Mini Turkey Meat Loaves

These are great because you can make lots, freeze them individually and use them as needed for lunches or dinners.

Ingredients:

• 1 ¼ cup chopped onion
• 7 tablespoons dry breadcrumbs
• 2 ½ tablespoons fresh chopped parsley
• 2 ½ teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• ½ teaspoons sea salt
• ¾ teaspoon dried oregano
• ¼ teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 20 ounces ground turkey
• 3 large egg whites
• 6 tablespoons ketchup
• ½ teaspoon hot pepper sauce (Tabasco)

Directions:

1. Heat a skillet over medium high heat and spray with cooking spray.
2. Add onion to pan and sauté around 5 minutes until lightly browned
3. Remove from heat and cool slightly
4. Combine onion, breadcrumbs,  parsley, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, oregano, ground turkey, and egg whites in a large bowl
5. Stir in 4 tablespoons ketchup
6. Spoon about ½ cup of meat mixture into 8 muffin cups coated with cooking spray (or line muffin tin with paper cupcake holders)
7. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons ketchup with the hot sauce in a small bowl and brush the mixture over the meat loaves tops
8. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes until a meat thermometer measures 165 degrees as the internal temperature of one of the loaves
9. Cool and remove from muffin pan for storage or serve hot.

Nutrition: Makes 8 servings of approximately

• 146 calories and
• 15 grams protein