Cheesy Turkey Meatballs with Marinara Sauce
Cheesy Turkey Meatballs with Marinara Sauce
It’s been a Whirlwind with a capital W around the Mangum household lately, so I love when I can find recipes that not only save me time, but also provide my family with healthy protein and other essential nutrients to boot. These turkey meatballs are winners! They satisfy the nutritional and flavor demands of even the pickiest eater at our house, and believe me, she’s picky!
You have to be willing to get your hands a little down and dirty with this recipe. Meaning, you mix up the meats, egg, milk, breadcrumbs and seasonings with your bare hands and form it into balls ready for the oven. It’s a messy job, and I suppose you could don a pair of latex gloves if you have them, but I just dive right in. Mix it all up, knead it like a bread dough to ensure proper blending. The magic begins when you create a hole in the meatball and then push a piece of mozzarella cheese into it and cover it up with the meat.
You can place these into the slow cooker on top of your favorite marinara sauce; cover and cook for 4 to 5 hours on LOW. Or you can bake them at 350 degrees F for about 15 to 20 minutes which is just enough time to heat up the marinara sauce and make a green salad. That makes for a quick and easy meal!
The cheese is like a little surprise in each meatball, and when you cut into your meatball, out oozes the hidden mozzarella cheese like lava flowing out of a volcano. So cool. I serve them on a pool of marinara pasta sauce topped with shaved Parmesan cheese. Another good piece of news is that this recipe makes about 16 to 18 meatballs the size of a golf ball, so there’s plenty to go around or even store for tomorrow when schedules might be even more zany than they were today. Best of luck and enjoy your holidays!
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