M-A's Meatloaf: the Healthy Kind!
Description
Meatloaf is the comfort food-fix everyone loves to eat. Using organic ground turkey, gluten-free bread crumbs instead of store-bought plain or flavored breadcrumbs, makes it healthy. No eggs or stocks- there is enough liquid from the chopped vegetables. Here is my own recipe on a healthy, hearty, tasty, Meatloaf.
Servings: 4
Prep:
20 minutes
Cook time:
20 minutes
Total time:
40 minutes
Ingredients
3 pounds
turkey breast (ground organic ) 1 1⁄2 cup
yellow onions (Chopped) 3
Carrots (Large- Chopped) 3
celery ribs (Large- Chopped) 1⁄2 cup
ketchup (Or tomato sauce) 1⁄4 cup
Worcestershire sauce 1 cup
panko crumbs (or Gluten Free breadcrumbs) 1 teaspoon
thyme leaves (Fresh or /2 teaspoon dried) 1⁄4 teaspoon
paprika (or Cayenne to taste) 2 tablespoons
grape-seed oil 1⁄2 teaspoon
black pepper (freshly ground) 1⁄2
red pepper ((optional for personalizing)) 1 teaspoon
kosher salt 1⁄2 teaspoon
Nutmeg (ground)Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until the internal temperature is 160 degrees F. and the meatloaf is cooked through.
- In a medium saute pan over medium-low heat, cook the onions in oil until translucent, add carrots, celery, salt, pepper, and thyme.
- Cook until tender, but not browned approximately 10 minutes. Take away from burner.
- Add the Worcestershire sauce and 1/2 the ketchup or tomato sauce and mix well.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the mixture with ground turkey and panko crumbs.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- Add spice to liking and ground nutmeg.
- Mix well and fill 3/4 full, 2-3 baking pans or shape onto a piece of tin foil and seal.
- Spread about one tablespoon of ketchup evenly over top.
- *Option: thinly slice red pepper and initialize meatloaf -personalize it!
- Loosely cover the loaf with foil. (Remove or open the foil the last five minutes of baking).
- Serve hot at room temperature, or cold in a sandwich.
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