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Mushroom & Spinach Stuffed Meat Loaf
An old favorite enticing new flavor twists. To avoid a heavy, tough textured loaf, don't overblend the meat mixture.
Serves 8
2 tbsp	vegetable oil
2	medium celery stalks, chopped
1	medium onion, chopped
8 oz	mushrooms, sliced
10 oz	frozen chopped spinach, thawed
3/4 cup	pimiento-stuffed olives, chopped
1 1/2 lb	ground beef or ground meat for meat loaf (beef, pork, and/or veal)
3/4 cup	quick cooking or old fashioned oats, uncooked
1 tbsp	Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 tsp	salt
1	large egg
-	mashed potatoes and steamed sliced carrots (optional)

	Preheat oven to 375 F
-	In 10 inch skillet, heat 1 tbsp oil over medium heat
-	Add celery and onion and cook
-	Stirring occasionally, until very tender
-	Transfer to medium bowl

-	In same skillet, heat remaining 1 tbsp oil over medium-high heat
-	Add mushrooms and cook
-	Stirring occasionally, until golden brown
-	remove mushrooms from heat
-	Squeeze spinach dry

-	Stir spinach and chopped olives into mushrooms, set aside
-	In large bowl, mix ground beef, oats, Worcestershire, salt, egg, celery mixture, 1/4 cup chili sauce, and 1/4 cup water

-	Fill and shape meat mixture into a roll
-	On sheet of waxed paper, pat meat mixture into 12" by 10" rectangle
-	Spread spinach mixture on meat rectangle

-	From a long side, carefully roll meat mixture, jelly-roll fashion, lifting waxed paper and using long metal spatula to loosen meat from paper

-	Place loaf, seam side down, in roasting pan
-	Bake 50 minutes
-	Spread remaining 1/2 cup chili sauce over loaf
-	Bake 10 minutes longer
-	Serve meat loaf with mashed potatoes and carrots, if you like.

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