Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Garden Turkey Meatballs

Garden Turkey Meatballs

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pounds ground turkey
  • ½ cup dry breadcrumbs or ground rice cake crumbs if eating gluten-free
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped green onions
  • ¼ cup finely shredded carrot
  • ¼ cup coarsely shredded zucchini
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • Cooking spray

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400°.

Combine all ingredients except cooking spray in a bowl; stir well. Shape mixture into 30 (1 1/2-inch) meatballs. Place on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until done.

Alternately, you can fry the meatballs in a pan.

Yield

30 meatballs (serving size: 5 meatballs)

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