Ever get home from work and have no clue what to cook healthy for dinner!? So you end up ordering pizza? Make this quick and healthy weeknight meal everyone will love! Even better, make some up extra, freeze them on a baking sheet. After frozen transfer to a zip lock bag to cook as needed. Great protein snack to take along when traveling, for parties or pot lucks!
1 lb ground turkey (I bought 80/20 so they wouldn’t be so dry)
1 Cup Gluten Free Panko Bread Crumbs (Ians from Whole Foods)
1 TB Olive Oil
1 Egg
1 Teaspoon Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce
2 cloves Fresh Garlic minced
1 TB Tomato paste
¼ cup Pacific chicken broth
½ Vidalia onion chopped
½ bell pepper chopped
Kosher Salt
Garlic Pepper
Grated Parmesan Cheese
About 6 sprigs of Fresh Sage
1 Teaspoon Fresh Thyme
1 TB Olive Oil
Preheat oven to 350
Heat the olive oil in a medium sauté pan. Add the onions, pepper, thyme, salt, and pepper and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 10 minutes, until the onions are translucent but not brown. Off the heat, add the Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock, and tomato paste. Allow to cool slightly. Add to the Turkey.
Mix turkey together with ½ cup panko, egg and roll into small meat balls. Add some Parmesan Cheese to the rest of the panko and roll the meat balls in the panko/parm. If you run low on the panko no worries, just add in a little more. Put them on a parchment lined cooking sheet and in the frig to set for about 30 minutes or so. Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes. Take out, cool and serve.
Or Make a Dipping Sauce:
White Wine
Pacific Chicken Stock
Arrowroot for thickening
Grass Fed Butter
Salt/Garlic Pepper
After cooking the meatballs in pan, lower the heat, remove meat balls and scrape up bits with wooden spoon, add some shallots and cook for about a minute, add a little white wine to deglaze the pan. Add about 1 / 2 cup of chicken broth. Stir about 1 Teaspoon of Arrowroot in a little bowl with some water and stir that in to thicken the sauce. Add a teaspoon of grass fed butter. Add salt/garlic pepper to taste.
*You could also serve these meat balls in a lettuce wrap!
Lettuce Wrap Sauce:
1 / 2 Cup Hellmann’s Mayo
1 Tablespoon Heinz Ketchup
1 Teaspoon of Gluten Free Soy sauce
Dash of Garlic Pepper
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