lightened up turkey meatballs and sauce
This won grand prize in that's Amore contest for Taste of Home's Healthy Cooking magazine. This will appear in the Aug/Sept issue, and there will be a mini write up on me also. This week I received a surprise from the folks at Taste of Home's healthy cooking a complimentary copy of the annual recipes in hardcover. This recipe is on the cover. Basically it is a recipe for meatballs that are lightend up by using ground turkey and baking the meatballs instead of frying. They changed it bc of sodium perimiters to 1 can of tomato sauce, I would never do it that way.
prep time
35 Min
cook time
6 Hr
method
Slow Cooker Crock Pot
yield
12 to 15
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
- 1/2 cup italian bread crumbs
- 1 - equivelent to one egg subsitute
- 1/3 medium onion, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt, or salt subsitute to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- - sauce:
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 small zuchinni, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 14 1/2 ounces can diced tomatoes
- 90 ounces six 15 ounce cans tomato sauce, i like hunts
- 6 ounces can tomato puree
- 2 medium bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon each dried oregano and sweet sweet basil
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper, or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon each salt or salt subsitute and pepper, or to taste
How To Make lightened up turkey meatballs and sauce
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Step 1Pre heat oven to 350°
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Step 2Combine all meat ball ingredients.
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Step 3Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil (no cleanup).
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Step 4Make meatballs as large as you like them I like mine on the small side, about 1 inches around.
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Step 5Bakefor 25 to 30 minutes, until browned, turning a few times. They will finish up cooking in the sauce.
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Step 6While meatballs are browning, chop all your veggies, and line the slow cooker with a disposable liner.
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Step 7Put veggies in the slowcooker and all the rest of the sauce ingredients, stir to combine.
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Step 8Add the meatballs and turn cooker on low. Cover and cook for 6 hours.
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Step 9Nice served over spaghetti, and with a salad an garlic bread.
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Culture:
Italian
Category:
Other Main Dishes
Category:
Poultry Appetizers
Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Ingredient:
Turkey
Diet:
Low Fat
Method:
Slow Cooker Crock Pot
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