Meatballs

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One of my favorite recipes is my Nana’s meatballs, easy to make and we all love them.  Over the years I’ve adjusted the recipe slightly, using ground turkey instead of ground beef, egg whites instead of the whole egg, and Romano instead of Parmesan cheese.  I make a batch about once a month, freezing two-thirds of the meatballs for later (in two meal size containers so it’s easy to take out the next time) and keeping the rest for that week.  I’ve been making them for years so it goes pretty fast (unless I feel flush with time and decide to go “old school” and cook them in the sauce, really rare these days).  So I found myself drawn to a video about making meatballs on our website the other day (courtesy of All Recipes’ culinary director) and I was surprised that I picked up a couple of new tips!  First, mixing the ingredients together with two forks instead of your hands, keeps the meat from compacting together.  Simple yet brilliant!  While I don’t mind working with raw meat I really don’t like it, particularly when the kids are running around so having a trick that keeps my hands clean for a little longer is welcome!  Second, use an ice cream scoop to shape the meatballs so they are uniform in size.  This doesn’t completely eliminate the need for touching the raw meat but certainly minimizes the handling which makes for great meatballs – great tips!

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So, where is the meatball recipe? 

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Hi Denise,  here’s my Nana’s recipe,  unfortunately the meatball video from allrecipes is no longer available on our site (it’s pretty similar).   Thanks for reading my blog!

Nana’s Meatballs

Mix 1lb of ground beef  (or turkey) in a bowl with 1/4cup fresh parsley (chopped), 2-4 cloves of  garlic (minced),  ¼ cup breadcrumbs (I like seasoned), 2 eggs (or 2 egg whites), ½ cup Romano cheese, ½ cup tomato or pasta sauce, 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper.  Shape into meatballs, place on a cookie sheet, and bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes depending on the size.   My nana didn’t bake hers, she would cook them in a pot of watered down pasta sauce (homemade sauce of course) for about 1.5 hours over medium heat until they were cooked through – the kitchen smelled so good!

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Just ate a bunch of Safeway Meatballs tonight, and I'm almost sick after reading how much fat is in them.  19g of fat for three meatballs!  Are you people insane?  I might as well just have a coronary--just put the stent in and have done with it!

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