A new favorite recipe!

One of my favorite Christmas presents was getting another Hungry Girl Cookbook! I'm obsessed with these cookbooks! There are so many good recipes! I currently have "Hungry Girl 200 under 200" and the newest addition to our cookbook collection is  "Hungry Girl Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World". One of the recipes from this new cookbook is a meatloaf that we have made twice now and it is sooooooo good! It is called "crazy-good turkey taco meatloaf." It has definitely been added to our favorites list! So I just had to share this wonderful recipe because well for one, it's delicious and two, I'm not sure if you feel this way but it brings me back to my childhood where my mom would make meatloaf. Something about meatloaf reminds me of our whole family sitting around the table and having a nice family dinner! At any rate, here is this delicious recipe....

Hungry Girl's Crazy-Good Turkey Taco Meatloaf

Ingredients:

1 lb. extra-lean ground turkey

1.5-2 slices of fat-free cheddar cheese

1/2 cup shredded fat-free cheddar cheese

1/2 canned sweet corn kernels (which we opted to take out)

1/4 cup chopped green bell peppers

1/4 cup chopped onions

1/2 cup salsa

1/2 packet of a taco seasoning mix

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 
• Cook peppers and onions for 3 minutes over medium heat in a pan sprayed with nonstick spray. 
• In a large bowl, combine onions and peppers with turkey, corn, and seasoning mix. Spread half of the mixture evenly into the bottom of a loaf pan (about 9"x5") or if you don't have a loaf pan like us we used a larger cake pan and formed the meatloaf in the middle of it. 
• Layer the two slices of fat-free cheese on top of the mixture (try to keep slices away from the pan's edges). Evenly top with the remaining meat mixture. Make sure the cheese is securely enclosed in the meatloaf. 
• Pour the salsa over the top of the loaf. Cook in the oven for 30 minutes.
• Top loaf with shredded cheese. Return loaf to the oven and cook for another 10-15 minutes.

Makes 6 servings (1/6 of loaf) and each serving is approx. 130 calories. This recipe can easily feed 2 people (unless you are super hungry) with possible leftovers depending on how hungry you are. Enjoy!

 Picture soon to come!