Turkey Spinach Meatballs
- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
Meatballs: 1 lb lean ground turkey 10 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained 2 slices whole wheat bread 1 large egg 1 clove garlic, minced 2 tbsp fresh parsley 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese salt and pepperTomato Sauce: 1 tbsp olive oil 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 28 oz can plum tomatoes 1 onion, chopped 1 tbsp fresh basil 1 tbsp fresh rosemary salt and pepper
1. Heat oven to 450.
2. Wet bread with water then mash up with your hands. Add to large bowl and combine with ground turkey, chopped spinach, egg, garlic, parsley, grated cheese, salt and pepper.
3. Mix all ingredients well until thoroughly combined. Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, measure meat, then divide in two so that each meatball is 1/8th of a cup. Roll into little meatballs.
4. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Place meatballs on tray and place in oven. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until cooked all the way through.
5. In a large pot, add olive oil and heat on medium. When hot add onion. When onion is translucent, add garlic and herbs and cook for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, onion, salt and pepper and cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
6. Use stick blender and blend in pot, or remove from heat and blend in stand blender and then return to pot, until smooth.
7. Add meatballs to sauce and simmer another 15-20 minutes.
Serve immediately over spaghetti.
Serving Size: 5 meatballs w/4.5oz sauce
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MECLARK92.
2. Wet bread with water then mash up with your hands. Add to large bowl and combine with ground turkey, chopped spinach, egg, garlic, parsley, grated cheese, salt and pepper.
3. Mix all ingredients well until thoroughly combined. Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, measure meat, then divide in two so that each meatball is 1/8th of a cup. Roll into little meatballs.
4. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Place meatballs on tray and place in oven. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until cooked all the way through.
5. In a large pot, add olive oil and heat on medium. When hot add onion. When onion is translucent, add garlic and herbs and cook for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, onion, salt and pepper and cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
6. Use stick blender and blend in pot, or remove from heat and blend in stand blender and then return to pot, until smooth.
7. Add meatballs to sauce and simmer another 15-20 minutes.
Serve immediately over spaghetti.
Serving Size: 5 meatballs w/4.5oz sauce
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MECLARK92.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 290.5
- Total Fat: 13.2 g
- Cholesterol: 210.4 mg
- Sodium: 531.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 17.6 g
- Dietary Fiber: 3.6 g
- Protein: 27.3 g
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