Easy Sausage VeggieBalls
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  • Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
1 lb Ground Hot Italian Sausage1 cup Part Skim Ricotta Cheese1 cup Frozen Spinach, thawed and drained4 Garlic Cloves, minced2 Roma Tomatoes, diced1/2 tsp SageHandful of ChivesPinch of Lemon ZestPinch of Onion PowderPinch of Black Pepper
Directions
1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees

2) Spray nonstick cooking oil on a cookie sheet.

3) Slice tomatoes in half and squeeze juices out over the sink before dicing them. This will prevent meatballs from being too watery

4) Mix all ingredients together (with hands) and roll into 6 balls

5) Place balls on prepared cookie sheet and bake in oven for about 25-30 minutes

-- 4 WW points --

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BLUESUNSHINEFL.
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 145.1
  • Total Fat: 8.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 44.5 mg
  • Sodium: 80.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 5.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.0 g
  • Protein: 4.7 g

Member Reviews
  • MANNAFESTYOU
     You may want to change this to "sausage AND veggie meatballs", I'm a vegetarian and I was uber excited to see someone with a veggie ball recipe...much to my dismay. Bummer. But they sound delightful:) - 12/15/09
  • NADS1959
     I'm going to make them small and try them in a crock pot - 12/23/09
  • OCDENNIS
     This is great and not a lot of fat or calories. I also served some "No Yolks" noodles along side which are very low in fat and cholesteral. Made a great meal! - 12/1/09
  • OHNOITSTHATGIRL
     wow, this recipe is great. My husband asked me if I got it off the food channel !! - 10/25/09
  • JJPJ4242
     Awesome! The whole family loved this. I did add 3/4 cup brown rice and I wrapped them in cabbage, topped with canned Italian tomatoes. Wonderful! - 1/4/10
  • HONEYBEEISME
     These were amazing. Loved them! Followed directions to a "T" and they came out great. However, where did you find sausage that was so low in fat/cals? I had to redo the ingreds. because my sausage was 200 cals for 2oz! I was also able to get nine BIG meatballs out of this. It was worth it! - 1/25/10
  • EVERFAITHFUL
     How many pounds (weight) of sausage in the recipe? - 1/16/10

    Reply from BLUESUNSHINEFL (1/16/10)
    A typical package of ground sausage is 1 lb (16 oz), though some brands vary slightly

  • HOBBITGAL
     My family loved these! My daughters kept sneaking them out of the serving bowl before dinner. The only changes I made were to add about a 1/4 cup of part skim mozzarella/reduced-fat cheddar cheese, and I left out the tomatoes because I didn't have any. I will definitely make this again! - 1/14/10
  • GETNFITMAMA
     LOVE THEM!! The next day I took one ball and smashed it all up. Heated it. Spiced some apple and wrapped the sausage ball and apple up in a whole wheat tortilla~~Delish!! - 1/6/10
  • CD4945300
     Sounds good.
    Thanks for sharing - 11/12/09
  • ZRIE014
     tasty - 6/3/21
  • MUGABI123
     Love the idea....and low carbs too! - 1/19/21
  • FISHGUT3
     thanks - 9/15/20
  • NEPTUNE1939
     tasty - 8/20/20
  • MNABOY
     Tasty and low sodium for sausage> - 4/22/20
  • KATHY_2019
     Need to make this. - 4/6/20
  • KITTYHAWK1949
     enjoyed these a lot - 3/30/20
  • ALEPEQUIJADA
     Thanks! - 3/3/20
  • NASFKAB
     Great idea - 2/3/20
  • ROBBIEY
     this sounds delicious, I will have try this one. - 10/10/19
  • HOTPINKCAMARO49
     Great recipe! - 9/16/19
  • CD6913562
     Something tasty and different for a change. - 6/25/19
  • KATHYJO56
     excellent - 2/28/19
  • JAMER123
     We enjoyed this one with the sausage, milder in spices. Thanks for sharing. - 1/2/19
  • NELLJONES
     These were really good, though I used full fat ricotta. - 12/18/18



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