Slow Cooker Turkey Vegetable Meat Loaf

Slow Cooker Turkey Vegetable Meatloaf is a dinner phenomenon. So easy, juicy, flavorful and healthy to boot!

Dinner is easy tonight. It’s also healthy and low-fat! Perfect for pre-holiday eating. At least that’s what my scale told me last night–Oh boy!

I shredded carrots, onions and zucchini and mixed it in to the lean ground turkey. Those veggies add extra moisture and juiciness to the turkey, which can often be dry.

Some more delicious, pantry-staple seasonings like Worcestershire sauce, chicken broth and Italian herbs add balanced flavor. I love that you can cook it right in the slow cooker, feeling good about jetting out to pick up the kids or run errands without having the oven on.

Easy to make and easy to clean up. Slow Cooker Turkey Vegetable Meatloaf for the win!

Line your slow cooker with foil for this turkey meatloaf. You could also use a slow-cooker liner, but the foil is a bit sturdier and easy to lift out when the meatloaf is done. You’ll also want an oval shaped slow cooker. If you have a round one, don’t despair, you can just form the turkey meatloaf into a circle instead of a loaf! The oval shape allows you to make the loaf shape so your meatloaf looks like mom’s from the oven!

Here’s one of my favorite slow cookers.

Isn’t the best part of a meatloaf the sticky sweet topping? I loved that when I was a kid. I mixed a little tomato paste and apricot jam together for this one. The zing of ketchup was too much, but the richness of tomato paste and jam was just right.

Serve this with a salad, some mashed or roasted potatoes or even seasoned brown rice. It’s a healthy meal the entire family will love.

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Turkey-Vegetable Meat Loaf

Work Time

25 mins

Cook Time

4 hrs

Total Time

4 hrs 25 mins

 

Slow Cooker Turkey Vegetable Meatloaf is a dinner phenomenon. So easy, juicy, flavorful and healthy to boot! This lean turkey meat loaf is packed with fresh veggies, which add nutrients and keep it moist.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: easy dinner, ground turkey, meatloaf, slow cooker

Yield: 6 servings

Calories: 151 kcal

Ingredients

• 1¼ lbs ground turkey breast
• 1 medium onion grated
• 1 carrot grated
• 1 small zucchini grated
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1 egg, beaten
• ½ cup quick-cooking oats
• 4 tbsp low-sodium chicken broth
• 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 2 tbsp plus 1/2 tsp
• 2 tsp Italian seasoning
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• ¼ tsp ground black pepper
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• ½ cup apricot jam

Instructions

1. Press a 24-inch-long piece of nonstick aluminum foil, dull side up, into a 6-qt slow cooker, leaving the ends hanging over the sides. In a large bowl combine turkey, onion, carrot, zucchini, garlic, egg, oats, 2 tbsp broth, 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Form mixture into a 9-by-5-inch loaf and place in slow cooker. Cover and cook 2½ hr on high or 4 hr on low.
2. Using the foil, carefully lift meat loaf out and transfer to a platter. Whisk together tomato paste, jam, ½ tsp Worcestershire and 2 tbsp broth and brush mixture on top of meat loaf.

Recipe Notes

• Line your slow cooker with foil for this turkey meatloaf. You could also use a slow-cooker liner, but the foil is a bit sturdier and easy to lift out when the meatloaf is done

Nutrition Facts

Turkey-Vegetable Meat Loaf

Amount Per Serving

Calories 151 Calories from Fat 18

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 2g 3%

Cholesterol 78mg 26%

Sodium 713mg 30%

Potassium 510mg 15%

Total Carbohydrates 9g 3%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 4g

Protein 22g 44%

Vitamin A 40%

Vitamin C 12%

Calcium 6.3%

Iron 14.8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Recipe Tara Bench & Khalil Hymore
Photographer Peter Ardito
Food Stylist Susan Ottaviano for Halley Resources
Prop Stylist Michelle Wong
Originally published Ladies’ Home Journal Feb 2011