Italian Meatloaves with Marinara
plus Mashed Potatoes & Roasted Carrots
- Milk
- Wheat
Update your classic blue plate special with tender mini beef meatloaves topped with a quick homemade herbed marinara sauce. On the side is a generous scoop of silky mashed potatoes swirled with sour cream and butter, plus a wholesome helping of earthy-sweet roasted carrots with a sprinkle of herbaceous parsley to tie it all together.
Ingredients
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
12 ounce
Potatoes
1 unit
Tomato Paste
12 ounce
Carrot
10 ounce
Ground Beef
1 clove
Garlic
1 unit
Tomato
¼ cup
Panko Breadcrumbs
(Contains: Wheat)
¼ ounce
Parsley
1 tablespoon
Italian Herb Paste
Not included in your delivery
3 teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
2 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
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Adjust racks to middle and top positions and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce.
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Trim, peel, and cut carrots on a diagonal into ½-inch-thick pieces.
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Toss carrots on a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper. Roast on middle rack until tender, 25-30 minutes.
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Meanwhile, dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Roughly chop parsley. Dice tomato into ½-inch pieces. Peel and mince or grate garlic.
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Place potatoes in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 15-20 minutes.
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Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid, then drain. Return potatoes to pot; keep covered off heat. (You'll finish the potatoes in Step 5.)
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While potatoes cook, in a large bowl, gently combine beef*, panko, half the parsley, salt (we used ¾ tsp; 1½ tsp for 4 servings), and pepper. Form into two 1-inch-tall loaves (four loaves for 4).
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Place meatloaves on a second baking sheet and roast on top rack until browned and cooked through, 15-20 minutes.
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Meanwhile, heat a drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium-high heat. Add diced tomato and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 1 minute.
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Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30-60 seconds.
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Add tomato paste and ½ cup water (¾ cup for 4 servings); whisk to combine. Bring to a simmer and cook until slightly thickened, 1-2 minutes.
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Stir in Italian herb paste. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.
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To pot with potatoes, add sour cream and 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings); mash until smooth and creamy, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed until desired consistency is reached.
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Season with salt and pepper.
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Divide meatloaves, mashed potatoes, and roasted carrots between plates in separate sections. Spoon marinara over meatloaves; garnish everything with remaining parsley. Serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the homemade marinara sauce, calling it "amazing" and "the best." Some found the meatloaf bland; consider adding extra herbs or cheese 🧀.
- Ease of prep: While tasty, some felt prep was time-consuming. Try quartering small potatoes whole and using an air fryer for quicker cooking.
- Suggestions: For juicier meatloaves, add milk-soaked breadcrumbs or an egg. Grate Parmesan into the mix for an extra flavor boost.
- Portions: A few wanted more potatoes; others suggested swapping them for pasta or polenta to better complement the Italian flavors.
- Texture: Some found the beef too fatty; consider offering a leaner option or draining excess grease before serving.
Reviews from our home cooks
A new meal that I would definitely make again! I never would have thought a meatloaf could be turned into an Italian dish, but it turned out amazing! The marinara sauce really brought everything together.
Seasoned the meatloaf more and cooked in my air fryer. It was great. Used the air fryer for the carrots also and the Instant Pot for the potatoes. Was a great meal, looking forward to the leftovers. I have always been partial to the ketchup, mustard and brown sugar topping but I really liked the sauce in the recipe and it had no sugar which is healthier.
The meal was delicious. My only complaint was prep. Some of the fine chopping really served no purpose. The potatoes supplied were small enough that they could have just been quartered and still cooked quickly. We loved the carrots but the ones shipped were huge and hard to chop. Again, loved the meal but would do the prep differently.
This is probably the best meatloaf I have had. It was simple but comforting and perfect flavors. I might cry if this doesn't come up again in the next few weeks.
Great taste from the sauce. Meatloaf was delicious and easy to make. The meal was very filling too. Greenery on top helped a lot too
Good meal. I did add extra tomato paste. The sauce didn't thicken much. I like my sauce thick so it sticks to the meatloaf. But, it might have been me, I'm not the best cook in the world.
I think everything on this dish tasted good. We took an immersion blender to the sauce because we like ours smoother. I thought it would be better with noodles because I did not think mashed potatoes, italian meatballs and sauce/carrots went together. My spouse liked it together!
The meatloaf and marinara sauce were very tasty. However, three small potatoes does not make an adequate serving of mashed potatoes for two people!!
Recommend, we enjoyed this meal, however I personalized it with adding mozzarella and Italian breadcrumbs instead of panko. Delicious
Really good but would prefer if it came with polenta, zucchini, or a salad instead of mashed potatoes
