healthy turkey meatballs for tonight 1/19/11

OOTBubby

Wed, Jan 19 2011, 12:46 pm

Ima2NYM_LTR wrote:

Im talking about meatballs with spaghetti.

Any suggestions of an easy but tasty, but certainly healthy recipe?

Italian Spaghetti & Meatballs

Sauce:
2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 bay leaves
¼ teaspoon red (cayenne) pepper
29-ounce can tomatoes
14-ounce can tomato puree
13-ounce can tomato paste
29-ounce can water
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano

Heat oil with next three ingredients (do not brown). Add everything else and mix. Simmer while making meat balls.

Meat Balls:
3 pounds ground beef
4 eggs
1 cup bread crumbs
1 cup water
garlic powder and black pepper to taste

Mix together, and shape into meatballs (about 1½ inches in diameter), and drop into sauce. Simmer for 1½ hours.

For low fat version, omit oil, and just add spices to sauce. Use ground, dark turkey instead of ground beef, Egg Beaters instead of eggs and only ½ cup of water.

lollygirl

Wed, Jan 19 2011, 12:50 pm

Turkey Meatballs

2 pounds ground turkey
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 red pepper, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 eggs
1 Tbsp. bread crumbs
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground pepper
Olive oil

Heat oil in large skillet (use enough oil to cover just the bottom of skillet). Add onion and stir briefly, until it's almost yellow. Add red pepper, green pepper and fry for 2 minutes. Add garlic and stir for 2 minutes, then remove from stove to cool. Let cool for 10 minutes.

Place flour on a large plate (for ease in creating the balls). With a wooden spoon, mix together turkey, eggs, parsley, salt, pepper, sautéed onions and peppers, and bread crumbs. Form a tablespoon size of the turkey mixture in the shape of ball. Place each meatball in skillet and fry until slightly brown. Slightly press the center of each meatball to make sure the center cooks.

Shalshelet

Wed, Jan 19 2011, 12:53 pm

Food network has a recipe here with great reviews: http://www.foodnetwork.com/rec......html

and martha stewart seems to have one too: http://www.marthastewart.com/r.....balls

of course, you'll need to substitute parve for the dairy ingr.

estyk

Wed, Jan 19 2011, 12:57 pm

I use this recipe -- http://www.food.com/recipe/bes.....36459

It's meant for ground chicken, but turkey usually is a good replacement for chicken in such recipes. My family loves these.

ra_mom

Wed, Jan 19 2011, 3:25 pm

I love SV's meatball and dumpling soup recipe! Very hearty and healthful.
And really look forward to trying Mrs Bissli's meatballs in carrot sauce recipe.