Foody blog post!

My first real foody blog post! And my second post in one day! The amazing things you can accomplish when you have a day off.

Kyle and I have developed a healthy obsession with ground turkey. We eat it at least twice a week. At least. So needless to say I am always looking for new recipes that use ground turkey. Hence: turkey meatloaf.

I found this recipe from Annie's Eats. How ironic, right? Well, I didn't have exactly what it called for so I made my own version:

Healthy Italian Turkey Meatloaf!

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped white onion

2 tsp. olive oil

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. pepper

½ tsp. Italian seasoning

2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

¼ cup chicken stock

1 lb. ground turkey breast

½ cups Italian bread crumbs

1 egg, beaten

¼ cup ketchup

Now, I'm not one of those cooks who is real exact with my measurements, so the measurements you see above are the ones that were provided by Annie's Eats. I'm more of an eye-baller, to taste kind of cook.

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 325°.  Line the bottom of a loaf pan with two slices of bread to soak up the grease during cooking.

In a medium sauté pan, over medium-low heat, cook the onions, olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme until translucent but not browned, approximately 15 minutes.  Add the Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock and tomato paste.  Mix well.  Allow to cool to room temperature.

Combine the ground turkey, bread crumbs, egg and onion mixture in a large bowl.  Mix well. 

I mixed these ingredients together first.

Then added the onion mixture.

Press into the loaf pan. 

You're hand will likely be all nasty. Ground turkey is more mushy than ground beef. See below.

Spread the ketchup evenly on top.

 Bake for 1 ½ hours until the internal temperature is 160° and the meatloaf is cooked through.  Let stand 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

While it's cooking, sit back, relax and watch your favorite tv show. Or not. But that's what I did. Criminal Minds was my show of choice. I'm obsessed. Probably unhealthily so...but whatever. Judge me if you want. I also happen to find Dr. Spencer Reid, played by Matthew Gray Gubler, to be as yummy and delicious as this meatloaf. Of course not as yummy and delicious as Kyle.....but.....uhh...I think I just heard my timer go off! :)

So here is the finished product, along with some asparagus that I roasted at 400 degrees for 8-10 min with some olive oil, salt, pepper and minced garlic. Yum yum!

Okay, so it doesn't look impressive but it was really, really good!