Turkey Meatballs

For years we've lived on beef. It's cheaper than all the other alternatives and you can always find good sales. With this exercise routine I've been doing for a while, I've decided to add some more healthy, nutritious meals. Tuesday night was my first attempt thanks to Oprah. It was so good, Don said it was a keeper!

Turkey Meatballs

Makes 15–20 meatballs

• 2 pounds ground turkey
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/2 red pepper, chopped
• 1/2 green pepper, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbsp bread crumbs
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground pepper
• Olive oil or vegetable oil

Heat oil in large skillet (use enough oil to cover just the bottom of skillet). Add onion and stir briefly, until it's almost yellow. Add red pepper, green pepper and fry for 2 minutes. Add garlic and stir for 2 minutes, then remove from stove to cool. Let cool for 10 minutes.

Place flour on a large plate (for ease in creating the balls). With a wooden spoon, mix together turkey, eggs, parsley, salt, pepper, sautéed onions and peppers, and bread crumbs. Form a tablespoon size of the turkey mixture in the shape of ball. Place each meatball in skillet and fry until slightly brown. Slightly press the center of each meatball to make sure the center cooks.

Arrange on serving platter. Sprinkle ground pepper over top of each. Can be served with the tomato sauce of your choice.

I added some extra herbs to the tomato sauce for flavor and I used an orange pepper because the grocery store didn't have any red ones. I also cooked some Barilla Plus penne pasta. Barilla Plus pasta is a multigrain pasta and a good source of protein, omega-3, iron and folate. And it tastes great, too!

Give it a try. It's delicious and guilt-free.
Di