Meatloaf Cupcakes

Name: Meatloaf Cupcakes
Ingredients: 2 cups stale bread, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 2 cups milk, divided; 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided; 1/2 onion, diced; 2 lbs ground beef; 1 egg; 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, stems removed; 1 1/2 cups cups Italian parsley, diced, divided; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 1/4 cup ketchup; 4 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces; 1/4 lb butter; 1 cup half-and-half; 1 beet, roasted (optional); 1 bunch fresh parsley, stemmed and finely minced (optional); 1 cup indian fennel candy (optional); cooking spray

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Ingredients

2 cups stale bread, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
2 cups milk, divided
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1/2 onion, diced
2 lbs ground beef
1 egg
1 tablespoon fresh thyme, stems removed
1 1/2 cups cups Italian parsley, diced, divided
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 cup ketchup
4 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
1/4 lb butter
1 cup half-and-half
1 beet, roasted (optional)
1 bunch fresh parsley, stemmed and finely minced (optional)
1 cup indian fennel candy (optional)
cooking spray

Directions

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["Place bread in a bowl.", "Add 2 cups milk and toss with bread. Reserve.", "In a saute pan over medium high heat, add 2 tablespoons oil and saute onions for approximately 4 minutes, or until they become translucent. Reserve.", "In a large bowl, use your hands to mix hamburger, eggs, thyme, parsley, salt, pepper, nutmeg, soaked bread, onions and ketchup.", "Set cupcake liners in a muffin tin, spray, and fill with meatloaf mixture.", "Smooth tops so that they are flat.", "Bake for 3/4 hours, or until fully cooked.", "Boil potatoes in a large pot of water until tender to the touch of a fork.", "Drain water and mash with butter and half and half. Mash until smooth.", "If coloring potatoes, divide mashed potatoes into 2 separate bowls. Add 1 tablespoon grated beet to one batch and all the parsley to the other.", "Blend until you have a batch of pink and a batch of green potatoes.", "When meatloaf is done, \"ice\"" half with pink and half with green mashed potatoes.""