Bacon-Wrapped Chorizo Meatloaf Muffins

Kyra Williams for The Upside Blog

by | Updated: September 19th, 2017

When breakfast and dinner collide, you get individual bacon-wrapped bites packed with leafy greens and other tasty veggies. Each muffin is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside with a center made from ground beef, chorizo and almond flour. Serve hot with a salad on the side, dipping sauces and roasted asparagus.

Homemade Bacon-Wrapped Chorizo Meatloaf Muffins | Vitacost.com/Blog

Makes 12 muffins

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. ground chorizo
12 bacon strips
2 medium carrots, chopped
1 cup button mushrooms, chopped
2 cups baby spinach, chopped
1/4 white onion, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup almond flour
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1/8 tsp. white pepper



Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In muffin tin, line each well with 1 bacon strip.
  2. In large bowl, mix remaining ingredients. Roll mixture into racquetball-size spheres and place in muffin tin wells. Bake 40 minutes.
Kyra Williams

Kyra Williams hasn’t always been fit. She used to be quite the opposite, in fact. During her college years, she lived on pizza and beer and packed on an unhealthy amount of pounds, due to total inactivity. One day, something clicked, and Kyra knew it was time to lose the weight. Since that time, she’s fallen so in love with fitness that she’s made it her life’s work to help others to make the changes they need to become fit, active and healthy.

Kyra is a self-employed, NASM-certified online personal trainer and nutrition expert, Crossfit Level One Trainer, USA Weightlifting and USA Powerlifting Coach, and she’s helped women all over the world through her online training services and training programs. For more info or to connect with Kyra, visit kyrawilliamsfitness.com.