Three Thanksgiving Favorites, One Ball

I have always been that person at dinner. My peas end up in my mashed potatoes. My carrots end up in my green beans, my cranberry sauce ends up in my stuffing and my turkey ends up in the garbage disposal.

Ground turkey can be tough - literally. It’s hard to keep all that meat moist. It can end up v dense. It can be bland. Around this time last year, DB was trying to eat less red meat and more lean poultry and I was having approximately none of it. One night for dinner, he was hell-bent on making a Turkey meatball to replace his truly other-worldly beef meatballs (a recipe for another time) and it just so happened that we had a box of Stove Top in the cabinet from our friend’s Thanksgiving Eve Party. We usually make our own stuffing, but needed a more cost effective base for when we finally conquered making bite-sized appetizer Stuffing Balls - are you sensing a theme? Category is : BALLS, BALLS, BALLS ACROSS THE BOARD!

Anyway, with a stroke of genius; instead of using breadcrumbs or almond flour, which we use when we’re doing a Paleo diet, DB decided to throw in the Stove Top. It was a GAME CHANGER. It took a few trial runs, but we have finally got the recipe down to a science! Without further ado, take a look at our recipe below! We hope you enjoy them as much as we do. They’re simple, delicious, and SUPER BAD FOR YOU. xoxo.

*Not pictured, Turkey that is in the fridge, because Salmonella*

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

1 pound ground turkey
(1) 6oz box of Stove Top (legit any style will do as long as it’s a carb)
1 small white onion
1 jumbo egg
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
3 teaspoons cranberry sauce (in mix)

WHAT YA GONNA DO:

Pre-heat that oven to 350.
Chop that onion into fairly small pieces and in a skillet of your choosing, saute in that EVOO until translucent. After it’s looking good, turn off the heat and set aside to cool.
In a mixing bowl that can fit a pound of MEAT and a bunch of bread, open that turkey and throw her in.
To the turkey, add in that package of stuffing, cranberry sauce, egg and onions. You guessed it - mix. it. up.
Start rolling! The balls should be no larger than a silver dollar.
Space evenly on a baking sheet and bake for 20-30 minutes.
Remove. Dress with cranberry sauce. Enjoy with other basic autumnal sides. We prefer a sweet potato hash, which you’ll learn how to make…soon.

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