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So I made the meatloaf again. The only substitute I made was equal parts rolled oats for bread crumbs. As someone suggested, I added half a cup at a time, but as I never did it before I had know idea what looked right. While we liked the flavor, two cups of oats was ***way*** too much. The loaf was like cheap diner dry…

You're not reading that incorrectly. I did say, though, "Before needing to watch what we ate..." For a variety of reasons our consumption of carbs and sodium have been drastically reduced. Our pretzel/chip type snacks have been replaced with baby carrots and celery. We've got a tight reign on what's being eaten. Then…

I'm not a particularly big guy but I have always had a big appetite. At my fifth grade graduation (I was thirteen) supposedly I finished five entire pizza's by myself. I can still eat a large pizza without thought. I can breeze through a pound of pasta without pause. Not too long ago for dinner I'd have half a pound a…

Removing the ketchup will also reduce most of the flavor. "A little milk" is in no way a substitute for ketchup.

This is kind of what I'm thinking. allrecipes.com says to substitute ketchup: "Mix together the tomato paste, white vinegar, brown sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, allspice, salt, molasses, corn syrup, and water in a saucepan over low heat; simmer gently until you get the consistency of ketchup, 45 minutes to 1 hour.…

So what flavor would you recommend to replace the low sodium soy sauce with? We *like* the sweet taste of the ketchup. Ketchup and soy sauce together is very reminiscent of sweet and sour meatballs made with grape jelly and chili sauce.

While a zucchini or squash might replace the moisture of ketchup, there would be a huge loss of the sweet and tangy flavor.

My dad's secret hamburger recipe was to add ketchup to the meat with a little spicy brown mustard for that zing...

I was just using Google looking for articles about substituting rolled oats for bread crumbs. Has anyone heard of substituting banana's for eggs? It's a thing! There are even banana meatloaf recipes out there. If the breadcrumbs are removed, getting rid of most of the sodium, and the bananas are used to replace the eggs, I…

What kind of oats? I just looked at Bob's Red Mill Oats Rolled Regular, and two cups of those oats are 128g carb, vs 132g in bread crumbs, which is about the same, but zero sodium!

Decreasing the breadcrumbs will yield a meatloaf that is too wet. Eliminating the soy sauce will drastically change the taste.

How would 93/7 over 80/20 change the sodium or carbohydrates?