Mooooore Meatballs!

So, we enjoyed the meatballs and spaghetti so much that we decided to have another round... Meatballs used to intimidate me- for some reason, I imagined that they were hard to make. SO false! They are so simple and you can make ANY kind.

We ventured to the store last night to get more ground turkey and an onion (we had everything else we needed). Low and behold, they were out of ground turkey, just had ground turkey breast- being on a budget, $5.99 was too expensive for a pound of meat. We decided on some 80/20 ground beef (it was only .95 lb- close enough) and got a large white onion.

Following the same directions- I added 1 whole carrot, about 1 cup of sliced mushrooms, and 2 handfuls of kale (if you don't have/don't like/don't know what it is, use spinach... or don't use either),... I threw EVERYTHING (except egg, meat, and breadcrumbs) into the processor. OH! and instead of shredding the parm this time I just cut it into chunks and when it went through the processor it was small chunks, which created melted cheese bits in the cooked meatball!

Mix (by hand is best) and it made 20 large meatballs. I thawed and reheated some sauce and cooked up some whole grain noodles- yum!

Y'all- it is SO easy to incorporate more veggies into your meals and sneakily (trust me, I do not like mushrooms- but I use them to cook with A LOT), too! The meatballs ended up being so juicy and flavorful!

We froze about 8 of the meatballs to have next time we have the rest of our spaghetti sauce (we had 2 large tupperware bowls full to freeze after the initial meal).

Here they are! Happy eating! 

**Caution: be CAREFUL when putting food into/taking food out of the oven... I got about a 2 inch burn on my arm...