Turkey Meatloaf With Spinach And Bacon Recipes

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 MEATLOAF WITH SPINACH AND BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Squeeze out excess water out of spinach.
• Use a large egg.
• Mince Garlic.
• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except bacon. Shape into a loaf and place in a shallow baking dish.
• Arrange bacon across top.
• Bake 1 1/4 hours or until a meat thermometer registers 160.

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°.

BEST TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a jelly roll pan.
• Mix ground turkey, buttery round cracker crumbs, milk, onion, egg, salt, garlic, and black pepper in a bowl; shape into a loaf and place on the prepared jelly roll pan.
• Mix ketchup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce in a separate bowl; set aside.
• Bake meatloaf in preheated oven for 30 minutes; remove from oven and drain liquids. Top meatloaf with ketchup topping. Return loaf to oven and continue baking until no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

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 STUFFED TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly spray medium skillet with cooking spray.
• Cook mushrooms and onion in skillet over medium-low heat 4 minutes or until onion is tender; remove from heat.
• Add spinach, 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese; mix well. Set aside.
• In large bowl, combine turkey, oats, milk, egg white, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper; mix lightly but thoroughly.
• Spoon 2/3 of turkey mixture lengthwise down center of 11 x 7-inch glass baking dish.
• Form a deep indentation down middle of turkey; fill indentation with reserved spinach mixture.
• Top with remaining turkey, forming a loaf.
• Seal edges to completely enclose spinach filling.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until thermometer registers 170 degrees F and juices show no pink color.
• Remove from oven; sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese.
• Return to oven 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese melts.
• Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.