Meatless Meatloaf

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups cooked brown rice
• 1 1/2 cups walnuts
• 1/2 cup cashews
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• salt and pepper
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 3/4 cup mushroom, wiped clean and chopped
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 1/2 teaspoon sage
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1 1/2 cups grated swiss cheese or 1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese or 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese, whatever you have on hand

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 roast the nuts for 5-7 minutes and then chop coarsely.
• 3 turn up the oven to 375°f.
• 4 cook the onion in the butter until soft.
• 5 season with salt and pepper, add the garlic, chopped mushrooms, and herbs.
• 6 cook until the liquid released by the mushrooms is reduced.
• 7 in a bowl, combine the onion/mushroom mix with the cooked rice, nuts, eggs, cottage cheese and grated cheese.
• 8 season to taste.
• 9 butter a loaf pan and fill it with the loaf mixture.
• 10 bake the loaf about 1 to 1/4 hours until the top is golden and rounded.
• 11 let the loaf sit out of the oven for 10 minutes before turning out onto a serving plate.
• 12 serve with a mushroom or herb bechamel sauce.