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Meatballs!

Two recipes in one week?

Yep.

Tonight I had minced turkey I wanted to use and so I went through the kitchen looking for other items I could toss with it and make some meatballs.  We paired the meatballs with roasted broccoli & a bit of mashed sweet potato with cinnamon sprinkled on it.

They turned out so good!  Here's what I did.  If you try them out, let me know what you think.

Turkey Meatballs (made 12; 83 calories per meatball - if you want to know that info.  sorry i don't know the other stats yet)

1 pound minced turkey
1/2 onion, diced
Couple cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 cup diced apple
Handful of arugula, chopped finely
1 egg
1/3 cup rolled oats (GF or not)
Pinch of salt & pepper
1/4 tsp (or more depending on spice level) crushed red pepper

Mix all together and roll into small to medium sized meatballs.  Bake at 350-375 until done or put on skillet and cook until done.  (Ha, I'm so official on the time - just cook it until it's no longer pink!)

They had great flavor.  I think what set them a part was the arugula.  It was so good with that in there.
Enjoy!

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