Turkey-Muffins

I know it's a cliche, and I hate to use it, but these little muffins are truly mouthwatering!  I would be happy to eat these every week!  I purchased ground turkey at the store because it was clearance-priced, but have had little practice cooking with it. After searching the web, I decided to try this recipe and I'm immensely happy that I did so.  I will admit to it being a little more labour intensive than a traditional meatloaf, but I promise it's worth the effort. Try it out and let me know what you think!

Ingredients:
1 tsp olive oil
1 cup onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup carrot, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp oregano
1 1/2 lbs ground turkey
1/2 cup ketchup
1 cup crackers, crushed (about 20)
2 tbsp mustard
11/2 Worcestershire sauce
2 eggs
1/4 ground black pepper

Directions:
1. In a frying pan, saute the onion, carrot, garlic and oregano in the olive oil.  Remove from heat and allow to cool.

2. Place the remaining ingredients in a large mixing bowl.  Add the cooled veggies.  Mix together.  

3. Lightly spray a muffin tin with cooking oil.  Split the meat mixture evenly between the muffin cups, smoothing out the tops.  It should make 12.

4. Place muffin pan, uncovered, in the oven and cook for 20-25 minutes at 350'.
5. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing turkey-muffins.  
6. Serve with mashed potatoes, veggies and a salad.  And, of course, ketchup for those who are like-minded!

Freezer Meal Instructions:
1. Follow steps 1-3
2. Flash-freeze the meat mixture in muffin pans*.
3. Remove from cups and put into freezer bag.
4. Remove from freezer bag, return to muffin pan and allow to thaw in refrigerator for 24 hours prior to cooking.

*It would be helpful to freeze the meat in a silicone muffin pan, if you have one, as the muffin cups are more flexible and can easily pop out the frozen turkey-muffin