Meatloaf

Alicia Calvo, MPH, RDN, CDCES, CEDRD

This meatloaf, loaded with colorful vegetables and made with lean turkey and extra lean ground pork together to enhance the flavor, makes for a perfect winter family meal. Serve with mashed potatoes or mashed sweet potatoes made with low fat milk and lite butter and green beans.

Prep Time: 15min | Cook Time: 45min | Total Time: 1hr | Yield: 8

Ingredients:

• ¾ c. finely diced onion

• ½ c. finely diced celery

• ½ c. finely diced carrot

• ¼ c. diced red bell pepper

• 4 c. finely diced green bell pepper

• 2 tsp. finely chopped garlic

• ½ tsp. lite salt

• ½ tsp. black pepper

• ¼ tsp. white pepper

• ¼ tsp. cumin

• ⅛ tsp. cayenne pepper

• ½ c. nonfat milk

• ¼ c. catsup

• ¼ c. Worcestershire sauce

• 1 lb. ground turkey breast

• ½ lb. very lean ground pork (have your butcher grind extra lean cutlets)

• 2 egg white (slightly beaten)

• ¾ c. bread crumbs

• Instructions:

1. Combine all ingredients.

2. Spray the loaf pan with cooking spray and form meat into loaf. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes

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Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 196

Total Fat: 15 g

Total Carbohydrate: 15 g

Protein: 25 g

Equivalents: 3 Lean Proteins and 1 Vegetable