Garden Vegetable Turkey Meatloaf

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The oatmeal and chili sauce were inspired by another recipe i found on recipezaar, but i added an assortment of vegetables to add color, texture, flavor, and nutrition. I like to use the uncle sam oatmeal because it contains flax seeds and wheat flakes along with the oats, but you can use any rolled oats or instant plain oatmeal you have on hand.

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 350.

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Empty packet of oatmeal into a small bowl and add milk.

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Set aside.

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Heat olive oil in a small saut pan.

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Add onion and garlic and saut until soft.

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Add rest of the vegetables and cook until soft and some of the liquid has evaporated.

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In a mixing bowl , mix ground turkey , oatmeal mixture , chili sauce , worcestershire sauce and sauteed veggies until well combined.

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Form into a loaf shape and place in a greased loaf pan or on a greased cookie sheet.

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Bake at 350f until internal temperature reaches 140f raise oven temperature to 450f and bake until internal temperature reaches 180 , and the outside of the loaf forms a nice crust.

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Ingredients

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ground turkey breast, instant plain oatmeal, skim milk, olive oil, onion, garlic cloves, zucchini, carrot, button mushrooms, fresh spinach, worcestershire sauce, chili sauce, salt and pepper