Light but Large Homemade Meatballs

45 minutes || My rating: 10/10 || Difficulty rating: Moderately Easy

These meatballs are a bit healthier because they have ground turkey in them. The turkey helps keep them from getting to heavy and making you really tired after you meal (you know what I’m talking about – the meat sweats!). I made these into large, baseball sized meatballs, but you can make whatever size you want!

Ingredients:

2 pounds of ground beef
1 pound of pork sausage
1 pound of ground turkey
3 large eggs
1 cup of Italian bread crumbs
10 roughly crushed saltine crackers
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons of fresh minced basil
2 tablespoons of fresh minced parsley
5 large cloves of minced garlic
Salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Cover 2 sheet pans with tin foil and spray with non-stick spray.
2. Mix all of the ingredients together by hand until mixed in a large bowl. Note: Do NOT over mix! You will end up with tough meatballs.
3. Take an ice cream scoop and scoop out some of the mixture to get consistent sized meatballs and place them on your pan. They will be about the size of a baseball. Repeat until all the mixture is used. You should get about 9-10 on each pan.
4. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees until cooked through (no longer pink inside), about 30 minutes.
5. For best results, when serving, serve in sauce. I like to serve mine over polenta, but you can use these for any of your favorite Italian dishes! Pro-tip: These freeze great, so you can make a big batch and use the rest in the future!