Roasted Meatballs with Vegetables

By Addie

MY NOTES: Might this work better with smoked sausage or kielbasa???

Ingredients

• The Meat Balls:
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1-2 Sweet Potatoes cut in small chunks
• A bunch of Brussels sprouts cut in half
• 1/2 yellow onion diced
• 3 gloves of garlic diced
• 2 tbsp Bacon Bits
• Kosher Salt
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• 1/2 pound of Lean Ground Beef (8oz)
• 1 egg
• 1 cup Old Fashioned Oats (80g)
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 tbsp parmesan cheese

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

In a large roasting pan add the olive oil, sweet potato, Brussels sprouts, onion, garlic and bacon bits. Toss then sprinkle with kosher salt. I cooked them with the meatballs right off the bat, but next time I will begin to roast the veggies while I make the meatballs. This will hopefully prevent the drying of the beef. I didn’t anticipate that the veggies would actually take longer than the meat.

So next time I will put the veggies in the oven and then start the meatballs.

Mix the beef, egg, oats, garlic powder, onion powder, Worcestershire Sauce, and parmesan cheese until well combined. Form into meatballs. I ended up with 15.

I roasted everything together last night for a total of 45 minutes, tossing 3 times. Next time I will roast the veggies for 1/2 hour, then add the meatballs and roast for an additional 15 or until the beef is done.

During cooking I sprinkled on a bit more Worcestershire
Sauce just to bring all the flavors together.

This is how everything looked steaming from the oven.
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REVIEWS:

Slam dunk!! This was sooo good & made the whole house smell great! I did the veggies for half an hour, then added the meat for fifteen & it was perfect. My meatballs were probably smaller than yours because I came out with 18, but they were all eaten up!! The only complaint was from one of my toddlers, who threw her Brussels sprouts on the floor. Other than that, I will be making this weekly!! So simple!!! Thank you!!!

Excellent!!! The family loved it!!!

Loved this dish! My husband is an extremely picky eater and he ate 2 helpings of this. This also made my house smell like I’ve been cooking all day. Love your recipes, they are delicious.