Turk-loaf-ey with Traditional Topping

Did you all go over and check out Steph’s Bakesale?? It was an amazing line up and it seems like she had great success. So thank you to all of you who went over to check it out and bid on items. I know she is very grateful!

How was your weekend?? Mine was good. Pretty low key. Had rehearsal on Saturday night, which was good. We are getting ready for our Spring show for the dance company I am in.

Should be a good one I think . I like all the pieces Jenn has picked so that always makes it easier. I just hope I life up to her expectations!

I have been so busy at work, I have been super distracted, which has made my focus less than desirable. I had the “emergency phone” for the month of February which meant that I was on call 24/7 for work.

It was amazing how stressed that made me just having to carry that phone and answer at any time of the day or night to deal with customer problems.

I am SO glad that I was able to give it up this month and that I don’t have to deal with it anymore. Definitely a weight lifted!

Since I was so stressed during that time, I wanted to make a comforting meal. What is better when your stressed than a good home cooked meal?

I found this recipe for turkey meatloaf on Cooking Light and I thought it would have the comfort of regular meatloaf, but not pack on the same amount of fat and calories. A comforting meal with less calories!

Now that is definitely a stress relief!

You can find this recipe here.

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cups chopped onion
• 8 ounces of mixed color bell peppers
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 3/4 cup panko (I would use 1 cup, the mix was a bit wet)
• 1/4 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Sriracha (this wasn’t nearly spicy enough for me, I would add more next time)
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey breast (all white meat)
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• Cooking spray
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Preheat oven to 350°.

Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion, mushrooms, and garlic to pan; cook 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; cool 5 minutes.

Combine mushroom mixture, panko, and next 8 ingredients (through egg) in a large bowl; stir well to combine. Shape turkey mixture into a 9 x 5–inch rectangle on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray.

Combine ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, and nutmeg in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Spread ketchup mixture evenly over top of meat loaf; bake for 40 minutes or until a thermometer registers 160°. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

2 slices is 187 calories!! Only 3.7 grams of fat (1.6g saturated fat, 15g of carbs, 23.2g protein)

Citrus Poppyseed Bread (for Steph’s Bakesale!)

Today I am sharing with you a recipe that is going to be featured on Steph’s Bite by Bite. Her bake sale will be held on Friday March 2nd. So don’t forget to check it out!

There are going to be a ton of yummy treats to look at, but not only look at…get to have sent to you directly if you decide to buy. 

I hope you go over and check it out immediately!

The bake sale will be held to help Kristi reach her TNT goal of $2,900 which will help support the efforts of Team in Training and The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to find a cure to a variety of blood disease that affect so many people.

This recipe that I am sharing with you today is one that I got from Patrick’s mom. She sent a loaf of the bread home with Patrick when he got back around Christmas time and I had to say, it was amazing!

Patrick says that his mom has been making this for a really long time and I was happy but also nervous to try it out myself.

I mean his Mom’s recipe was AH-mazing. It was sweet, but the texture is what really had me. So good!

I made a few slight changes to how she made it. She puts wax paper in the pans before putting the batter into the dishes. I decided not to do this. Also she puts the icing on when the bread is still hot, I decided against this too. I waited until the bread cooled and then made the icing thicker so it would stick better.

I hope you enjoy it and go over and check out Steph’s line-up!

Ingredients for Bread:

Group A:

• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons poppy-seeds

Group B:

• 3 eggs
• 1 1/8 cup oil
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoon butter flavoring (I used butter extract, so I used 1 teaspoon)
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Glaze:

• 1/4-1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon butter extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350º.

Spray a rectangular baking dish with cooking spray, make sure you do this liberally. I used a larger pan and then a smaller pan for individual breads.

Combine all ingredients in Group A. Then combine all ingredients in Group B. Pour B into A. OK…how easy was that?!

Bake the larger rectangular dish for about 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cook smaller loaves for about 25 minutes or until they spring back to the touch.

Let bread cool until it is at room temperature.

Mix all ingredients together until you have a thick icing. It will be stiff but should be able to be poured. Work with the amounts of ingredients you have until you get the right consistency.

Pour over the top of breads and let run down the sides. Let the icing set for at least 4 hours before you put into containers of any kind or wrap with plastic, foil, wax paper, etc.

This bread is more like cake and believe me, it is wonderful. I unfortunately was unable to enjoy this delicious bread because of Lent and giving up sweets, but it suuuuure did smell good.

I got the seal of approval from Patrick and my Dad and that is good enough for me!

Go on over and visit Steph and look at all the goodies she has for the bake sale to help raise money for her charity! You won’t be disappointed in all the yummy treats she has…and make a donation while you are at it!