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meatless loaf en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A vegan or vegetarian meatloaf made without meat.
   • This might look like a long list of ingredients, but using a food processor to blend everything up makes this recipe a snap to make. I tried many different versions of this before I finally landed upon a recipe that makes a moist, firm meatless loaf that doesn’t fall apart. Pan-fry leftover slices for an excellent “meatloaf” sandwich the next day. 2016 April 14, Leinana Two Moons, chapter 8, in Baconish: Sultry and Smoky Plant-Based Recipes from BLTs to Mac & Cheese, Vegan Heritage Press, page 170:
   • When I became a vegetarian the hardest thing I had to learn was to make a good gravy. I think you will find this one good over mashed potatoes, meatless loafs, dumplings, Neatballs (page 10), or prepared seitan. 1998, Dionne Stevens, chapter 15, in The First Book of Vegetarian Cooking: More Than 300 Recipes Combining Great Taste with Good Nutrition, Prima Publishing, page 370:
   • I’m still thinking about meatloaf, only without the meat. Meatless loaf, Jayme calls it, which I think is a pretty good name, suggesting as it does the origin of the dish while simultaneously denying its original main ingredient. I would have probably come up with something like “tofu loaf.” Which, let us admit it, sounds terrible. 1997, Jack Butler, chapter 24, in Jack's Skillet, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, page 118:

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Hyponyms

nut loaf · veggie loaf · vegetable loaf