Our local grocery store Sprouts has been having some really good sales on ground turkey lately so here is a Southwest Style Meatloaf. I use a lot of ingredients to make it but it’s very easy and pretty quick to prepare. It comes out very flavorful, moist, a little spicy and Forking delicious. You and yours will enjoy it if you like southwest flavored foods. I placed each meatloaf in half of a pepper (cut not sideways but north to south and removed core) that I broiled first for less than 10 minutes on high and then salt and peppered slightly….so the 1/2 pepper is optional…..I planned to buy mild chili peppers but my Sprouts didn’t have any so I used medium/small sized green bell peppers. So if you are doing the half pepper underneath you need 6 of them. Leftovers freeze and reheat perfect!

Ingredients for 12 servings

2 lbs ground turkey (I used 85% lean)

4 eggs – beaten slightly

2 Tablespoons vegetable base (instead of salt…more flavor and less salt too)

2 teaspoons ground black pepper

1/2 medium sweet onion (or a 1/4 of a large sweet onion) – fine chopped

1 medium/small tomato – chopped

1 Tablespoon cumin

1 Tablespoon chili powder

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

3/4 cup plain panko bread crumbs

1/4 cup masa (NO SUBSTITUTIONS because this is for flavor)

1 cup cooked rice

1 cup corn kernels

2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce with a little sauce – peppers fine chopped

3/4 cup scallions – thinly sliced

1 carrot – finely shredded

4 garlic cloves – ground to paste or microplane

1 teaspoon ground annatto (also called achiote)

1/2 cup fresh cilantro – use only leaves and fine stems – chopped

non stick spray if you aren’t using peppers

Directions

Set oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl mix all the ingredients

You divide the meatloaf mixture into 12 portions. It’s easier to divide in half…..than in thirds and each third in a half.

You either set each meatloaf into a broiled and seasoned pepper half or on a nonstick sprayed baking sheet(s)

The meatloafs go in the oven for twenty minutes.

Today I served them with roasted fresh salsa that I made but they would also be delicious with an enchilada sauce…..

They really came out Forking Delicious. I got lots of compliments on them and you can too!