Chicken Meatloaf 

Like Oprah loves bread, we love chicken!

Often meatloaf is made using ground beef, however, since we are poultry lovers we wanted to make

 one using ground chicken instead.

Well, it turned out beautifully, so we wanted to share it with you all.

It has such a lovely texture, and we did our best to healthy it up too.  Instead of using ketchup we 

used tomato sauce (which would be even healthier if you whip up a homemade tomato sauce using 

fresh tomatoes and herbs!) - but today, we used a can of tomato sauce and pimped it up Groovy 

Kitchen style by adding fresh herbs and seasonings into the tomato sauce to boost the flavor.

Unsure how to make your own tomato sauce ? Super simple, we will get one up for you soon!

Let's make meatloaf!

First, start by adding all of the ingredients into a bowl except the tomato sauce and bacon.
Using your hands, mix it altogether really well. 

(This is where you would lay the 3 slices of bacon over top of the loaf if using it)
We opted not to use the bacon this time to healthy it up a bit more.
Put the loaf into the oven at 350° for 25 minutes.



We added some fresh herbs to the sauce to flavor it up more.
We usually make our own sauce, however we took the quick route for picture day.
(Go figure!)
Now it's time to take the meatloaf out and pour the tomato sauce over top.
Pop it back into the oven and check it every 5 minutes until it's finished.
We kept ours in another 20 minutes.

This recipe is ridiculously easy.

We are giving you the recipe with bacon, however we opted not to use the bacon this time to make it a little healthier.  

Here is the recipe in full for you all:

Chicken Meatloaf 

Servings: 5 (2 slices per serving)
Calories: 302 calories with bacon, 278 calories without
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 40-45 minutes
Packed with LOTS of flavor and a wonderful texture too!

Ingredients

2 lbs ground chicken

1 stalk celery, diced 

1 egg 

1/2 medium onion, diced

Sea salt & black pepper, to taste

3/4 - 1 cup whole wheat italian breadcrumbs

1-1/2 tsp onion powder

1 Tbsp fresh basil, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

3 slices of bacon

1/2 can tomato sauce

Method

Add the first 9 ingredients into a large bowl (not the bacon or the tomato sauce) and mix really 
well.  Once combined, transfer to an ungreased loaf pan, and then lay the 3 strips of bacon over
 top.  Put in a 350° oven for 25 minutes, then pull out your meatloaf and pour the tomato sauce 
with herbs mixed in over top of it all and return it to the oven, checking it every 5 minutes. 
 With our oven,  the meatloaf was ready in another 15-20 minutes total.

Slice & serve!

Notes: 

You can substitute the ground chicken for ground beef.
Freezes well.  Recipe doubles well also.

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The Chicken Meatloaf was a big hit, even Jen ate it despite hating the texture of meatloaf generally.  We will definitely be making this one again and often !!

Much love & gratitude to each of you for being here with us on our cooking journey.  

We are so happy to be back at this again - and we appreciate you all, so much.

Namaste, 

Jen & sylvie

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