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Turkey meatloaf

Name: Turkey meatloaf
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 3/4 lb ground turkey; 2 zucchini, grated and squeezed; 2 large mature carrots, finely grated; 1 large yellow onions, grated; 3/4 cup oatmeal; 2 egg; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce; 1/2 tsp salt; 3/4 tsp black pepper; 2 tbsp ketchup; 2 tsp Dijon mustard; 1 tsp brown sugar

Meatloaf on lean ground turkey with grated vegetables worked into the mix — moisture from zucchini and carrot instead of fat. The glaze stays; the heaviness doesn't.

Time: 75 min (20 prep + 55 cook)
Servings: 6
Per serving: 304 kcal
Protein: 30 g

Both directions are legitimate — the score measures fullness per calorie, not virtue. Every version is the same dish, rebalanced.

Ingredients

1 3/4 lb ground turkey800 g
2 zucchini, grated and squeezed350 g
2 large mature carrots, finely grated250 g
1 large yellow onions, grated180 g
3/4 cup oatmeal60 g
2 egg100 g
3 cloves garlic, minced10 g
1 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce8 g
1/2 tsp salt3 g
3/4 tsp black pepper2 g

Glaze

2 tbsp ketchup30 g
2 tsp Dijon mustard10 g
1 tsp brown sugar5 g

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Steps

Squeeze the grated zucchini dry in a towel — it's there for moisture inside the loaf, not water in the pan.
Mix everything except the glaze with a light hand; turkey turns rubbery when worked hard.
Shape a free-form loaf on a lined tray rather than packing a tin — more surface, more crust, and the fat that does render drains away.
Bake at 190°C for 40 minutes, brush on the thin glaze, then 12–15 more until it reads 74°C. Rest 10 minutes. Go easy on both salt and glaze — measured, that restraint is worth more here than any ingredient swap.

Alternative

Meatloafthe beef original53

Why this score

solidly filling

No single route carries this one — a moderate amount of protein, volume and fiber.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

39% of kcal

74% water

12 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

Nothing here converges the way engineered food does — no sugar, no savoury and no alcohol penalty.

How scores work

Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 1823 kcal goes into the pot, 1808 g of ingredients comes out as ~1450 g of food → 126 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.

Per

Calories: 126
Protein: (39%); 12 g
Fat: (36%); 5 g
Carbohydrates: (25%); 8 g
of which sugar: 3 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sodium: 185 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.

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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.