Author: Tiffany McCauley
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These clean-eating garlic parmesan turkey meatballs are either a great addition to a pasta dinner or a main course all on their own! Sometimes, they are the only things to make for dinner.
Sometimes, when I walk into the kitchen, I get desperate for ideas. Sometimes, I just have to open the fridge and pray that I can make something out of whatever stares back at me. Occasionally, I put those few items together, and they turn out marvelous. And occasionally, the recipe is so simple I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of it before.
This is one of those recipes. In fact, this recipe inspired an entire meal, which I will share with you in my next blog post. But for now, just know that these are incredibly easy and incredibly delicious.
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Garlic Parmesan Turkey Meatballs
Meatballs are a delicious part of a pasta dish, but they can also be a main course!
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Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, Italian
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes minutes
Servings: 18 meatballs
Calories: 49kcal
Author: Tiffany McCauley
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lb. ground turkey
- 10 medium cloves garlic (chopped fine)
- ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
- ½ tsp. sea salt
- ½ tsp. black pepper
US Customary – Metric
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients and form in to meatballs, approximately the size of a golf ball (maybe just a tad smaller).
Place them on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake for approximately 30-45 minutes, or until the meatballs reach a minimum of 165 F. on a thermometer.
Remove from oven, allow to cool slightly and serve.
Notes
Please note that the nutrition data below is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible.
Nutrition
Calories: 49kcal | Protein: 9g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 93mg | Potassium: 113mg | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 0.3mg
Author: Tiffany McCauley
Title: Journalist
Expertise: Food, cooking, travel
Bio:
Tiffany McCauley is a nationally syndicated journalist and an award-winning cookbook author. She is also a food blogger. She has been featured on MSN, Huffington Post, Country Living Magazine, HealthLine, Redbook, and many more. She has helped thousands of people learn to cook simple, clean, and healthy foods in their own home kitchens. She lives in Maine and loves Elvis, sunflowers, and a good seafood chowder, as well as travel writing.
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I tried these they were good however they were a little on the dry side even with a sauce on them.. My thoughts would be because the ground chicken needs a little moisture to grade in some onion too it to add that moisture that it would need.. Next time Ill have to try this out to see if it makes a difference other than that great recipe..
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Patricia – Did you use chicken instead of turkey or was that a typo? I can’t be sure, but that could be one of the issues…
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Made these today, and plan on serving them with a tomato sauce over spaghetti squash. I may have overlooked them a bit ( they were a bit dry ) but they were still OH SO tasty!! Great recipe ( and so easy )
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Lori – Thanks! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
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PS I couldn’t wait for dinner so I had to try one hot out of the oven 😉
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These were absolutely delicious! I added dried onion, red pepper flakes, dried basil and oregano to mine. My husband went back for seconds and even I enjoyed them (I’m usually not a fan of ground turkey). I also made my meatballs very small so they would cook quicker, and broiled them at the end. Served over brown rice with pasta sauce. I will definitely be making these again.
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Michelle – Awesome!!! If you get a chance, give the danish meatballs a shot as well. YUM!!!
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Made these and ate them over a md/lg spiraled zucchini with a little bit of clean low sodium tomato and basil sauce… TO DIE FOR! so amazing!
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Sara – So glad you enjoyed them! 😀
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So simple as a base for a meatball as well, I think I might add some veggies to these sounds really good.
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ESP – Yep! Mushrooms and carrots might be yummy! 🙂
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These are delicious!!! I am 26 and live in NYC (aka tiny kitchen and barely ever cook) and this was so easy and yummy! THANK YOU!!! I love your site it’s really helping me get through this whole clean eating thing 🙂 xoxo
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Nadine – I lived in NYC for a while so I know exactly what you mean! So happy you enjoyed them! 😀
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Hi! I’m trying these or the first time tonight. In the frying pan as I type. They smell so good!
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Lynn – Wonderful!!! I really hope you enjoy them! 😀
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Is clean hamburger ok to use in place or turkey (We have a whole freezer of grass fed cow!)
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Stacy Davis – Yep! The flavor will be slightly different, but it will work just fine!
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Sorry if I missed it, but what is the recommended serving size?Reply
Sara – The data given is approximate info for 1 meatball. So the serving size is really up to you and how much protein you’d like to eat.
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