Our family had not spent a full evening together for several days due to all of the activities we’ve participated in so we decided to cook at home last Friday night. I made this meatloaf from ground turkey and added some white rice and some frozen broccoli to go along with it. Our three year old son feasted on the broccoli and didn’t touch anything else. The rice is from our opportunistic purchase in the spring and I got both the Honeysuckle White ground turkey and the Green Giant frozen broccoli on sale. Ground turkey is good alternative to beef. It is tasty and much less costly to buy in the leanest form. I use the 93/7 package in tube form. 

1 lb Honeysuckle White ground turkey ($1.83) on sale

1 package Green Giant frozen broccoli ($1.31) on sale

1 cup white rice ($0.25)

1 teaspoon Goya Adobo con Pimento ($0.05)

1/2 yellow onion, diced fine ($0.15)

1 egg ($0.10)

1/2 cup ketchup ($0.25)

1/4 cup yellow mustard ($0.15)

2 tablespoons brown sugar ($0.15)

1 cup plain breadcrumbs ($0.40)

TOTAL: $4.64

RECIPE: Mix 1 teaspoon of Goya Adobo (garlic powder is fine plus a little salt and pepper), breadcrumbs, egg, ground turkey, and onion in a mixing bowl and mix thorough with your hands. Form the mix in a loaf on a pan or in a loaf cooking dish. Mix your ketchup, mustard and brown sugar in a separate bowl with a spoon. Cover the loaf with this mixture. Cook 1 cup of white rice on stove top with 2 cups of water, covered on low. Cook the meatloaf for approximately 1 hour on 375 degrees.

NOTES: We buy most of our groceries either on sale or private label products (read: generic). Although we get our eggs fresh from my mother’s chickens, I use the price of a regular dozen eggs at ALDI for the price basis. We love ground turkey because it has a good flavor and low fat.  Goya Adobo is a Spanish brand of all purpose seasoning that we learned about from some friends. It is a lot like garlic salt but also contains turmeric and oregano. It is a great seasoning in traditional American food and is cheap to keep around. This one seasoning has garlic powder, salt, oregano, turmeric, cumin, and pepper. It is a cook’s friend! You could substitute seasoning salt or garlic powder.