garlic, 8gr, .28oz
• 1 tbs olive oil, 13.5gr, .48oz
• 1 tsp chili powder, 2.5gr, .09oz
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp basil
• 1 tbs Balsamic vinegar, 16gr, .56oz
• 1 tbs tomato paste, 15gr, .53oz
• 1/4 cup shredded cheese, 30gr, 1oz
• 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 25gr, .9oz

 Instructions:

• Chop onion and mince garlic. 
• Heat oil in medium nonstick skillet.  Add chili powder and sauté 1 minute. 
• Add onions and garlic and sauté 5 minutes. 
• Drain tomatoes, reserving juices.  Roughly chop tomatoes. 
• Add tomatoes, their reserved juices, herbs, vinegar and tomato paste to pan.  Stir well, reduce heat, cover and simmer. 
• Cut meat loaf into thick slices. 
• After sauce has simmered for 10 minutes lay slices of meat loaf in the sauce.  Cover and simmer another 10 minutes, until meat has heated through. 
• Sprinkle cheeses on each slice and cover until cheese has melted.  Serve, sauce on the side.

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Nutrition Information               Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:  1422 / 711 Total Carbohydrates:  90 / 45           Dietary Fiber:  16 / 4 Total Fat:  79 / 39.5          Saturated Fat: 28 / 14 Cholesterol:  473 / 236.5 Protein:  81 / 40.5 Calcium:  967 / 483.5 Sodium:   2466 / 1233

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/