Vegetable Turkey Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 12 mins Preparation Time: 12 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

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)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 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).
• 3 meanwhile add ground turkey, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, egg, sour cream , salt and pepper to a large bowl.
• 4 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).
• 5 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).