Grammy's Kitchen · Meatloaf · Cheesy Turkey Meatloaf
One of 44 meatloaf recipes we measured
from divascancook.com
It ranks #5 of 44 for moistness among the meatloaf recipes we compared. 20 cooks on divascancook.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 44.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| egg | 9% | 11% |
| dairy | 11% | 7% |
| aromatics | 16% | 17% |
| sweetener | 13% | 19% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 11% | 8% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 20 g | 1-2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 80 g | 1/2 cup onion (finely diced) |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 454 g | 1 lb. ground turkey |
| 22 g | 1/2 -3/4 cup seasoned croutons (crushed (or seasoned bread crumbs)) |
| 50 g | 1 egg |
| 34 g | 2 tablespoons ketchup |
| 36 g | 2 tablespoons BBQ sauce (use your fav.) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon black pepper |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon thyme |
| 1 g | 1 teaspoon oregano |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ground sage |
| 4 g | 2 teaspoons parsley (plus more for grnish) |
| 61 g | 1/4 cup whole milk |
| 99 g | 3/4 - 1 cup Colby Jack cheese (cut into tiny cubes) |
| Favorite BBQ sauce (to spread on top (I used Stubb's Sweet Heat BBQ sauce)) |
Method: 17 steps, published by divascancook.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“With more than a bit of trepidation I made this for my kids husband and grandkids. Usually we use the meatloaf blend pork beef veal so turkey? Hmmm…oh my good freaking lord this was probably THE BEST meatloaf EVER! It was a snap to put together and yes you hav” — a cook, 5.0★
“I thought this was incredibly tasty. I liked the cubed cheese it was an added benefit to the recipe. I would never have thought it made a difference to make small cubed but it really did. I will do this again. i used pretzel sticks as my breadcrumbs and it ” — a cook, 5.0★