Red Pepper Turkey Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3/4 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1/2 cup skim milk
• 1 medium onion, peeled
• 2 lbs lean ground turkey or 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper, finely chopped
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (or some cloves of fresh minced garlic to taste)
• black pepper, to taste
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce (or a few squirts of ketchup)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 in a small bowl, stir together the oats and milk.
• 3 very thinly slice 1/4 of the onion into rings and set aside.
• 4 finely chop the remaining onion.
• 5 in a large bowl combine the ground meat, oat mixture, chopped onion, bell pepper, eggs, worcestershire sauce, ketchup,garlic powder, salt and a few grinds of pepper. mix just until well combined.
• 6 transfer the mixture to a 9 by 13-inch baking dish and shape into a loaf about 5 inches wide and 2 1/2 inches high.
• 7 pour the tomato sauce over the meatloaf and sprinkle with the sliced onions (or if you prefer, squirt some ribbons of ketchup to taste over the top).
• 8 bake for about 1 hour or until no longer pink inside.
• 9 remove from the oven and let rest for 10 to 15 minutes before slicing (it will not be a very firm meatloaf); the height be very low and your slices will be in long rectangular strips.