Nirvana Meatballs - BEST

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  • Easy
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • 1 pound extra lean ground beef
  • (or half ground beef and half Italian sausage
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 small onion diced (Or dried
  • onion flakes)
  • ½ teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • ¾ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ¾ teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • flakes
  • 1 dash hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®), or to taste
  • (didn't need this when using
  • Italian sausage)
  • 1 ½ tablespoons Worcestershire
  • sauce
  • 1/3 cup skim milk (any milk)
  • ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • ½ cup seasoned bread crumbs ( I
  • used 3/4 cup when I doubled
  • the recipe)

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Place the beef into a mixing bowl, and season with salt, onion, garlic salt, Italian seasoning, oregano, red pepper flakes, hot pepper sauce, and Worcestershire sauce; mix well. Add the milk, Parmesan cheese, and bread crumbs. Mix until evenly blended, then form into 1 1/2-inch meatballs, and place onto a baking sheet. (I use the broiler pan from my oven and then the grease falls through the slits.

Step 3

Step 3
Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 15-20 minutes.

Step 4

Makes around 35 meatballs