Pizza Meat Loaves

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 2 slices firm bread
• cooking spray
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/3 cup bottled roasted red pepper
• 1/4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1 1/2 teaspoons commercial pesto sauce
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 lb ground turkey breast (or ground beef)
• 3/4 lb ground round
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup pizza sauce

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 place bread slices in a food processor, and pulse 10 times or until fine crumbs measure 1 1/4 cups.
• 3 heat a medium nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. add onion; sauté 4 minutes or until lightly browned. place onion in food processor. add bell peppers, and pulse 10 times or until the bell peppers are chopped.
• 4 combine breadcrumbs, onion mixture, cheese, pesto, salt, turkey, beef, and egg. divide beef mixture into 9 equal portions, shaping each into a (3 x 1-inch) loaf. place loaves on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. bake at 375° for 18 minutes or until lightly browned. spoon about 1 1/2 teaspoons sauce over each loaf. bake an additional 10 minutes or until a thermometer registers 160°.