Who has time to watch cooking shows?

With the busy pace we are all trying to keep these days who has time for dinner, let alone time to watch a cooking show?  Here is an easy standby that we rely on in our family that requires very few ingredients.  This is a healthier twist on good old fashioned meatloaf.  I like this recipe because you can pre-cook and freeze it, or pre-assemble and freeze it and cook it later, or cook it up and serve it hot.  This is a fool-proof recipe that always works for me.  I owe my mother on this one, as it is her creation.  Thanks Mom!  We love this this recipe and we love you!

Mom's Turkey Loaf by Dana Topliff  

(serves 4 adults)

Ingredients:

1-1.5 lbs of ground turkey (1 regular package from the grocery store found in the meat department)
1/2 medium onion
1 teaspoon of olive oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce (or you can substitute the soy with Bragg Liquid Amino's)
1-2 tablespoons of Dijon or other mustard (whatever you have on hand)
salt and pepper to taste (a few shakes into the mix)

Method:

1) Chop 1/2 of an onion into small pieces (the smaller I dice the onion the less my kids notice the onion in the Turkey Loaf when it is finished, if your kids are "anti-onion" you can simply leave it out and the recipe will still work).  Saute the onion in a frying pan in the olive oil for about 5 minutes on medium heat, set aside.

2) Mix all ingredients, including the onion from the frying pan, together in a bowl.

3) Mold the mixture into a square pan or a bread pan.

4) Bake at 375 degrees F for about 1 hour.

5) Let it cool for about 10 minutes.  Slice and serve!

*Variation:

You can chop up an uncooked and peeled yam or a sweet potato into thin slices and line the bottom of your baking pan or loaf pan in a single layer along the bottom of the pan.  Then add the turkey loaf mixture on top of the yam or sweet potato.  Bake a bit longer than 1 hour to ensure that the sweet potato is cooked thoroughly.  1 hour 15 min-1 hour 30 min is total baking time in my oven with this method.