Delicious Meatballs

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (1 1/4 lb) package jennie-o ground turkey
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 3 celery ribs, roughly chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded, cleaned, and roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup quick oats (i like gluten free old fashioned oats)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup milk or 1/2 cup broth or 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons seasoning salt (like porterhouse or any savory grill seasoning that you like)
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 3 -4 tablespoons dehydrated onion
• 2 tablespoons dried parsley
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 spray baking sheet with pam.
• 3 put celery, bell pepper, egg, oil, and milk (or liquid) in blender and process until smooth.
• 4 in a large bowl mix together meats, oats, seasonings, parmesan cheese, and blender concoction then gently knead until uniform in texture. (do not leave out the celery!).
• 5 take a little of the mix and cook it in a skillet on the stove so you can taste it to see if it needs more seasoning. happy with that? then proceed to the next step --.
• 6 roll all the mix into balls about 1.5-2 inches in diameter and line them up on the baking sheet (they will shrink so it’s okay if they touch). i like to use a cookie scoop to make my balls uniform,and because its easier. also, use a baking pan with sides - such as a jelly-roll pan, or cake pan, because these are juicy little balls and i don't want you set the oven on fire with meatball juice!
• 7 bake 30 minutes (or until no longer pink inside).
• 8 remove from oven and cover with foil for about 15 minutes - don't drain off the juices because the little balls will suck it all up.
• 9 the meat mixture can also be formed into patties and fried in a pan on the stove like you would a burger (use pam or some oil in the pan).
• 10 serve with some kind of sauce - bar-b-que, pasta sauce, creamy mushroom sauce, or just plain old gravy.
• 11 note: these freeze very well so i frequently make a double batch and freeze some in quart size freezer bags.