Vegetable Turkey Loaf
- Ready In:
- 1hr 12mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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1 loaf
- Serves:
- 5-6
ingredients
- 20 ounces ground turkey (I use a 85/15 mix if you use leaner ground turkey you might want to increase the sour cream to 1/3cu)
- 2 carrots (medium sized and diced finely)
- 1 celery (large finely diced)
- 10 ounces frozen spinach (thawed and squeezed of all its excess juices)
- 1⁄2 larage onion (finely diced, I use Spanish onions)
- 4 minced fresh garlic cloves
- 1 cup breadcrumbs (I use Italian seasoned)
- 1⁄3 cup parmesan cheese (grated)
- 1 large egg
- 1⁄4 cup sour cream
- salt and pepper (I find 3/4 tsp of kosher salt and 1/2 tsp of pepper works best for us)
directions
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Place diced carrots, celery, thawed spinach, 1/2 onion in a large pan with 3TB of olive oil over medium heat. Add 1/4 tsp of kosher salt and saute for 5 minutes. Add minced garlic and saute for an additional 2 minutes . Remove pan from heat and let cool. (This step is optional, I have made this meat loaf skipping this step but I find sauteing the vegetables brings out the flavors).
- Meanwhile add ground turkey, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, egg, sour cream , salt and pepper to a large bowl.
- Add saute vegetables to the bowl of the rest of ingredients and mix well to combine. Pour into a prepared baking loaf pan( I find that baking spray with a little flour works best for an easy release).
- Bake at 325 for 1hr 15- 30 minutes on last oven rack ( cover with foil the last 15- 30 minutes of cooking if it gets to brown on top and you don't like a crust).
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Reviews
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I'm a hug fan of this recipe!I was looking for quick/easy way to have a healthy dinner and this is the ticket!! I've made several times now and my husband and I can eat it all week long. It makes about 6 servings for us. I add paprika and parsley to boost flavor. I've also added a bit of sage before too. The herbs give it an extra kick. I've substituted mushrooms for carrots, just to mix it up a bit. I've never added the sour cream and it still turns out excellent every time. Thank you!
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I have tried several recipes for turkey loaf (not a big turkey fan), but this is by far my favorite and made me a ground turkey fan. It is tasty and smells wonderful, but mostly it does not have an overwhelming taste of turkey. I like the texture and it is very moist.<br/>I used quick cooking oatmeal instead of bread crumbs and increased the meat to1.5 lbs of 90/10 turkey. As mentioned in the recipe I increased the sour creme to 1/3 cup and baked it for 90 minutes. It is perfect and already a family favorite.
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I must admit that I was very LEARY of making this recipe. It did not sound very appetizing but I made it. To my amazement I LOVED IT!! I also (like someone else on here) have a non veggie eating husband and two year old. I was so happy to be able to get some veggies in their diet and have them like it. It is very tasty and has amazing savory smells. I would highly recommend this recipe. The only thing that I changed was adding some red meat as well. I used 20 oz. of ground turkey and 20 oz of beef, also upped the breadcrumbs by one cup, and added two eggs. I had enough for two small loves so I froze one for later in the week! Thank you so much for this amazing recipe!!
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I'm a hug fan of this recipe!I was looking for quick/easy way to have a healthy dinner and this is the ticket!! I've made several times now and my husband and I can eat it all week long. It makes about 6 servings for us. I add paprika and parsley to boost flavor. I've also added a bit of sage before too. The herbs give it an extra kick. I've substituted mushrooms for carrots, just to mix it up a bit. I've never added the sour cream and it still turns out excellent every time. Thank you!