Paleo Crockpot Meatloaf and Sweet Potatoes - ALL IN ONE!

Paleo Crockpot Meatloaf and Sweet Potatoes

I love being able to make an entire meal before I even get home.  This is an all-in-one recipe....main dish and side cooked and ready when you walk in the door.  Just FYI - since this requires putting uncooked meat in the crockpot, I cooked mine on high for 7 1/2 hours to make sure the meatloaf was cooked through.  If you are going to be gone longer than that, then I think low would be sufficient.

Ingredients:

1 pound lean ground beef
1 pound lean ground turkey
1/2 cup almond flour
1 onion
2 sweet potatoes
1/2 jar tomato paste
3/4 can tomato sauce with basil, garlic and oregano
1 can tomato sauce with roasted garlic

1. Mix ground beef and ground turkey together.  Add in the almond flour, 1/2 can of tomato paste and the 3/4 can of tomato sauce with basil, garlic and oregano.  Once that is mixed add 1/2 of the onion chopped.

2.  In the bottom of the crockpot, place the other 1/2 of the onion chopped.  This will allow the meatloaf to cook on top of it so it doesn't sit in it's own juices.  Wrap up both sweet potatoes and place on each side.  I ended up taking out one of the sweet potatoes once I remembered my husband wouldn't eat one.

3. I read on Pinterest that when you make meatloaf in the crockpot...the hardest part is getting it out when it is done.  So I made a foil holder but just doubling over some foil and folding it up on the sides.  See the picture below.

4. Make your loaf and put on top of the holder and lower it down into the crockpot over the onions.

5. Pour the last can of tomato sauce with roasted garlic on top of the meatloaf.

6.  I cooked it on high for 7 1/2 to 8 hours because I was nervous about making sure the meat was cooked all the way through.  It came out cooked perfectly.  Below is a picture of my husband lifting it out of the crockpot.

7. Here it is sliced up and ready to serve.

8.  I enjoyed a slice with my sweet potato.  If you are wondering what is on top of my meatloaf - that is a spicy mustard.  It gave it a great twang!  My husband said it was kind of bland.  Next time I'll be sure to add some salt, pepper and maybe some garlic powder.  I thought it tasted pretty good but my taste buds are all Paleo now so I think I'm tasting things differently than him.  Of course I would have preferred to smother it in barbecue sauce!  Maybe next time I'll wrap it in bacon :)