Turkey Oatmeal Meatballs

Spaghetti and meatballs is such a great traditional meal, but it can get really heavy with all the pasta and greasy meatballs and cheese. These turkey/oatmeal meatballs are light and DELICIOUS. They do take sometime to make, but you can make a huge batch and freeze some of it for later and they still taste great.

Place half a large onion in a food processor and pulse until onion is in very small pieces. Then add 1 cup uncooked oats (not instant) and process until you get this kind of pasty mixture.

Next mix in the remaining ingredients. Spices, cheese, egg and ground turkey. Form into balls. I use a 1 tablespoon scoop to get them all the same size. It will make about 50 1 tablespoon size meatballs. Spray baking sheet or foil before placing them on to ensure they don't stick.

Then bake them 400 degrees (F) for 30 minutes, if your baking them from frozen it will take longer. They will be brown and slightly firm. Then enjoy! I added them to the sauce for a couple minutes before I topped off my homemade pasta.

Recipe

1 cup oats (not instant)

1/2 large onion

16-20 oz package lean ground turkey (I don't have exact size as I buy mine in bulk and they don't label the exact weight of the package)

1 egg

1/4 cup shredded Italian blend cheese

1/2 tsp each of salt, pepper, basil and oregano

1 tsp garlic powder (can substitute with a couple cloves of fresh garlic I didn't have any on hand when I made them)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees (F)

1. Add onion to food processor and pulse until you get small pieces

2. Add 1 cup of oats and pulse until you get a nice mixture there should be no large chunks and it will become pasty in texture

3. Add all remaining ingredients and mix together. Do not over mix you just want everything combined and distributed evenly.

4. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray. Portion out meatballs into 1 tbls size portions. Here it is super handy to use a 1 tbls spoon size scoop. You should get between 45-50 meatballs. You can really make them any size you want just adjust your bake time accordingly.

5. Bake 400 degrees (F) for 30 minutes.

6. Enjoy!