Heavenly Meatloaf with Blue Cheese, Mushrooms, and Spinach

Ingredients

• 0.3 cup cheese blue crumbled
• 0.5 cup bread crumbs plain
• 0.3 teaspoon cayenne pepper 
• 1 pinch basil dried
• 2  eggs 
• 1.5 pounds extra-lean ground beef 
• 0.5 cup mushrooms fresh sliced
• 1 tablespoon garlic minced
• 8 servings salt and ground pepper black to taste
• 0.3 cup milk 2%
• 1 pinch oregano dried
• 1 cup pkt spinach fresh finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce reduced-sodium
• 0.5 small onion yellow finely chopped

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• loaf pan
• kitchen thermometer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.
2. Mix eggs, spinach, mushrooms, bread crumbs, onion, milk, blue cheese, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, cayenne pepper, oregano, basil, salt, and black pepper together in a large bowl.
3. Add ground beef and mix thoroughly with your hands; pack into prepared loaf pan.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 45 to 60 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).