What’s better than healthy turkey meatballs topped with teriyaki sauce and packed with veggie? These turkey meatballs came out so good that I had to share it right away. Made without any extra oils. They are not fried; they are baked at 350F. Definitely, they will be seen more often on our plates in this house:) Sometimes, I am looking for other meat alternatives beside chicken, pork or beef. And I heard once that turkey is even healthier than chicken. I’m not sure if it’s true or not. I just heard… that’s all.
I’m sick right now and I didn’t feel like writing a post today but I wanted to share it. Now I’m a little better but I hate flu season. My son was sick, now me.. here we go around. It’s normal this time of the year.
I think I once told you that I have problem with my younger son eating veggies. So I’m trying to find some ways to hide vegetables everywhere, for example here: Carrot Strawberry Banana Smoothie. He loves cucumbers and he can eat them all the time. Recently he began to eat sugar snaps. So we are improving. I have a new recipe coming out soon with hidden beet!
I grated carrot and I used with my turkey meatballs. They are hardly noticeable so my son didn’t even know about them. Also, I smeared my turkey meatballs with teriyaki sauce. First, I wanted to post a recipe for the homemade teriyaki sauce but I was not 100% satisfied with my sauce. It was good, but my husband said that it’s to sweet. For me it was perfect; but the other thing is that it was to watery and it didn’t have a good consistency. I will work on it and definietly share the new teriyaki recipe here on Ilona’s Passion.
What’s your favorite sauce for turkey meatballs? Teriyaki or something else..?
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Turkey Meatballs {Hidden Veggie}
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 0.518 kg or 1lb ground turkey
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbsp. grated carrot it can be more
- 2 Tbsp. bread crumbs
- salt/pepper to taste
Optional
- Store-bought or homemade teriyaki sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare pan and lay parchment paper.
- Mix ground turkey with egg, grated carrot, bread crumbs, salt and pepper.
- Form small balls and lay on parchment paper.
- Bake for 20 - 25 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
If you like these Turkey Meatballs see….
Hamburger with Veggies & Sauce
Lynn | The Road to Honey
January 23, 2015 at 5:07 PMHope you and your family make a speedy recovery. This is such a clever way to hide vegetables.
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Ilona
January 23, 2015 at 6:23 PMThanks Lynn for visiting and commenting!
Ellen Folkman
April 8, 2016 at 8:50 PMI love the idea to use teriyaki! YUM!
Ilona
April 9, 2016 at 5:02 PMThanks Ellen!
Tamara
April 8, 2016 at 9:44 PMHiding veggies in a turkey meatball is such a great way to incorporate extra veggies in your kids’ diets. I love turkey for meatballs. It doesn’t have a ton of flavor on its own, but is so easy to “dress it up” with all the goodies 🙂
Ilona
April 9, 2016 at 5:02 PMI agree it doesn’t have so much flavor but we can make in in variety of ways. Thank you Tamara!
sara
April 8, 2016 at 9:57 PMI love recipes that have hidden veggies! I have a child that will not willing eat a vegetable, so I have to get creative! This one sounds perfect!
Ilona
April 9, 2016 at 5:01 PMTry it:) Your child will not notice.
Jillian @ Food, Folks and Fun
April 9, 2016 at 3:10 AMThese turkey meatballs look like they make a delicious dinner!
Ilona
April 9, 2016 at 5:00 PMThey sure are. Thank you Jillian!
Linda Nortje
April 9, 2016 at 5:53 AMQuick, easy and it looks delicious ! My kind of recipe !
Ilona
April 9, 2016 at 5:00 PMThanks Linda!
Mica
April 10, 2016 at 12:26 PMThese meatballs looks so juicy! I love it!
Ilona
April 11, 2016 at 8:12 AMThank you Mica!