Q. Maria Asks: Your USA Weekend recipe for Mini Meatloaf calls for 85% ground turkey, is this a necessity or could you use 93% turkey isntead? Just one pound of 85% turkey has 68g of fat (which is 17g of fat per 4 ounces) and 18g saturated fat (4.5 g per 4 ounces). Divided into 6 servings, it’s over 10g of fat and 3 g of saturated fat per serving. This is almost exactly the same as 85% ground beef.
A. It’s too bad Maria, because I did test the meatloaves with 93% lean and told USA Weekend to change it. Based on the calorie count, however, I can’t help but believe the nutritionals were based on 93%. We just uploaded the recipe onto Three Many Cooks and we’re calling for 93%. I’ll be in touch with my editor there and tell them to change it on the website. Thanks for being in touch and by the way, the recipe is great with the leaner cut.