Are you ready for the best turkey meatloaf and roasted vegetables recipe ever? This meal makes for a healthy dinner or is great for healthy meal planning. Bring on the deliciousness (and there’s a big giveaway!)
As the weather gets colder and colder here in Wisconsin, I find myself craving foods that are colorful and comforting, but also healthy. This turkey meatloaf and roasted vegetables is just that – the colors from the beautiful roasted veggies just make one think of sunnier days, and the turkey meatloaf is so good and a very nostalgic food. The vegetables in this recipe are from my weekly Instacart grocery delivery because their services are incredible (delivered groceries save me SO much time and the products are so good!) Use code PHILIAK125 to get $10 off your first order for new customers!
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Growing up I don’t think we ever ate ground turkey – was that even a thing in the 90’s? Now I love using it as a healthy dinner ingredient. I’m totally in love with making meatloaf recipes (as you can tell from my previous posts on mini cheese stuffed meatloaf cups or this mushroom and Jarlsberg meatloaf) but have never shared my tried and true plain ‘ole meatloaf recipe that I make. It’s totally not boring, I promise!
In fact, you guys already know how I feel about the term ‘the best’…I shared when I posted the best salted caramel chocolate chip cookies… I only use the term when it is something I’ve made countless times and it is truly delicious, deserving of the title THE BEST. And this turkey meatloaf and roasted vegetables, man-oh-man, it is SO good and truly the best turkey meatloaf recipe!
A funny side note here – in the midst of finishing up my cookbook, I was emailing with my editor and she mentioned that she noticed I say recipes are my “go-to” a lot, that made me laugh, I told her it’s TRUE, certain recipes are my go-to ones. This meatloaf and roasted veggies would definitely fall in that category. Does turkey meatloaf and roasted vegetables freeze well?
- Once you make the turkey meatloaf and roasted vegetables, you can freeze them for up to 2 months.
Also you guys also know I’m all about meal planning and eating healthier, right? So I’m sharing a photo of this weeks’ meal planning-in the photo you see 1 recipe of this meatloaf and roasted vegetables divided and then 1 recipe of this slow cooker salsa chicken and quinoa. Both recipes use ingredients purchased from Instacart!
Other recipes you might enjoy:
- Roasted Vegetables with Fried Goat Cheese Salad
- Sweet and Spicy Turkey Sloppy Joes
- Easy Healthy Asian Ground Lettuce Wrap Salad
The Best Turkey Meatloaf and Roasted Vegetables
Ingredients
- 1.5-2 lbs ground turkey
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs Italian seasoned
- 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce divided
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 4 carrots chopped
- 3 orange bell peppers chopped
- 4 potatoes chopped
- 1 red onion chopped
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a bowl combine ground turkey, egg, sour cream, salt, garlic salt, Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs and 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce and stir until everything is incorporated. Transfer the contents into the prepared loaf pan.
- In a separate bowl combine remaining tablespoon Worcestershire sauce and ketchup. Spread on top of the turkey meatloaf. Bake meatloaf for 55 minutes, then remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes, then slice into 10-12 slices.
- Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, scatter chopped vegetables on the baking sheet and drizzle olive oil over the vegetables. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Bake for 20 minutes, then remove from oven, flip the vegetables with a spatula and then bake for another 20 minutes. Serve next to a slice of meatloaf
Little Cooking Tips says
We never tried a turkey meatloaf before, it sounds really interesting! We bet with this recipe it won’t be boring and blunt, so we’ll be definitely giving this a go! Like you, we never had ground turkey in the 80s and 90s as we were growing up, but turkey is a very nutritious and healthy meat. Excellent idea Phi, pinned ASAP!
xoxoxo
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much for the pin, much appreciated! And this meatloaf would also be good with ground beef, but this is my husbands’ favorite healthy meatloaf, it’s sooooo good, definitely worth giving it a go 🙂
Ashton Jury says
This looks delicious! Do you think it would still work if I made it in a cupcake tin? I love making individual meatloaf’s, for meal prepping my lunches, and also my husband is like 5 so he likes cupcake style. Also can’t wait to make those veggies! I love pretty much any roasted vegetable.
Sweetphi says
This would totally be great in cucpcake style individual meatloafs (my husband likes them like that too!)
Kennedy Cole@ KCole's Creative Corner says
This looks so yummy! I love a good, healthy meal of lean meats and veggies! I bet the addition of sour cream keeps it so moist and succulent; Thanks for sharing! 😀
Sweetphi says
The addition of sour cream is definitely the secret to having moist turkey meatloaf every time 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
Summer says
This looks so colourful and yummy ♥
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much
Rust says
Nostalgia ….my grandma’s gumbo. Perfect!
Sweetphi says
Oh yum – you know, now I’m wanting some gumbo!
Shawnna says
hey girl this looks oh so yummy!
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that!
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
I am seeing roasted vegetables everywhere at the moment and that makes me very happy! It’s the best way to eat vegetables.
Sweetphi says
Roasted vegetables are all the rage! I make them ALL the time, it’s definitely my go to 🙂
Susan Craig says
My grandmother made Shoyu Chicken – that is my favorite dish.
Sweetphi says
Dishes made by grandmothers are always the best – I’ve never heard of Shoyu Chicken so I’ll have to look that up!
Sarah says
Looks marvelous Phi! And i’m sure well-deserved in both “the best” and “go-to” categories 😉
My favorite nostalgic dish is my mom’s chicken turnovers made with chicken, cream cheese, and onions, which is then stuffed into pillsbury croissants. So it’s definitely not a The Gourmet Gourmand style recipe, but I love it and make it from time to time when I’m needing some good comfort-food in my life.
Good luck with your cookbook! Super excited about it and can’t wait to hear more 🙂
Sweetphi says
Your mom’s chicken turnovers sound sooo good I would totally love to see the recipe gourmand style 🙂
Pat Claypoole says
I’m going to have to make sure I have all the ingredients for this as soon as this ice outside melts. Looks amazing!
My favorite nostalgic dish is my great grandmother’s Italian Wedding Soup. So easy to put together and tastes better after resting in the frig a day or two!
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much Pat, I think you will love this turkey meatloaf – it’s truly so good and I make it all the time!
Jeffrey says
My favorite nostalgic dish is beef and noodles, when I was a young boy my grandmother would make it a couple times a month for us and even more often in the winter. She even went as far as making the noodles from scratch, truly miss it!
Sweetphi says
Oh yum, beef and noodles sounds amazing – especially since your grandmother made the noodles herself – that’s quite the accomplishment! Thank you for commenting and entering.