Comfort Food

Have you looked outside?  It's windy, it's raining, it's utterly unpleasant.  It's the kind of night that screams out for comfort food, for meals I can assemble quickly and count on to deliver exactly what I expect of them.  I have a repertoire of eight to ten of these dinners, Go To meals that always hit the spot.  Tonight was a perfect night for the perennial fave, the always glam...turkey meatloaf. 

Okay, so it's not sexy, but it's so good. 

My turkey meatloaf takes all of seven minutes to make:

• Preheat oven to 425
• season 1lb of ground turkey with salt and pepper
• add 1 granny smith apple, peeled and diced
• add 1 medium red onion, diced
• add 1 egg
• add apprx 2/3 cup of breadcrumbs
• mix the whole mess together, pat into loaf pan and bake for 40-45 minutes

Serve with something green, so that your plate is not depressingly tan, but don't be alarmed if two people somehow polish off the whole loaf in one sitting. 

Ooh, I like a glass of pinot gris or riesling with the meatloaf.  And, if there are leftovers, they are spectacular on crusty bread with mayo. 

Comments

[T]

Ooh - I am going to make this tonight. It's freezing, my husband it out of town, and I am always up for an easy meatloaf. Yum.

I'm intrigued by the apples. There's a turkey burger in "A New Way to Cook" that calls for a panade of white bread crumbs, milk, and diced apple, and your recipe looks like it uses the same apple principle.

[Jecca]

And I am making this tomorrow. Thank you!!!

[T]

I made this recipe for the second time tonight - I love it.

[Marj]

Finally made this last night and it was great -- thanks!

[Marj]

Molly, last night I went back and made this by memory, sort of -- ground turkey, a grated apple, two grated carrots, two slices of bread soaked in milk, salt, pepper and thyme (I should have added the egg) -- and it was so tasty. So today I dug through your archives to see how far off I was from the original. It made me miss your food writing -- you need to come back to this blog!

We had it with lima beans and good bread last night, and then again for lunch today with the leftover limas and some leftover veggie and macaroni and cheese (whole wheat pasta with good mustardy cheddar sauce and lots of leeks). Both meals were total yuppie version of comfort food.