Mini Turkey Meat Loaves with Nutty Parsley Gremolata

This dish is one of my favorite ground turkey recipes!  Each loaf comes out to only 270 calories too!  The lemon flavor in the gremolata is a nice accent to this turkey mealoaf!  I am not a big fan of strong lemon flavor but it actually worked so well with in this dish as a delicious compliment!  Just go easy on topping each loaf as a little goes a long way!

I always double this recipe and use toasted pine nuts because they are my fave so I can just use the 16-oz packages of both the ground turkey and the lean ground turkey breast.  It makes 8 loaves this way!  The below instructions are for 4 loaves and 8 oz of each the ground turkey and ground turkey breast.

Ingredients:

Cooking spray, parchment paper, or tinfoil
2 egg whites
1-1/2 cups chopped fresh mushrooms
1/3 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup finely chopped dried tomatoes (in pouch not in oil)
1/4 c finely chopped onion
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
8 oz uncooked ground turkey
8 oz uncooked ground turkey breast

1/3 cup snipped flat leaf Italian parsley (I chop mine)
1/4 cup chopped toasted pine nuts, walnuts, or sliced almonds
2 tsp walnut oil or olive oil
1/2 tsp finely shredded lemon peel
1 Tbs lemon juice
1/8 tsp salt

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line a 15" x 10" x 1" baking pan with parchment paper or spray with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.

In a large bowl beat the egg whites with a fork and add in the mushrooms, rolled oats, dried tomatoes, onion, 1/2 tsp salt and pepper.  Add in the ground turkey and mix well.

Divide the meat mixture into four equal portions.  For me this comes out to about 6 ounces each (slightly more).  Shape each into a 4" oval that is about 2-1/2" wide in the center. Place in prepared baking pan so they are not touching.  Bake about 20 minutes or  until internal temperature is 165 degrees.

While loaves are baking, make the gremolata mixture.  Stir together the parsley, the nuts, oil, lemon peel, lemon juice and 1/8 tsp salt.

To serve, top each loaf with a serving of the gremolata.

YIELDS:  4 Servings
SERVING SIZE:  1 loaf

Nutritional Information:  270 calories, 12 g fat (2 g sat), 68 mg chol, 479 mg sodium, 10 g carb, 3 g sugars, 2 g fiber, 30 g protein.