Spinach Turkey Meatloaf Made In Muffin Pans Recipes

TURKEY SPINACH MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• In a small skillet, saute onion in oil until tender; set aside. In a small bowl, combine the eggs, milk, lemon juice, salt, basil, oregano and pepper. Stir in the bread crumbs, spinach and reserved onion. Crumble turkey over mixture and mix well. , Shape into a 12x5-in. loaf; place in a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Spoon salsa over top. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes. Drizzle with butter; bake 30-35 minutes longer or until no pink remains and a thermometer reads 165°.

TURKEY MEATLOAF MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix 1/2 cup ketchup with the remaining ingredients until well combined. Divide mixture among 6 cups of a 12-cup (4 ounce) muffin tin, spacing them evenly and gently compressing and mounding the tops. Brush tops with remaining 1/4 cup ketchup.
• Transfer tin to oven; bake until inside temperature registers 170 degrees on an instant read thermometer, about 45 minutes.
• Remove from oven; let rest 5 minutes before removing from tin. Serve hot.

MUFFIN-PAN MEAT LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, combine the first 9 ingredients. Add beef and turkey; mix lightly but thoroughly. Place 1/3 cup mixture into each of 12 ungreased muffin cups, pressing lightly., In a small bowl, mix topping ingredients; spoon over meat loaves. Bake, uncovered until a thermometer reads 165°, 15-20 minutes. Freeze option: Bake meat loaves without topping. Cool meat loaves, and freeze, covered, on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet until firm. Transfer meat loaves to an airtight container; return to freezer. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Place meat loaves on a greased shallow baking pan. Prepare topping as directed; spread over tops. Bake in a preheated 350° oven until heated through.

TURKEY MEATLOAF MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Combine ground turkey, Cheddar cheese, onion, bread crumbs, milk, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, salt, and pepper in a large bowl; mix well with your hands.
• Drop scoops of the turkey mixture into the muffin tin using a large ice cream scoop.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 45 minutes.

BACON-SPINACH TURKEY MEATLOAF WITH TOMATO JAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350° F. In small bowl, place 1/2 cup of the onion and half of the garlic; reserve for jam. Spray 8-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add remaining onion to skillet; cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender. Reduce heat to low; add tomato paste. Cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in remaining garlic.
• Spray broiler pan with rack with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix onion mixture and all remaining meatloaf ingredients. Shape into 8 x 5-inch loaf on rack in broiler pan. Bake 1 hour or until meat thermometer inserted in center of loaf reads 160°F. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make jam. Spray 10-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add reserved onion and garlic to skillet; cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until golden. Add brown sugar and lemon juice, stirring to loosen browned particles from bottom of skillet. Stir in remaining jam ingredients; break up tomatoes with spoon. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture begins to thicken. Strain jam though fine strainer; discard liquid.
• To serve, cut loaf into 8 slices; top each slice with about 3 tablespoons warm jam.

TURKEY-SPINACH MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Place garlic cloves in small saucepan, add enough olive oil to cover them, and place over very low heat. Cook about 40 minutes, until garlic is tender but not browned. Drain garlic, and reserve oil. While garlic cooks, remove and discard stems and heavy leaf ribs from spinach.
• Place onion in nonstick sauté pan over low heat. Cook until translucent, about 2 minutes. Add spinach leaves and salt, and stir until spinach wilts. Line a small baking sheet with several thicknesses of paper towel, and spread spinach mixture on towel and refrigerate to cool.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees. In a mixing bowl or bowl of an electric mixer combine turkey, thyme, pepper, cayenne and cooked garlic cloves; mix well.
• Remove spinach from refrigerator, and chop. Add to mixing bowl, and mix well by hand or on low speed by machine. Form into loaf shape.
• Heat a heavy skillet, preferably oven-proof. Add a little of the garlic oil and sear loaf top and bottom until lightly browned. Sides can be seared but only if you have a very large spatula to turn loaf easily. Place skillet in oven or transfer loaf to shallow baking dish, then place in oven. Bake about 50 minutes, until a thermometer registers 160 degrees. Remove from oven and serve, or refrigerate and serve cold. Reserve remaining garlic oil for another use.

SPINACH-TURKEY MEATLOAF MADE IN MUFFIN PANS

Steps:

• Chop mushrooms, onions and garlic and cook til soft, then set aside to cool. Drain out the oil used to cook, and set aside to cool.
• In a bowl add frozen thawed spinach, package of lean ground turkey, eggs, parmesean cheese, cooled cooked mushroon/onion mixture, italian bread crumbs, salt and pepper to taste, and also throw in Oregano to taste. Mix them all up like meatloaf. Throw into VERY well PAM sprayed muffin pan and bake at 350 for half hour.

MINI TURKEY SPINACH MEATLOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray a muffin pan with cooking spray- I used a 12 muffin pan.
• Cook spinach as directed and drain well.
• In a large mixing bowl combine panko crumbs, egg substitute, pesto, sun dried tomatoes, onion and garlic powder and milk and mix well.
• Add ground turkey ( I used ground turkey breast) and mix well.
• Add drained and cooled spinach.
• If consistency is dry add a little more milk, if consistency is moist add a little more panko crumbs.
• Add pepper to taste.
• Divide mixture and place in muffin pan, approx 1/4 - 1/2 cup per muffin.
• Bake @ 350 for approx 30-45 mins or until a meat thermometer registers 160.

BLUE CHEESE, SPINACH MEAT LOAF MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a large muffin pan with cooking spray.
• Combine ground beef, blue cheese, onion, bread crumbs, spinach, eggs, and Worcestershire sauce in a large bowl until well blended. Divide meat mixture evenly into the prepared muffin pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).