5 Ingredient Healthy Turkey Meatball Recipe
This recipe for turkey meatballs is made healthy by using up all of those extra zucchinis you have from your garden!
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Servings: 6 people
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 jar marinara sauce (24 oz.) I like to use tomato and basil or garlic
- 1 cup zucchini grated and patted dry with a paper towel to remove excess liquid. 1 small or 1/2 medium-large zucchini
- 1 lb. ground turkey 93% lean
- 3/4 cup white rice uncooked
- 1/2 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
Instructions
- Pour 1/2 jar marinara sauce in a slow cooker
- Add grated zucchini, ground turkey, dry white rice and bread crumbs in a bowl. Mix well.
- Add a generous pinch of salt (if you like your food a little saltier).
- Use a cookie scoop to form even 1.5 tablespoon sized meatballs (or form with your hands) and place balls in the slow cooker.
- Pour remaining 1/2 jar of marinara sauce over meatballs.
- Cook on high for 4 hours
Notes
This recipe works with ground beef or ground chicken too.
Recipe makes 24 meatballs.