Healthy Meatball Recipe

My super last night was so tasty, I just had to share the recipe for the meatballs.  They are simple, healthy & tasty!  We had these meatballs with homemade tomato sauce & salad last night.  But I also love them by themselves.  And I've frozen the leftover meatballs for quick go-to lunches during the work week.

I have 2 favorite meatball recipes.  One from a fellow coach Melanie Mitro and another from the Fixate Cookbook.  So I've taken my favorite ingredients from each to create my own!

Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground turkey (OR 1 lb ground lean beef + 1 lb ground turkey)
• 2 whole eggs
• 1 cup quick cooking oats
• ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tbsp dry parsley (or use ¼ cup fresh chopped parsley)
• 2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 medium onion finely chopped 
• 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese (I forgot this – but I’m sure it’s great in the meatballs!)


Directions:
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• Spray muffin pan with olive oil.
• Mix all your ingredients together in one large bowl.
• Roll the mixture into balls and place in muffin tin.  Muffins should be about the size of raquet balls.
• Bake for 40 minutes.
** This recipe makes about 18 meatballs

** The original recipe from the Fixate cookbook has you sautee the onions & garlic in olive oil before mixing into meat.  I didn’t do this – I just mixed it all in at once to save time!

Serving size 2 muffins for women and 4 for men.