Turkey Veggie Meatballs
These east, fast and delicious meatballs are a great way to sneak veggies into dinner time! My toddler and baby love them, plus as a Mom I feel better knowing that everyone is getting their vegetables.
Ingredients
- 6 Ounces Fresh spinach Washed and drained well
- 3 Large Carrots Washed, peeled and chopped into large chunks
- 1.25 Pounds Ground turkey
- 1 Egg
- 1/4 Cup Parmesan cheese Grated
- 1/2 Cup Panko
- 1/2 Tsp Garlic powder
- 1/2 Tsp Dried basil
- 1/2 Tsp Dried oregano
- 1 Tbsp Dried parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with cooking spray.
- Place ground turkey in bottom of large mixing bowl.
- Put half of the spinach in food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add to bowl with turkey and repeat with the other half of the spinach and then the carrots.
- Add remaining ingredients to the bowl and mix. I use my hands because I find it works best!
- Shape into 2 inch meatballs. The recipe makes about 18-20 meatballs.
- Place the meatballs on the prepared sheet pan and bake for 20-25 minutes.
Notes
If you don’t have time to let the spinach dry all of the way, or the mixture seems to have some extra water in it, just place the meatballs on a baking rack coated with cooking spray on top of your baking sheet. It will prevent the meatballs from sitting in the extra moisture released from the spinach as the meatballs cook. They still taste delicious either way, but it can look kind of odd when you pull the meatballs out of the oven!