Sweet Potato Meatloaf

Ingredients

1.5-2.0 pounds ground meat (we used ground turkey)

1 medium-size onion, chopped

1/2 cup chopped celery

1 tbsp. chopped parsley

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

3/4 cup dry bread crumbs

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. ground pepper

1.5 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes

1/4 cup finely chopped bell pepper

1/4 cup raw honey (maple syrup, light corn syrup or molasses may be used)

Making Sweet Potato Meatloaf

Preheat the oven to 350 deg F

Prep your sweet potatoes by boiling or microwaving them until they are soft and mashable.

While they're cooking, chop all your veggies to about the same level of fineness.

Once the sweet potatoes are done cooking, mash them. Consider removing the skins, but if you’re like us, only take out the really big bits but leave the rest in. Mmmm, sweet potato skins… Let cool enough to handle.

Mix everything EXCEPT the sweet potatoes and the honey in a large bowl. This includes the ground meat, onion, celery, parsley, bell pepper, eggs, crumbs, salt and ground pepper.

Place the meat mixture between two large sheet of wax paper and roll into a 14” x 10” rectangle. Realistically, just gently mashing the meat mix into a rectangle with your hands or a spatula worked just as well with a bit more control than a rolling pin might have lent.

Remove the top paper (if you did the rolling pin method) and spread the mashed potatoes evenly over the top the meat (again, hands/spatula worked well here).