Bobby Deen's New-Fashioned Meat Loaf

By CarolM-2

"Bobby uses whole-wheat bread crumbs as a binder, carrots and onions, and switches out the beef for lean ground turkey. The amount of fat grams that he saves, it will blow you off the charts! It's delicious."

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon(s) ketchup
• 2 teaspoon(s) brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon(s) yellow mustard
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup(s) tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup(s) 1-percent milk
• 1 tablespoon(s) Worcestershire sauce
• Kosher salt
• Pepper
• 1 cup(s) (from about 3 slices bread) fresh whole-wheat bread crumbs
• 2 medium carrots, coarsely grated
• 1 clove(s) garlic, finely chopped
• 1/2 sweet onion (such as Vidalia), finely chopped
• 1.25 pound(s) lean ground turkey

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with nonstick foil. In a small bowl, combine the ketchup, brown sugar and mustard.

In a large bowl, whisk together the egg, tomato sauce, milk, Worcestershire, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; stir in the bread crumbs. Add the carrots, garlic, and onion and mix to combine.

Add the turkey and mix just until incorporated. Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking sheet and shape into a 9- by 3 1/2-inch loaf. Brush the loaf with the ketchup mixture. Bake until the internal temperature registers 160 degrees F, 40 to 45 minutes. Let rest for 5 minutes before slicing.