This Meat-o is Keto

Lately I’ve been trying to come up with new dishes using turkey meat because it is a healthier route than your good old ground beef. And I came up with a few different stuffed turkey meatloaf recipes that are to die for. Using only a few ingredients and your basic seasonings, this dish was not only delicious, but juicy, and a lil messy (to be honest…see pic after it was cut) but packed a punch with all that savory flavor. The good thing about a stuffed meatloaf is that it really is up to your discretion on what you want to stuff it with. From other meats to cheeses to veggies, honestly, the variety is endless. So here is one of my recipes that I am sharing with you but again you can add your own twist to it and I am sure it will come out just as yummy! If you do use my recipe, let me know how it came out with a comment below!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pkg. of ground turkey meat…I usually get the Costco Butterball ground turkey meat, 93% fat free and use 3/4 of one package which equals to 1.7 lbs. 

1/2 cup to a cup of crumbled feta cheese depending on how cheesy you want it

1 1/2 cups of spinach cooked

1/2 tsp of garlic powder

1/2 tsp of onion powder

3/4 tsp of salt

1/2 tsp of ground pepper

3/4 tsp of paprika

1/2 tsp of oregano

3 dashes of tabasco sauce—if you would like it a little hotter, just add a couple more dashes

3/4 cup of marinara sauce—I use homemade but store bought tomato sauce works just as fine

Ok, you got all your ingredients, now time to prep and cook.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, combine the turkey meat, onion powder, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder, oregano and tabasco and mix well until you ‘marry’ the ingredients together. Spray (I use Pam or you can use EVOO) a bread loaf pan ensuring that all sides are covered so the turkey doesn’t stick. 

Then press 1/2 the mixture into the pan, creating a little divet in the middle for your stuffers. Add the cooked spinach and feta cheese and then put the rest of the mixture on top. Make sure you ‘seal’ the sides so cheese doesn’t come out of the pocket and burn on the pan. 

Once mixture is on top, add the tomato sauce and put in the oven for about 45 minutes to an hour. 

Take it out of the oven, cut into desired slice, spoon some of that sauce from the bottom of the pan for some extra flavor, add your favorite roasted veggies to it and you got yourself a fabulous fulfilling dinner!