meat and potato

I made mini chipotle turkey meat loaves and potato leek soup yesterday. It actually turned out pretty good, esp the soup. Here are the recipes:

Turkey Meat Loaves

for the loaves -
1 small yellow onion
1 medium carrot
1 stalk of celery
2 chipotle peppers canned in adobe sauce
1-1/2 lb of ground turkey
1/2 cup of quick cooking oats
2 egg whites
dash of salt and pepper

topping -
1/4 cup of ketchup
1 tablespoon of adobo sauce from the pepper can
1 tablespoon of brown sugar

Finely chop the onion, carrot, celery and chipotle. Add to meat. Add egg whites and oats and salt/pepper. Mix. Place into muffin tin that's been greased. Bake at 350 degree for about 20 minutes.

Mix topping ingredients. Brush onto meat loaves. Return to oven for another 10 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes.

* I would be light on the chipotle and adobo sauce unless you can take it spicy. I doubled recipe and just put in 3 eggs. Original recipe doesn't call for salt/pepper, but I think it can use some.

Potato Leek Soup

3 large leeks, cut lengthwise, separate, clean (use only white or pale green parts)
2 tablespoons of butter
2 cups of water
2 cups chicken broth
2 lbs of potatoes, peeled and diced into 1/2 inch pieces
marjoram - dash
1/4 cup of fresh parsley chopped
2 teaspoons of chopped fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
dash of Tabasco sauce and salt/pepper to taste

Cook leeks in butter, salt/pepper on low heat for 10 minutes. Do not brown.

Add water, broth, and potatoes. Bring to low simmer and cook for 20 minutes.

Scoop half of soup mixture into a blender. Puree and return to pan.

Add marjoram, parsley, and thyme. Add Tabasco sauce, salt/pepper to taste.