Turkey Meatloaf Recipe

For Valentine's Day dinner I decided it would be fun to make a heart shaped meatloaf dish to tie into the days theme. I searched and searched for a perfect recipe using turkey and I was not fond of any. I decided to throw together my own recipe after discovering what the base of the meatloaf needed to be. Here is the recipe I had in the end:

Turkey Meatloaf

Ingredients:

1.5 cups onions chopped

1/2 TBSP minced garlic

1 tsp olive oil

1/3 cup shredded carrots

1 tsp salt divided

1/2 tsp black pepper divided

1.5 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley

1/3 cup ketchup divided

1 cup fine bread crumbs

1/3 cup milk

1 large egg lightly beaten

1 large egg white lightly beaten

1.5 pounds ground turkey

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 

In a skillet warm the oil and cook the onions and garlic until onions are soft, about 2 minutes. 

Add shredded carrots and cook another 2 minutes.

Add 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp salt, Worcestershire sauce, parsley and 3 tablespoons Ketchup.

Pour vegetable mixture into a large bowl to cool.

In a small bowl stir together bread crumbs, milk and eggs (including the single egg white) then add to vegetables.

Add turkey, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper and mix well with your hands until all ingredients are incorporated.

Grease a pan well and add mixture. I used a heart shaped cake pan or you can use loaf pans, glass 13x9 pans and form them into a loaf shape.

Brush loaf with remaining ketchup.

Bake in oven for 50 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in the loaf reaches 170 degrees.

Our completed Valentine's Day Dinner

Scalloped Potatoes, salad and meatloaf.

And for dessert a Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie made into a cookie sundae. 

ENJOY!