Vegetables Meet Turkey Meatballs

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Turkey-Feta Meatballs ¡n Vegetable Tomato Sauce
You’ll have lots of sauce—enough to freeze and serve later.

Ingredients

• Vegetable Tomato Sauce ___
• 1/4 cup olive oil 1
• 2 white onions, chopped 1/3
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1/3
• 2 red bell peppers, chopped
• 2 zucchini or yellow squash, grated 2
• 2 carrots, grated 1/2
• 1 butternut or acorn squash or sweet
• potato, peeled and chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh or 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons fresh or 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 4 (28-ounce) cans chopped tomatoes, reduced-sodium
• 1 or 2 bags of Trader Joe's Turkey Meatballs (or use recipe at the bottom.
• Turkey-Feta Meatballs ¡n Vegetable Tomato Sauce
• You’ll have lots of sauce—enough to freeze and serve later.
• Vegetable Tomato Sauce ___
• 1/4 cup olive oil 1
• 2 white onions, chopped 1/3
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1/3
• 2 red bell peppers, chopped
• 2 zucchini or yellow squash, grated 2
• 2 carrots, grated 1/2
• 1 butternut or acorn squash or sweet
• potato, peeled and chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh or 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons fresh or 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 4 (28-ounce) cans chopped tomatoes, reduced-sodi
• 1 . To prepare sauce, heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add
• onion and garlic; sauté 5 minutes. Add bell peppers and next 5 ingredients
• (hell peppers through oregano). Cook 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and simmer until
• butternut squash is tender. about 20 minutes.
• 2 . Preheat oven to 350F.
• Turkey-Feta Meatballs ¡n Vegetable Tomato Sauce
• You’ll have lots of sauce—enough to freeze and serve later.
• Vegetable Tomato Sauce ___
• 1/4 cup olive oil 1
• 2 white onions, chopped 1/3
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1/3
• 2 red bell peppers, chopped
• 2 zucchini or yellow squash, grated 2
• 2 carrots, grated 1/2
• 1 butternut or acorn squash or sweet
• potato, peeled and chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh or 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons fresh or 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 4 (28-ounce) cans chopped tomatoes, reduced-sodium
• 1 or 2 Bags of Turkey meatballs from Trader Joe's (or see recipe below for the meatballs)

Preparation

Step 1

1. To prepare sauce, heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add
onion and garlic; sauté 5 minutes. Add bell peppers and next 5 ingredients
(hell peppers through oregano). Cook 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and simmer until
butternut squash is tender. about 20 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 350F.
3. To prepare meatballs, mix all ingredients in a bowl; add some water if mixture
is dry Shape into 12 balls and place on a greased baking sheet. Bake about 25
minutes, until golden brown and thoroughly cooked. Serve with sauce over
spaghetti, if desired. Serves 4.
Recipe by Relish Chefiorz Ashton
Per serving (using half the sauce): 332 calories, 13g fat, 60mg chol., 24g pro t., 34g
carbs., 8g fiber. 260mg sodium.
re II S h I the healthy table
Vegetables Meet
Meatballs
Here are some light, bright, summery
meatballs. Serve them over spaghetti
or on their own in the sauce.
Meatballs
1 pound ground turkey
1/3 cup diced red onion
cup (about 2 ounces)
1/3 crumbled feta cheese
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh
rosemary or fresh basil