Ingredients:
1 pound ground turkey or lean ground beef
1 cup carrot puree (chick pea, squash or pumpkin puree also work well)
1 sleeve Ritz crackers, smashed into small crumbs
1 tablespoon worshechire sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon seasoned salt

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with tin foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Mix together all ingredients in large mixing bowl. Form into balls; I use a cookie dough scoop to keep the size uniform. Makes about 24 meatballs. Bake for 8 minutes, then turn the meatballs over and bake for another 8 minutes. They should be nicely browned on the outside.

Serving Suggestions:
Depending on what kind of sauce you like to use, these meatballs are very versatile. They're good served with a standard marinara with spaghetti, or a sweet and sour sauce with rice. The picture shows them served with a pumpkin sauce I made with ingredients I had on hand, and it turned out nicely. Here are a couple of sauce recipes:
Pumpkin Sauce
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup red bean puree
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. red pepper powder
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Whisk together ingredients over med-low heat in saucepan until thickened.
Tangy Sweet and Sour sauce:
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
juice from one can of pineapple
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 Tbsp. worshechire sauce
Whisk together over med-low heat in saucepan.
4 comments:
This is great, I was planning on meatballs tonight. I will try these ones. Sounds like you cook a lot like I do!
Angie,
Yay! I can't wait to hear how you and your family liked them!
Wow, you're so creative! I could never invent a recipe. Seriously. I'm impressed.
We loved the meatballs...I did make a change, only because I did not have the crackers (my children ate them before I got around to cooking). So instead I added 1 cup of oatmeal and 1/2 cup of wheat germ. We ate them over rice with a mushroom sauce. They were great and my husband wants more...always a good sign. Thanks!
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