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Pizza Meatballs
Pizza Meatballs
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From: Diabetic Living Magazine
The kids are sure to love this pizza-spaghetti hybrid.
- By: Diabetic Living Magazine
Ingredients 12 servings
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- Nonstick cooking spray
- 1 cup fresh cremini or button mushrooms, finely chopped
- ½ cup finely chopped green sweet pepper
- ½ cup finely chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ¾ cup soft whole wheat bread crumbs (about 1 slice)
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- 1½ teaspoons dried Italian seasoning, crushed
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 8 ounces uncooked bulk turkey sausage
- 8 ounces ground turkey breast
- 1 cup shredded reduced-fat Italian blend cheeses (4 ounces)
- 1½ cups purchased low-sodium pasta sauce
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- Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, green pepper and onion. Cook for 5 to 8 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring frequently. Stir in garlic and set aside.
- In a large bowl combine bread crumbs, egg white, Italian seasoning and black pepper. Stir in mushroom mixture. Add turkey sausage, turkey breast and cheese. Mix well.
- Line a 15x10x1-inch baking pan with foil. Spray foil with cooking spray; set aside. Using wet hands, shape meat mixture into twenty-four 1- ½-inch-diameter meatballs and place meatballs in prepared pan. Bake about 20 minutes or until done (160°F).
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan heat pasta sauce over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Serve with meatballs.
- Serving size: 2 meatballs and 2 tablespoons sauce each
- Per serving: 122 calories; 4 g fat(2 g sat); 1 g fiber; 8 g carbohydrates; 12 g protein; 29 mg cholesterol; 4 g sugars; 225 mg sodium;
- Carbohydrate Servings: ½
- Exchanges: 1½ lean protein, ½ fat, ½ starch
