Tex Mex Meatloaf

Ingredients:
8 strips bacon

1 small onion, diced

1 lb lean ground beef

2 eggs

4 oz can diced chiles

6 oz can tomato paste

1/4 cup almond flour

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp ground cumin

4 tbs water

Directions:

1. Cut 4 strips of bacon into 1/2 inch pieces. Fry over medium heat in a skillet until crisp. Remove and add onion to fat. Cook until onions are soft. Remove from heat to cool.

2. Preheat oven to 375.

3. In a small bowl, combine 3 oz of tomato paste with salt, pepper, garlic and water and stir to combine. Set aside.

4. In a large bowl, dump in meat, eggs, chiles, almond flour, the rest of the tomato paste, cumin, and cooled onions and bacon. Use your hands to squish it all together.

5. Line a bakings sheet with aluminum foil and place a metal rack (like what you’d use to cool cookies) on top of it. Divide the meat mix into fourths and form each fourth into a free-form loaf. Lay on rack.

6. Wrap one piece of bacon around each loaf.

7. Spoon on reserved tomato sauce and spread all over loaf and bacon.

8. Bake at 375 for 40 minutes.