This post has been edited from the late night writing.  I didn’t realize until this morning that I didn’t talk about the title of the post OR how delicious the meatloaf tasted.  NOTE TO SELF: when you have hit the wall and you think you should go to bed…DO IT 🙂

Scheduling to be spontaneous is an oxymoron, but spontaneity was penciled in for today.  Sweetie was heading out this evening for a weekend out of town, so I wanted to make lunch as special as dinners usually are around here.  With the littlest being sick this week and being just a little clingy (understatement of the week!), I honestly haven’t gotten done what I had wanted to complete.  BUT babies come first!

Lunches are usually either leftovers, something I can throw together quickly, or the very occasional meal out.  However, today I wanted lunch to be a little something more.  I wanted to sneak in a little quiet meal time with my Sweetie, which I knew could be a tough thing to hope for with a sick munchkin in the house. Luckily nap time cooresoped with lunch almost perfectly.

And I wanted to try a new Tastefully Simple product: Garden Veggie Dip Mix.  This was another product introduced at Tastefully Simple On Tour in February.  The first thing I thought when I was this product was YUM!  The second was that I HAD to put this in a meatloaf.  Garden Veggie Dip Mix is a mixture of red bell pepper, spinach, carrot, leek, garlic, onion, oregano, parsley, basil, thyme and rosemary.  Oh My! What a fantastic way to sneak in some veggies into our dinners!

Meatloaf and I have an odd relationship.  Most of the time, I am not a fan.  My mom reads this blog, and I should probably say that I loved her meatloaf growing up, but I know (and I am pretty sure she won’t be shocked by this) that isn’t the truth.  Not that it was bad…just…well I didn’t like it.  Occasionally I will get in the mood of some meatloaf, and I have a special way I usually make it, but that is a blog for another day.  Today I want to tell you about the turkey meatloaf I made for lunch.

I love colors in this slice!

I am not sure why I bought a pound of ground turkey from the grocery store. I am sure that I had some wonderful idea of how I wanted to prepare it when I placed it in the shopping cart, but honestly I have no idea what that idea was.  So I had this pound of ground turkey sitting in the fridge, and a hankerin’ for some meatloaf and thought what the heck…just do it!

This tasted wonderful!  I think next time I might add a mushroom or two or some more of the Garden Veggie Dip Mix!  I loved the flavor.  I can’t wait to add it to more things.  Oh and I will probably use it as a dip.

Turkey Meatloaf

1 pound ground turkey
1 large egg
2 Tablespoons Garden Veggie Dip Mix
1/4 cup bread crumbs

Beat the egg and pour in Garden Veggie Dip Mix.  Let sit for 15-20 minutes to reconstitute the veggies.  Place ground turkey in a medium sized mixing bowl.  Pour in egg-veggie mixture and the bread crumbs.  Stir until well blended or if you are like me, mix with your hands.  Slide meat mixture into a loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.