Turkey Meatballs

Turkey Meatballs

It's meatball time, this recipe is served great over whole wheat pasta or you could use a vegetable slicer to create your own pasta.  This one can be found on Amazon and is easy to clean as well. You can add a low sodium sauce to your meatballs as well. 

Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs lean ground turkey or chicken.
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 egg lightly beaten
1 cup homemade bread crumbs or ezekiel bread crumbs
2 tbsp. parsley
2 tbsp. basil
2 tbsp. oregano
2 cloves garlic, passed through a garlic press
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Preparation
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large bowl place egg and breadcrumbs  add spices and mix well.  Add remaining ingredients and mix well.  Using an ice cream scoop medium size one to make meatballs and place on prepared cookie sheet.  Place in hot oven and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.

These work very well to make for dinner and double the recipe and create a lunch the next day as well.  You could serve it on a whole wheat pita with a side of sliced peppers.

Enjoy!!

Boneless Buffalo Chicken Wings

Boneless Buffalo Chicken Wings

 

Over Christmas a family member had made this same recipe and I could not wait to have it again.  As someone that use to work in the restaurant industry regular chicken wings just don't appeal to me.  However I LOVE spicy!!  And this recipe gives you the feeling of spicy and you’re eating something you should not be eating yet the base of it is cauliflower.  Give this a try on your future game days along with some homemade dressing you could use for the rest of the week.

 

 

 

Ingredients

 

1 head of cauliflower, chopped into pieces

1/2 cup flour (I used whole wheat)

1/2 cup milk

2 teaspoons garlic powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup Frank's Red Hot Sauce

2 tablespoons canola oil

 

 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Mix together the flour, milk, garlic powder, and salt to form a thin batter.
3. Coat the cauliflower pieces in the batter and place on a shallow baking sheet.
4. Bake for 18 minutes.
5. While the cauliflower is baking, heat the hot sauce and butter together over low heat until the oil is warmed.
6. Toss the baked cauliflower gently in the hot sauce mixture.
7. Return to the baking sheet and bake for another 5 minutes.
8. Serve with ranch dressing or blue cheese, for dipping.

When it comes to picking out clean eating Ranch or Blue Cheese there are other brands that can be better then what you find to be popular on the shelf.  Here are a few homemade recipe as well Ranch & Blue Cheese