As much as I love the recipes in this book, they often call for pre-packaged or frozen ingredients. For economical as well as health reasons, I prefer to make things fresh and from scratch. So when the recipe called for a bag of frozen meatballs, I set out to figure out how to make them!
I found this recipe and altered it according to what I have, as well as what I preferred.
I will have to add photos of the preparation process in the future, as I got too busy and forgot to take them!
But here's the finished product:
And here are the meatballs with the Parmesian Orzo.
...and the recipe!
You will need:
1 lb ground turkey
2 T Italian seasoning
1 T Basil
1 egg
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 T milk
2 mozzarella cheese sticks
Combine all ingredients except the cheese sticks in a medium bowl. Cut the cheese sticks into rounds about 1" long (about 15 per stick). Use a soup-sized spoon to portion out amounts of meat--about 1 T each, maybe a little more, eyeball it! They should be roughly the size of a ping pong ball. Put 1 piece of cut cheese into the meat and roll it into a ball. Place each ball onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
Makes about 30 meatballs.
These came out very juicy and delicious!!!
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